Harry Winslow Quotes in A Far Off Place (1993)

Harry Winslow: You lied to me.

Nonnie Parker: Look I didn't lie to you, all right?

Harry Winslow: I said 'how far?' you said 'pretty far.'

Nonnie Parker: Well 2,000 kilometers *is* pretty far.

Harry Winslow: No, that's like *impossibly* far! That's like walking from New York to Miami!

Harry Winslow: So, you really think we can make it to Karlstown?

Nonnie Parker: If the wind can do it, then we can do it.

Harry Winslow: Don't give me that Bushman crap. I want a real answer.

Nonnie Parker: You want a real answer?

Harry Winslow: ...Let me hear the bushman version again.

Harry Winslow: [about Xhabbo talking to elephants] Oh, this is great. I'm on safari with Doctor Dolittle.

Harry Winslow: She hates me.

Xhabbo: Woman's like a tree. Harry must not judge tree by flowers, but by fruit.

Harry Winslow: Yeah well, flowers count for something.

Xhabbo: When Xhabbo first sees Nonnie, girl is lost. Girl doesn't say she is lost. Girl is afraid. But she says nothing.

Harry Winslow: Yeah well, that girl doesn't say much of anything. You're right. She's a tree.

Harry Winslow: Maybe Bushmen cross deserts. Maybe they even make it. But we're gonna die here. All the wind will do for us is bury us in the sand.