Mario Ruoppolo Quotes in Il Postino (1994)

Mario Ruoppolo: Poetry doesn't belong to those who write it; it belongs to those who need it.

Mario Ruoppolo: Your smile spreads like a butterfly.

Mario Ruoppolo: Your laugh is a sudden silvery wave.

Mario Ruoppolo: If you make this much of a fuss about one poem, you're never going to win that Nobel Prize.

Mario Ruoppolo: So what if we break our chains? What do we do then?

Mario Ruoppolo: I'll only ask him to sign this book. That's all, so when I get paid I'll go to Naples and show all the girls that I'm a friend of Neruda, the poet of love.

Postmaster: The poet of the people.