Miser Stevens Quotes in The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941)

Jabez Stone: What's the matter with you?

Miser Stevens: Are you afraid?

Jabez Stone: Afraid of what?

Miser Stevens: Of what happens when we die.

Jabez Stone: Are you crazy, man? We're buried, that's all.

Miser Stevens: But what becomes of our soul?

Jabez Stone: [agitated] Why should you fret about something that isn't there?

Miser Stevens: Don't say that. I know it is.

Jabez Stone: All right, so it's buried with you!

Miser Stevens: But what if one hasn't a soul anymore?

Jabez Stone: What's that? Well, what about it? Who cares anyhow!

Miser Stevens: I do. And I think you do, too.