Mrs. Wilkes Quotes in Uncommon Valor (1983)

Mrs. Wilkes: It's taken me TEN YEARS to get that damn war out of his head!

Rhodes: Oh yeah? Well it looks like it's still in there strong.

Col. Cal Rhodes: [arriving at Wilkes' sculpture workshop] I'm Jason Rhodes. I phoned this morning.

Mrs. Wilkes: Yeah, I know who you are. Uh, listen, my husband doesn't want to talk to you.

Col. Cal Rhodes: I phoned him this morning and he said he did.

Mrs. Wilkes: Yeah, well, not any more. Look, why don't you do me a favor and, uh, go away?

Col. Cal Rhodes: Not until I see your husband.

Mrs. Wilkes: Look, you have got no right to be here. It has taken me ten years to get that goddamned war out of his head.

Col. Cal Rhodes: ...

[looking skeptically at Wilkes' numerous twisty metal sculptures]

Col. Cal Rhodes: Looks to me like it's still in his head pretty strong.

Mrs. Wilkes: [sarcastically] Ohh, that's very deep. Gee, where were you all the days he just sat for hours, staring at the walls?

Rachel Adams: You Killed Innocent People

Mrs. Wilkes: [sneers] NONE of You are Innocent

Rachel Adams: My SON is INNOCENT

Mrs. Wilkes: [matter of fact-ly] God allowed his son to die

[struggles not to cry]

Mrs. Wilkes: God allowed MY SON TO DIE

Adam Michaels: [through gritted teeth] It WASN'T GOD... How can you justify what you are doing as RIGHT?

Mrs. Wilkes: [calmly] Because I walk the path of the righteous