Rima Quotes in Green Mansions (1959)

Abel: [as they come upon a rare, solitary flower in the forest] What is it?

Rima: It's called the Hata flower. It blooms for the space of a moon and then disappears. Yet it never dies. That very moment it blooms again at another place, in another part of the forest.

Rima: If you look in this place tomorrow and it is gone, you must not be sad, because you know it still exists, not very far away.

Abel: [looking a little skeptical] That's a beautiful legend.

Rima: A legend?

Abel: A legend is a story that is handed down from generation to generation, until people come to believe it.

Rima: You do not believe it? You do not believe anything, do you?

Abel: I believe in what I have to do.

[kisses her on the forehead and walks away]