[after reading a letter sent by his mother]
Alexander:
It's a high ransom she charges for nine months lodging in the womb.
Hephaistion:
Bring her to Babylon, Alexander. It'll give her such joy.
Alexander:
Joy! I am the cracked mirror of her dreams... Stay with me tonight Hephaistion.
Hephaistion:
What bothers you?
Alexander:
I see in her everything I fear. Yet I have no idea what it is; this fear. She was always so sure I was born of Zeus. Why, Hephaistion?
Hephaistion:
I think there are things beyond our imagining. Like the lightening. Tales of strange conceptions. I don't doubt it.
Alexander:
What is being told me? What destiny do I have?
Hephaistion:
Well, if I'm Patroclus, I die first. Then you, Achilles. The generals are upset. They question your obsession with Darius. They say it was never meant for you to be king of Asia.
Alexander:
Naturally. They want only to return to their homes rich with gold, but I have seen the future, Hephaistion! I've seen it now a thousand times, on a thousand faces. These people want, need, change. Aristotle was wrong about them.
Hephaistion:
How so?
Alexander:
Look at those we've conquered. They leave their dead unburied, they smash their enemies skulls and drink them as dust, they mate in public! How can they think, or sing, or write when none can read? But as Alexander's army they could go where they never thought possible. They can soldier, or work in the cities. From the Alexandrias, from Egypt to the outer ocean. We could connect these lands, Hephaistion. And the people.
Hephaistion:
Some say these Alexandrias have become extensions of Alexander himself. They draw people into the cities so as to make slaves.
Alexander:
But we've freed them, Hephaistion, from the Persias, where everyone lived as slaves! To free the people of the world! Such would be beyond the glory of Achilles. Beyond Heracles! A feat to rival Prometheus, who was always a friend to man.
Hephaistion:
Remember the fates of these heroes. They suffered, greatly.
Alexander:
We all suffer. Your father, mine. They all came to the end of their time and in the end, when it's over, all that matters is what you've done.
Hephaistion:
You once said the fear of death drives all men. Are there no other forces? Is there not love in your life, Alexander? What would you do if you ever reached the end of the world? I wonder sometimes, if it's not your mother you run from, so many years, so many miles between you, what is it you fear?
Alexander:
Who knows these things? When I was a child my mother thought me divine; my father, weak. Which am I, Hephaistion? Weak or divine? All I know is I trust only you in this world. I've missed you. I need you. It is you I love, Hephaistion. No other.
Hephaistion:
You still hold you head cocked like that.
Alexander:
[laughing] I have to stop that.
Hephaistion:
No, like a dear listening in the wind you strike me still, Alexander. You have eyes like no other. I sound as stupid as a school boy, but you're everything I care for. And by the sweet breath of Aphrodite I'm so jealous of losing you to this world you want so badly.
Alexander:
You'll never lose me, Hephaistion. I'll be with you always. 'Til the end.
Wanderer:
I know you. You're the angel of fire. Angel of fire. I know you. You burn bright enough to know there are certain sacrifices that need to be made. You see, if you don't give back the money, you all will die. And you will die contorted, and you will die unforgiven. You see, there's... there's this... this puzzle, and at the centre of this puzzle, there's a child, and this is a very sick child. [Echoing]
Wanderer:
A very sick child. But this child will be a great leader someday. Do you know the child I speak of?
Domino Harvey:
Yes.
Wanderer:
Well, you have only one destiny, and that destiny is... that you must offer your lives in exchange for the life of the child. Then, and only then, will you truly be cleansed in the blood of the lamb.
Collins, Mark, Mimi, Angel:
[Sung] I can't control
Roger Davis:
[Sung] Control your temper
Collins, Mark, Mimi, Angel:
[Sung] My destiny
Roger Davis:
[Sung] She doesn't see
Collins, Mark, Mimi, Angel:
[Sung] I trust my soul
Roger Davis:
[Sung] Who says that there's a soul
Collins, Mark, Mimi, Angel:
[Sung] My only goal, is just to be
Roger Davis:
Just let me be!
Collins, Mark, Mimi, Angel:
[Sung in time with Roger] There's only now, there's only here. Give into love, or live in fear. No other path, no other way. No day but today.
Roger Davis:
[Sung] Who do you think you are? Barging in on me and my guitar. Little girl hey, the door is that way.
Mimi:
[Sung] No day but today.
Roger Davis:
[Sung] The fire's dead anyway.
Collins, Mark, Mimi, Angel:
[Sung] No day but today.
Roger Davis:
[Sung] Take your powder, take your candle.
Collins, Mark, Mimi, Angel:
[Sung] No day but today.
Roger Davis:
[Sung] Take your brown eyes, your pretty smile, your silouette.
Collins, Mark, Mimi, Angel:
[Sung] No day but today.
Roger Davis:
[Sung] Another time, another place, another round, a warm embrace.
Collins, Mark, Mimi, Angel:
[Sung] No day but today.
Roger Davis:
[Sung] Another dance another way, another chance, another day
Collins, Mark, Mimi, Angel:
[Sung] No day but today.
[first lines]
Michael "Goob" Yagoobian:
Then, um, I didn't choose that one because it was gonna give me pimples so I choosed, um, another scary one cause for, um, all those years that I went for halloween I wasn't scary at all... I love baseball. It's my destiny to play that game. And I don't really care about winning. Well, like, now i do, cause, like, we've lost every game and I've gotten tired of it! I'm working like so hard, all the balls are getting thrown to me, I'm trying to catch like everyone. All of the people in the out field are all looking around, and, c'mon, lets play some baseball, ok? not the lazy game... They're here... Lewis? Lewis?
Lewis:
Goob? Hey Goob? I've finished it! They're gonna love this!
[a tape meant to be played after his bomb explodes]
Dusan Gavrich:
You will look at what I have done and say, Of course - why not - they are all animals. They have slaughtered each other for centuries. But the truth is, I'm not a monster. I'm a human man - I'm just like you, whether you like it or not. For years, we have tried to live together, until a war was waged on us, on all of us: a war waged by our own leaders. And who supplied the Serb cluster bombs, the Croatian tanks, the Muslim artillery shells that killed our sons and daughters? It was the governments of the West who drew the boundaries of our countries - sometimes in ink, sometimes in blood - the blood of our people. And now you dispatch your peacekeepers to write our destiny again. We can never accept this peace that leaves us with nothing but pain, pain the peacemakers must be made to feel. Their wives, their children, their houses and churches. So now you know, now you must understand. Leave us to find our own destiny. May God have mercy on us all.
Masai:
So where do we start?
Cyrus:
We need to spread the word. We must reach out into every corner. Cross every border and convince, convey our message, our motive. And it must be with respect, not force, that they accept out invitation. As this word spreads and possibility enters the minds of all the city's gangs, then this message, this wisdom will begin to make sense. There's no other way. This is our destiny and this is our will. Now, go let all the gangs know about the truce. Forget no one under our network. No more than nine delegates may attend from any given gang and on this day, I want no action. No soldier will carry a shank, a bat, a stick, a brick or a gun. Now go, Masai and let our troops know what must be done.
All:
[sung] No other road / No other way / No day but today
Mimi, Joanne, Maureen:
[sung] I can't control / My destiny
Mark, Roger, Collins, Angel, Benjamin Coffin III:
[sung] Will I lose my dignity / Will someone care
Mimi, Joanne, Maureen:
[sung] I trust my soul / My only goal / Is just to be
Mark, Roger, Collins, Angel, Benjamin Coffin III:
[sung] Will I wake tomorrow / From this nightmare
Mimi, Joanne, Maureen:
[sung] Without you / The hand gropes
Mark, Roger, Collins, Angel, Benjamin Coffin III:
[sung] There's only now / There's only here
Mimi, Joanne, Maureen:
[sung] The ear hears / The pulse beats
Mark, Roger, Collins, Angel, Benjamin Coffin III:
[sung] Give in to love / Or live in fear
Mimi, Joanne, Maureen:
[sung] Life goes on / But I'm gone
Mark, Roger, Collins, Angel, Benjamin Coffin III:
[sung] No other path / No other way
Mimi, Joanne, Maureen:
[sung] 'Cause I die / Without you / I die without you
Mark, Roger, Collins, Angel, Benjamin Coffin III:
[sung] No day but today / No day but today
Mimi, Joanne, Maureen:
[sung] I die without you / I die without you
Mark, Roger, Collins, Angel, Benjamin Coffin III:
[sung] No day but today / No day but today
Mimi, Joanne, Maureen:
[sung] I die without you / I die without you
Mark, Roger, Collins, Angel, Benjamin Coffin III:
[sung] No day but today / No day but today
All:
[sung] NO DAY BUT TODAY!
Adam:
Say, Johnny, what if what that Zatch guy said was true? I mean, about Your Destiny to become a Warrior, and Mine to be a Seeker... [Iggy interupts from behind the couch holding a Playboy Magazine]
Iggy:
...and don't forget, I'm the King, seriously, you guys couldn't of missed these Magazines, there is a whole stack of em underneath Your Bed...
Johnny:
Iggy, you can't be the King of Patusan. [Iggy looks at Him Discouragingly]
Johnny:
You're not Asian.
Iggy:
Hey, two words for you; David Carradine, and Kung Fu.
George:
Hello Dad. You know I remember a lifetime ago, when I was about 3 1/2 feet tall, weighing all of 60 pounds, but every inch your son. I remember those Saturday mornings going to work with my dad, we'd climb into that big green truck. I thought that truck... was the biggest truck in the universe pop. I remember how important the job we did was, how if it wasn't for us, people would freeze to death. I thought you were the strongest man in the world. And remember those home videos when mom would dress up like Loretta Young, barbeques and football games, ice cream, playing with the Tuna. And when I left for California only to come home with the FBI chasing me, and that FBI agent Trout had to kneel down to put my boots on and you said, "That's where you belong you son of a bitch, puttin on Georgie's boots." That was a good one pop, you remember that. And remember that time when you told me that money wasn't real. Well old man, I'm 42 years old, and I finally realize what you were trying to tell me, so many years ago. I finally understand. Your the best, pop, just wish I could have done more for you, wish we had more time. Anyway, may the wind always be at your back, and the sun always upon your face, and may the wings of destiny carry you aloft to dance with the stars. I love you Dad. Love George.
Try to choose carefully, Arren, when the great choices must be made. When I was young, I had to choose between the life of being and the life of doing. And I leapt at the latter like a trout to a fly. But each deed you do, each act, binds you to itself and its consequences, and makes you act again and yet again. Then very seldom do you come upon a space, a time like this, between act and act, when you may stop and simply be. Or wonder who, after all, you are.
Larry Joseph Burrows:
How can my life change so much just because I hit one stinking baseball?
Mike the Bartender at Universal Joint Bar:
Well, you see Larry, one's destiny is a very complicated thing. Every incident in a person's life affects everything else that follows it. Instead of missing the baseball, however, you hit it. Then you became a hero, married the prom queen, and so on, and so forth, until you find yourself exactly where you are. So you see, hitting that baseball has spun your life off in an entirely new direction.
Larry Joseph Burrows:
Are you an angel or something?
Mike the Bartender at Universal Joint Bar:
Not exactly, no.
Larry Joseph Burrows:
Then what are you?
Mike the Bartender at Universal Joint Bar:
Have you ever been faced with a decision, and you weren't sure what to do?
Larry Joseph Burrows:
Yeah, sure, plenty of times.
Mike the Bartender at Universal Joint Bar:
And then something inside you made you choose one direction over another?
Larry Joseph Burrows:
Yeah. So?
Mike the Bartender at Universal Joint Bar:
So that's me. I make the suggestions, and you make the choices. That's how destiny works, Larry - very subtly. Welcome to your new life, Larry. I hope you like it.
Garion,' she said very calmly, 'the universe knew your name before that moon up there was spun out of the emptiness. Whole constellations have been waiting for you since the beginning of time.'
I didn't want them to, Aunt Pol.'
There are those of us who aren't given that option, Garion. There are things that gave to be done and certain people who have to do them. It's as simple as that.'
He smiled rather sadly at her flawless face and gently touched the snowy white lock at her brow. Then, for the last time in his life, he asked the question that had been on his lips since he was a tiny boy. 'Why me, Aunt Pol? Why me?'
Can you possibly think of anyone else you'd trust to deal with these matters, Garion?'
He had not really been prepared for that question. It came at him in stark simplicity. Now at last he fully understood. 'No,' he sighed, 'I suppose not. Somehow it seems a little unfair, though. I wasn't even consulted.'
Neither was I, Garion,' she answered. 'But we didn't have to be consulted, did we? The knowledge of what we have to do is born into us.
