Heaven and Earth (1993 film) Quotes

Heaven and Earth (1993 film) is a television program that first aired in 1970 . Heaven &amp ended its run in 1970.

It features Kitaro in charge of musical score, and Robert Richardson (cinematographer) as head of cinematography.

Heaven and Earth (1993 film) is recorded in English, and Vietnamese and originally aired in France, and United States. Each episode of Heaven and Earth (1993 film) is 141 minutes long. Heaven and Earth (1993 film) is distributed by Warner Bros..

The cast includes: Joan Chen as Mama, Hiep Thi Le as Le Ly, Haing S. Ngor as Papa, Tommy Lee Jones as Steve Butler, and Conchata Ferrell as Bernice.

Heaven and Earth (1993 film) Quotes

Joan Chen as Mama

• (Joan Chen) "If war produces one thing, it's many cemeteries. And in cemeteries, there are no enemies."

• (Joan Chen) "Tears are God's way of paying you back for what He's taken."

• (Joan Chen) "Who will take over the land?"

Tommy Lee Jones as Steve Butler

• (Tommy Lee Jones) "Is this your little brother?"
• (Hiep Thi Le) "What?"
• (Tommy Lee Jones) "Is this handsome little boy your relative?"
• (Hiep Thi Le) "My son."
• (Tommy Lee Jones) "Ah, of course he is."
• (Tommy Lee Jones) "He looks a lot like you. A lot of spirit around the eyes."

• (Tommy Lee Jones) "This is Mom's eighth dog. She has the eight ugliest dogs in the United States."

• (Tommy Lee Jones) "Even if I could speak your language I couldn't tell you how I feel about you."

• (Tommy Lee Jones) "She knows exactly what she's got, and what she's left behind."

Hiep Thi Le as Le Ly

• (Hiep Thi Le) "I've seen too many guns in my life."

• (Hiep Thi Le) "Don't separate."

• (Hiep Thi Le) "I am insulted at the insolence of men. They don't respect women. I cannot believe such men have known a mother's love."
• (Unnamed) "If I show you a tiny baby killed by a bayonet and say it is his karma, we may cry for the baby, for the baby's karma and the bad karma of the soldier who killed it. But we must never use our emotion to deny the wheel of incarnation that caused the act. It is as natural as the movement of the sun and the moon."
• (Hiep Thi Le) "Master, how can I tell him we must be friends and soul mates without being husband and wife?"
• (Unnamed) "He has created much soul debt for himself. But if you fail to give him the opportunity to redeem himself, you will only increase your own soul debt. The man hate that blinds you will blind any man you find in a future life. If you turn Steve away, you will be rejecting your own redemption. Child, you have forgiven the man who raped you, destroyed your country, harmed your family. And this is how it should be. Your karma is mixed with Steve, to Tommy and Alan. The future, the past are all the same. If you divorce, you will only have to come back again and work it out again. The path to Nirvana is never being safe, but tricky and steep. And if you walk only on sunny days you'll never reach your destination. Choose well my peach blossom."
• (Unnamed) "A child without a father is like a house without a roof."

• (Hiep Thi Le) "You still here?"
• (Tommy Lee Jones) "You said I could rest."

• (Hiep Thi Le) "In his big, craggy face was everything I loved about America."

Conchata Ferrell as Bernice

• (Conchata Ferrell) "I just want her to be grateful for what she has."

Haing S. Ngor as Papa

• (Haing S. Ngor) "What will you do without me?"

• (Haing S. Ngor) "Right is only the goodness you carry in your heart -- wrong is all that comes between you and the love."

• (Haing S. Ngor) "Go back to your son. Make him the best son you can. That is the war you must fight. That is the victory you must win."

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