Columbus Quotes

Casey: I'm really interested in architecture.

Jin: Yeah, I hear this town is quite the Mecca.

Jin: I think religions are like monarchies. There might be a good king here and there, but the system is problematic. Too easy to exploit.

Casey: So you're anti-monarchy?

Jin: Yes.

Casey: Isn't everyone?

Jin: You'd be surprised.

Jin: Where are we?

Casey: Nowhere!

Jin: What is this?

Casey: This is where I went to school.

Jin: That's brutal.

Jin: You could do a lot better!

Casey: Than what? Taking care of my mom? You obviously don't get that, do you? Because you're here hoping that your dad dies so you don't have to mourn for him.

[first lines]

[korean, subtitled]

Eleanor: [searching for the Professor, Jin's father] Professor! Professor! Professor? Professor! Professor! There you are. Thought I lost you.

[last lines]

Casey: Thanks... for everything.

Jin: Thank you... for being here

Casey: I hope my mom's gonna be okay.

Jin: She's gonna be all right. She wants this for you. Caseey, she's so proud of you.

Casey: I feel bad leaving you, too. You gotta keep my posted, okay?

Jin: I will. But you need to stop feeling bad.

Casey: Yeah... so do you.

Jin: Maybe.

Casey: Think I'm gonna quit smoking.

Jin: Yeah?

Casey: Yeah.

Jin: It's probably a good idea.

[referring to Eleanor]

Jin: She's not a fan.

[pause]

Jin: You better get going.

Casey: I know.

[They embrace each other]

Jin: Did he tell you that we haven't spoken in over a year?

Casey: You're all he has.

Jin: That has never been the case.

Jin: He has his students, his work.

Casey: You're his son.

Jin: You've been watching too much Korean drama.

Casey: You speak English.

Jin: You don't think Asians can speak English?

[Jin and Casey sit on the entrance steps of the Columbus City Hall]

Jin: I think this is what my dad was referring to.

Casey: That?

Jin: Yes.

Casey: Hm.

Jin: If it's not, I'm gonna say that it is.

Jin: [translating his father's manuscript in Korean] It says, "Effort plus cost," uh, "to see what is invisible and always visible." No, "omni-visible." No, "always visible." "Always visible."

Casey: Wow. I should ask Gabe at work. He's really into these kind of riddles.

Jin: Yes. Yes, what the fuck? My father was always trying to be so profound. Why wouldn't he just write the name down or draw a better picture?

Casey: Well, I didn't think he thought someone was ever going to read this. He probably knew exactly what he meant.

Jin: Still fucking annoying.