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Louis: Eckhart saw Hell too. He said: The only thing that burns in Hell is the part of you that won't let go of life, your memories, your attachments. They burn them all away. But they're not punishing you, he said. They're freeing your soul. So the way he sees it, if you're frightened of dying and... and you're holding on, you'll see devils tearing your life away. But if you've made your peace, then the devils are really angels, freeing you from the earth. It's just a matter of how you look at it, that's all. So don't worry, okay? Okay?
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Jezebel: Well, personally, I never went for church names.
[Jacob laughs]
Jezebel: What?
Jacob Singer: Where do you think Jezebel came from?
Jezebel: No one calls me that.
Jacob Singer: You're such a heathen, Jezzie. How'd I ever get involved with such a fuckin' ninny?
Jezebel: You sold your soul, remember? That's what you told me.
Jacob Singer: Yeah? For what?
Jezebel: A good lay.
Jacob Singer: Look what I got.
Jezebel, Jacob Singer: The best.
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Jacob's Doctor: You're a lucky guy, Jake. You must have friends in high places.
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Army Officer: Mr. Singer. What an appropriate name for a man who can't keep his mouth shut.
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Jacob Singer: Jezzie? Get me out of here!
Evil Doctor: Where do you want to go?
Jacob Singer: Home.
Evil Doctor: Home? This is your home. You're dead.
Jacob Singer: Dead? No. I just hurt my back, I'm not dead.
Evil Doctor: What are you, then?
Jacob Singer: [Jacob quietly grins] I'M ALIVE!
Evil Doctor: Then what are you doing here?
Jacob Singer: I don't know.
Jacob Singer: [crying] This isn't happening.
Evil Doctor: What is happening?
Jacob Singer: Get me out of here.
Evil Doctor: There is no out of here. You've been killed, don't you remember?
Jacob Singer: [an eyeless doctor approaches Jacob and hold its long needle and positions the needle and shoves it into Jacob's head and blood comes out] AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!
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Louis: Well, you've done it to yourself this time, haven't you?
Jacob Singer: Am I dying, Louie?
Louis: From a slipped disk? That'll be a first.
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Michael: I'd only been in jail 13 hours, I thought 'Nam couldn't be any worse.
Jacob Singer: Shows how little you knew.
Michael: Yeah, really.
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Jacob: You know you look like an angel, Louie? Like an overgrown cherub. Anyone ever tell you that?
Louis: [smiling] Yeah, you. Every time you see me.
Jacob: You're a lifesaver, Louie.
Louis: [smiling] Yeah, I know.
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Elsa: [reading Jacob's palm] See. According to this, you're already dead.
[laughs]
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Jacob Singer: They weren't human.
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Evil Doctor: Dream on!
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Jacob Singer: What's it say?
Jezebel: [Reading the thermometer] Oh my God! I'm calling the Doctor!
Jacob Singer: What's it say?
Jezebel: It's gone to the top!
Jacob Singer: Great!
Jezebel: [On the phone] Hello Dr. Forest! I'm so sorry to bother you! This is Jezzie Pimpkin up in 14G! I just took Jake's temperature and it's up to 106, could that be right? Oh my God!
[gets off the phone and starts running a bath]
Jezebel: Get out of bed!
Jacob Singer: I can't! I'm FREEZING!
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Jezebel: Jake, New York is filled with creatures.
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Jacob Singer: [holding a crucifix and a bible] Look, I carry these around everywhere with me but they don't help.
Paul: Nothing helps.
Jacob's Ladder Quotes
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Reginald 2022-05-23 14:04:34
It was "Life and Death" in 1990. The front is lengthy, but in the end it doesn't feel too obvious.
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Coby 2022-05-23 19:54:43
3.5; At the time of his death, the consciousness diverged, passing through the triple space, and finally the love and tenderness for the past led him to the "Jacob Ladder". The atmosphere of the chase paragraph is well created, the narrative and editing are quite exciting, and the sensational paragraph is also touching. Tim Robbins is really a powerful acting school.
