Cinema Paradiso

Alfredo:
Living here day by day, you think it's the center of the world. You believe nothing will ever change. Then you leave: a year, two years. When you come back, everything's changed. The thread's broken. What you came to find isn't there. What was yours is gone. You have to go away for a long time... many years... before you can come back and find your people. The land where you were born. But now, no. It's not possible. Right now you're blinder than I am.

Salvatore:
Who said that? Gary Cooper? James Stewart? Henry Fonda? Eh?

Alfredo:
No, Toto. Nobody said it. This time it's all me. Life isn't like in the movies. Life... is much harder.

Alfredo:
Get out of here! Go back to Rome. You're young and the world is yours. I'm old. I don't want to hear you talk anymore. I want to hear others talking about you. Don't come back. Don't think about us. Don't look back. Don't write. Don't give in to nostalgia. Forget us all. If you do and you come back, don't come see me. I won't let you in my house. Understand?

Salvatore:
Thank you. For everything you've done for me.

Alfredo:
Whatever you end up doing, love it. The way you loved the projection booth when you were a little squirt.

Alfredo:
Out of the fire of love come ashes. Even the greatest love eventually fizzles out.

Alfredo:
And the next time be careful how you talk. Not to take credit away from the Lord, but if I had created the world, in all modesty, certain things would have come out better. But unfortunately such was not the case.

Salvatore 'Toto' Di Vita - Adult:
Yes, of course. We'll talk later.