This great evil. Where does it come from? How'd it steal into the world?

What seed, what root did it grow from? Who's doin' this? Who's killin' us? Robbing us of life and light. Mockin' us with the sight of what we might've known. Does our ruin benefit the earth? Does it help the grass to grow, the sun to shine? Is this darkness in you, too? Have you passed to this night?

Are you righteous, kind? Does your confidence lie in this? Are you loved by all? Know that I was, too. Do you imagine your sufferings will be less because you loved goodness, truth?


We were a family. How'd it break up and come apart so that now we're turned against each other, each standing in the other's light? How'd we lose the good that was given us, let it slip away, scattered, careless? What's keeping us from reaching out, touching the glory?


Quotes from "The Thin Red Line"

That film was up for the Oscar the same year as Saving Private Ryan, which won.

SPR obviously had a bigger budget and better effects, but TRL was by far the better, more thoughtful, more ambiguous film. It wasn't about good guys and bad guys, but about what war does to young men (and one older man).

The lines you are citing were the emotional highpoint of the film.