Angel Baby (1961)

Mercedes McCambridge: Sarah Strand

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• Sarah Strand : You must cleave unto the Lord, Sister!

• Sarah Strand : The Lord is the healer of the afflicted. If ye have faith, ye shall be cured.

• Sarah Strand : Lust! Lust! Lust! You, a man of God, fighting over a wanton woman like a filthy dog. And look at you, wild, with the craving of a patent siren.

  Paul Strand : She's an honest, normal, God-fearing woman.

  Sarah Strand : She's a slut!

• Paul Strand : Our marriage has been nothing but sin from the very beginning.

  Sarah Strand : What in God's name are you saying?

  Paul Strand : It's the end of our missions, self-denials, conveniences. A marriage that completely denies the very purpose for man and woman living together.

  Sarah Strand : Oh, Paul, stop that!

  Paul Strand : Love, honor and obey. We both lied at the altar. I didn't even know what love was. And you, you didn't love me then. You don't love me now. You're so full of fear. Fear of that twisted version of God.

  Sarah Strand : Paul, stop it!

  Paul Strand : You didn't want a husband. You wanted a mold, a disciple, a puppet that showed that crazy brand of hate and fear instead of love.

  Sarah Strand : No, no, no!

  Paul Strand : Yes!

  Sarah Strand : [Cries]  No, no!

  Paul Strand : So you yanked a kid out of a choir. You said, "It's the Lord's will that you marry me, Paul." Well, my season in purgatory with you is done! Over! Finished! I had one thing when I met you. A belief in God. And that's all I'm taking with me.

  Sarah Strand : I will not let you do this.

  Paul Strand : You can't stop me.

  Sarah Strand : God will intervene against this sin! God will strike that woman dead. And you, Paul... you will taste the fires of hell!

  Paul Strand : I don't believe that anymore, Sarah. I'll go on serving the Lord in my own way and maybe I'll earn a place in the hereafter. I hope so. But there is one thing for sure, it will be my own way.