“Since You Went Away” quotes

“I wish my little boy had lived, so he could have seen America. I used to read to him about it every night when the shades were drawn and the sound of heavy boots marching down the street made my poor little Janka shake until I thought his bones would crack.”

Alla Nazimova - Zofia Koslowska

“- Cpl. Bill Smollett 2nd: You will marry me when it's over, won't you, Jane? You won't be mad at me because I didn't marry you now?
- Jane Hilton: Of course I won't be mad. But you take care of yourself.”

Robert Walker - Cpl. Bill Smollett 2nd
Jennifer Jones - Jane Hilton

“- Cpl. Bill Smollett 2nd: I don't want to leave you!
- Jane Hilton: It won't be for long, darling.
- Cpl. Bill Smollett 2nd: It might be for months, or for years, maybe.
- Jane Hilton: It doesn't matter. I'll be thinking about you all the time. Someday the war will be over, and then we can be...
- Cpl. Bill Smollett 2nd: Then we can be married,...” (continue)(continue reading)
Robert Walker - Cpl. Bill Smollett 2nd
Jennifer Jones - Jane Hilton

“- Anne Hilton: When a man goes off to war, we have to be... the telegram came just a few minutes ago. It was addressed to you, but I opened it.
- Jane Hilton: Did it say he was missing, or what? I don't care if he's wounded, I don't care what's happened to him, if only...
- Anne Hilton: No, dear, it said he... died in action at Salerno.”

Claudette Colbert - Anne Hilton
Jennifer Jones - Jane Hilton

“- Jane Hilton: You're fine and strong, but you're just sensitive, that's all.
- Cpl. Bill Smollett 2nd: But don't you think I'm a failure after everything I've told you?
- Jane Hilton: A failure? Just because you're not an officer? Why, an officer I know, he said that you are the boys doing the fighting.”
Jennifer Jones - Jane Hilton
Robert Walker - Cpl. Bill Smollett 2nd

“- Jane Hilton: His burns seem almost healed.
- Dr. Sigmund Gottlieb Golden: Yes, his burns, but the most serious injury - that, I'm afraid, will take more time.
- Jane Hilton: The injury to his mind? Is that what you mean?
- Dr. Sigmund Gottlieb Golden: No, not to his mind. To his confidence, in himself and in others.”

Jennifer Jones - Jane Hilton
Albert Bassermann - Dr. Sigmund Gottlieb Golden

“- Lt. Tony Willett: You could never look terrible. You're pretty, that's what you are.
- Jane Hilton: Don't laugh at me.
- Lt. Tony Willett: I never laugh at anybody I love. And I've loved you from the moment you were born.”
Joseph Cotten - Lt. Tony Willett
Jennifer Jones - Jane Hilton

“Honey, you mustn't fool yourself! That would be the worst thing of all. You've got to face it, as hard and cruel as it is. Cry, darling. Cry your heart out. I won't try to tell you that you'll get over it soon, because it will take time - maybe a long time.”

Claudette Colbert - Anne Hilton

- Jane Hilton: "Grandpa, Grandpa, Grandpa". What about yourself? Why is it so important that you satisfy him, the old...
- Cpl. Bill Smollett 2nd: Because he loved me so. I'm sure he did - once. But all through military school, from the time I was eight years old, I kept letting him down.
Jennifer Jones - Jane Hilton
Robert Walker - Cpl. Bill Smollett 2nd

“- Cpl. Bill Smollett 2nd: You know it's because I wouldn't want you to be... you know, if anything happened to me...
- Jane Hilton: A widow, you mean.
- Cpl. Bill Smollett 2nd: Yes, but not only that. If something happened - I mean, if I was...
- Jane Hilton: If you were wounded? Bill, I'd take care of you the rest of our lives, always.”

Robert Walker - Cpl. Bill Smollett 2nd
Jennifer Jones - Jane Hilton