[Jim's hassling the truck driver on the way to Soochow]
Jim: Do you know where we are? We're here, see? And now we have to turn left. Do you hear me? When I say turn left, you turn left! When I say turn right, turn right! You have to do what I say otherwise we'll never get to Soochow then you'll be shot!
Jim: Are you with the American Fleet?
Frank: American Fleet! Looks like you lost your shirt kid.
Basie: What did you say your name was boy?
Jamie: Jamie and I'm building a man-flying kite and writing a book called Contract Bridge.
Basie: *Jim.* A new name for a new life.
[approching a group of Japanese soldiers in Shanghai]
Jamie: Excuse me everyone...
[throws arms up]
Jamie: I surrender.
Japanese Soldiers: [laughing and mocking Jamie] I surrender! I surrender. Banzai! Banzai!
[last lines]
Mary Graham: [upon finding her barely recognizable son] Jamie?... Jamie?... Jamie?
Dainty: What else you betting with Baise?
Basie: My LIFE.
[shows a copy of LIFE magazine]
Jim: [about the Japanese troops camped nearby] It almost looks as if they're waiting for something to happen...
John Graham, Jim's father: Yes.
Jim: They didn't look angry or anything...
Maxton: It's not their anger; it's their patience.
[Nurses attempt to wake a sickly man]
Jim: Can I have his shoes when he's dead?
Dr. Rawlins: God you're a pragmatist, Jim.
Basie: Jesus, those Coney Island pilots!
Basie: It's at the beginning and end of war that we have to watch out. In between, it's like a country club.
Jim: Dr. Rawlin, do you remember how we had helped build the runway? If we die like the others, our bones would be IN the runway. In a way, it's OUR runway...
Dr. Rawlins: No it's THEIR runway, Jim! Try not to think so much! Try not to THINK so much!
Jim: I touched it! I touched it! I felt the heat! I can taste it in my mouth, oil and cordite!
Frank: [Frank and Basie see Japanese men dancing in the house] Damn it Basie, they're Japs
Basie: I can see that Frank, back out of here.
Frank: I can't back out, there's no reverse
Basie: Just go foward
Frank: Come on.
Jim: Which side will win the war?
John Graham, Jim's father: Ours, of course.
Jim: Mrs. Victor, why did the Japanese close the school?
Mrs. Victor: Because they wanted to punish the grownups.
Jim: We should eat the weevils, Mrs. Victor.
Mrs. Victor: Oh, yes, I know, Jim. Dr. Rawlins told you.
Jim: He said we need the protein.
Mrs. Victor: Yes, well, Dr. Rawlins is right. We should *all* eat the weevils.
