The Swimmer (1968)
Richard McMurray: Stu Forsburgh
Quotes
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Ned Merrill : 'Member how we used to take off our suits and swim for miles up that river? We just never got tired.
Stu Forsburgh : Yeah. We had nice, new, pink lungs in *those* days.
Ned Merrill : And the water up there. Remember? That transparent, light green water. It felt different. God, what a beautiful feeling. We could've swum around the world in those days.
Stu Forsburgh : That was before we ever touched a drink, or a cigarette.
Donald Westerhazy : Or a girl!
Stu Forsburgh : Or a girl!
Helen Westerhazy : That doesn't zap a man's strength.
Ned Merrill : Or I'd be in a wheelchair today.
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Stu Forsburgh : I'm outta practice with the kind of parties you throw around here. We don't go in for that in Columbus - unless it's New Year's Eve.
Ned Merrill : I told you not to accept that transfer.
Stu Forsburgh : What else could I do?
Ned Merrill : I'd a quit before I let them send me to the provinces.