The Art of Racing in the Rain (2019)

Kevin Costner: Enzo

Quotes 

• Enzo : He picked me out of a pile of pups, a tangled mass of paws and tails. He'd stopped at the farm on his way home from the speedway at Yakima. Even back then, I knew I was different than other dogs. My soul just felt more human.

• Denny : You've been a good friend. Very good friend.

  Enzo : The best of friends.

• Enzo : Sometimes my life seems like it has been so long and so short at the same time. I feel as if I've lived for an eternity.

  Denny : [enters the house]  Yo, Enz?

  Enzo : And yet it's as if no time has passed at all.

  Denny : [notices Enzo lying on the floor]  Enzo?

  Enzo : I hear the worry in his voice.

  Denny : What happened pal? Oh, Enz.

  Enzo : I can smell the day on him. Motor oil and gasoline and roast chicken.

  Denny : Can you get up, bud?

  Enzo : I saw a documentary about Mongolia on TV once.

  Denny : [steps over Enzo and bends to rub hin]  Oh... Okay.

  Enzo : In Mongolia, when a dog dies, he is buried high in the hills, so people cannot walk on his grave.

  Denny : [Rubbing him]  I'm here buddy, I'm right here.

  Enzo : His master whispers into the dog's ears his wishes that in his next life the dog will return as a man. Not all dogs return as men they say. Only those who are ready.

  Denny : Let's get you up

  [picks Enzo up] 

  Enzo : I am ready. I know death is not the end. Eve told me so. And I believe her. When I return to this world, I will practically be an adult the moment I am plucked from the womb with all the preparation I have done.

  Denny : [lays down on the sofa with Enzo]  there he is.

  Enzo : I will walk among my fellow men, lick my lips with my small dexterous tongue and shake hands with a firm grasp.

  Denny : [rubbing his head]  There's my Enzo.

  Enzo : And I will teach people all that I know. All that I have learned.

  Denny : [puts on tv]  you okay now?

  Enzo : I'm fine Denny. I am.

  Denny : You've always been with me. You've always been my Enzo. First time I saw you, I knew we were supposed to be together. I love you boy.

• Enzo : We'll be heading home soon. But for now, all I want is one more lap. Just one more. I'll bark again so he knows. Faster, Denny, Faster!

• Enzo : I stayed awake all that night and many others that followed. The demon was coming for Eve, but he would have to get through me first. Only once the others awoke, did I dare relinquish my guard duties.

• Enzo : I assumed she would soon be in our rear-view mirror. By Spring, it was clear. Eve wasn't going anywhere.

• Enzo : Eve's last breath freed her soul. I saw it leave, myself.

• Enzo : I spent a sleepless night contemplating what Denny had said. Quit racing? He was a racecar driver the way I was a dog. It was his nature, his destiny.

• Enzo : No one knows what curves life will throw at you, but if the driver has the courage to create his own conditions, then the rain is simply rain.