Alex: My grandfather informs me that is not possible.
Alex: I have reflected many times upon our rigid search. It has shown me that everything is illuminated in the light of the past. It is always along the side of us, on the inside, looking out. Like you say, inside out. Jonathan, in this way, I will a...
Jonathan: I'm a vegetarian. Alex: You're a what? Jonathan: I don't eat meat. Alex: How can you not eat meat? Jonathan: I just don't. Alex: [to Grandfather, in Russian] He says he does not eat meat. Grandfather: [to Alex, in Russian] What? Alex: No me...
Alex: You make sex often with American girl? Jonathan: Not really. Alex: What is mean by "not really?" Jonathan: I'm not a priest, but I'm not John Holmes either. Alex: I have heard of this John Holmes. He has premium penis. Jonathan: Yes, he did. Al...
Jonathan: I'm distressed by dogs. Alex: [in Russian to Grandfather] He is afraid of dogs. Grandfather: [in Russian to Alex] Bullshit. No one is afraid of dogs.
Alex: I was of the opinion that the past is past, and like all that is not now it should remain burried along the side of our memories.
Alex: [voice over] Now I must tell you more of myself. I an unequivocally tall. I do not know any women who are taller than me. The women who *are* taller than me are lesbians, for whom 1969 was a very momentous year. For me, America is a first-rate ...
Alex: [Refering to the dog] This is Sammy Davis Jr. Jr... She is Grandfather's Seeing Eye bitch. Father purchased her for him not because he believes Grandfather is blind, but because a Seeing Eye bitch is also a good thing for people who pine for th...
[in Russian, referring to why Augustine never buried her ring] Lista: In case someone should come searching one day. Alex: So they would have something to find. Lista: No, it does not exist for you. You exist for it. You have come because it exists.
Alex: [voice over] My legal name is Alexander Perchov, but all of my friends dub me Alex, because this is much more flaccid to utter.
Alex: How much currency would a first-rate accountant receive in America? Jonathan: I don't know, a lot, probably, if he or she is good. Alex: She? Jonathan: Or he. Alex: Are there Negro accountants? Jonathan: Yes, there are *African American* accoun...
Alex: Many girls want to be carnal with me... because I'm such a premium dancer!
[after an old man gives them directions, Jonathan hands him a pack of cigarettes] Alex: What are you doing? Jonathan: For helping us. Alex: What? Jonathan: Well, I read in my guidebook that you can't find Marlboro cigarettes here so you should take t...
Alex: Jonfen. What you said at the hotel about Ukrainians before the war. Jonathan: Yeah? Alex: Do you think it's possible that my grandfather, he... [Very long silence] Jonathan: Your shirt's inside out. Alex: What? Jonathan: Your shirt's inside out...
Alex: This is not so unusual. Jonathan: What? Alex: Not knowing.
Alexander Perchov, Father: [in Russian] Papa, I already have one son walking around Odessa looking like a lunatic. I don't need another.
Grandfather: [in Ukrainian] [to Alex and Jonathan] Grandfather: Perhaps you would like me to stop the car and you two can fuck yourselves to Lutsk!
Alex: [to Jonathan] You were proximal with your grandfather, yes?
