2003
A wrongfully convicted boy is sent to a brutal desert detention camp where he joins the job of digging holes for some mysterious reason.
117 min
CLEAR ALL
We meet no ordinary people in our lives.
1
It is easy to acknowledge, but almost impossible to realize for long, that we are mirrors whose brightness, if we are bright, is wholly derived from the sun that shines upon us.
Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our natural lives.
2
People who bore one another should meet seldom; people who interest one another, often.
There is a kind of happiness and wonder that makes you serious. It is too good to waste on jokes.
Do not waste time bothering whether you ‘love’ your neighbor; act as if you did. As soon as we do this we find one of the great secrets. When you are behaving as if you loved someone, you will presently come to love him.
3
Spiteful words can hurt your feelings but silence breaks your heart.
4
We live, in fact, in a world starved for solitude, silence, and private: and therefore starved for meditation and true friendship.
If you love deeply, you’re going to get hurt badly. But it’s still worth it.
7
When we lose one blessing, another is often most unexpectedly given in its place.