The Chosen

Reuven Malter:
I thought you weren't allowed to talk to me?

Danny Saunders:
The ban has been lifted.

Danny Saunders:
Are you angry with me?

Reuven Malter:
...No. I'm not.

Reb Saunders:
There must not be an Israel without the messiah!

Reuven Malter:
I thought you weren't on speaking terms with your father.

Danny Saunders:
We talk a lot now.

Professor David Malter:
[talking to Reuven about Danny] He needs you, son. And his father needs you too.

Reuven Malter:
Why does Danny's father need me?

Professor David Malter:
He speaks to his son through you.

[last lines]

Reuven Malter:
There is a story in the Talmud about a king who had a son who went astray. The son was told, 'Return to your father.' The son replied that he could not. The king then sent a messenger to the son with the message... 'Come back to me as far as you can, and I will meet you the rest of the way.

Reuven Malter:
You are weird.

Danny Saunders:
*I* am?

Reuven Malter:
Yeah, you are. You look like you walked out of another century. You play baseball like Babe Ruth. You talk like you're from another planet.

Danny Saunders:
Thanks for the compliment.

Reuven Malter:
Where'd you learn to hit like that?

Danny Saunders:
[Casually] I practiced.

Reuven Malter:
I thought you people only, uh, studied the Talmud.

Danny Saunders:
I have an agreement with my father: I study my quota of the Talmud every day, the rest of the time is my own.

Reuven Malter:
Your "quota" of Talmud?

Danny Saunders:
Four pages.

Reuven Malter:
[Slightly incredulous] "Four pages"? I can do ONE page, and I'm very good. And even then I need my father to help me.

Danny Saunders:
I have total recall.

Reuven Malter:
[Skeptically] Sure.

Reb Saunders:
...and he learned through the wisdom and the pain of silence, that a mind without a heart... is nothing.

Reb Saunders:
A heart I need for a son. A soul I need for a son. Compassion and mercy I need from a son. And strength to carry pain I need from a son... self-pride, feeling of superiority, indifference, began to fade away. He learned through the wisdom and the pain of silence that a mind without a heart is nothing... My Daniel is a tzadik. And the world needs a righteous man.

narrator:
closing scene: There is a story in the Talmud about a king who had a son who went astray. The son was told, "Return to your father." The son replied that he could not. The king then sent a messenger to the son with the message. "Come back to me as far as you can, and I will meet you the rest of the way."