Oz (TV Series)
Straight Life (1997)
Eamonn Walker: Kareem Said
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Quotes
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Bob Rebadow : I'm sorry that you're ill.
Kareem Said : And who told you that I was ill?
Bob Rebadow : God.
Kareem Said : Oh, yes. You talk to God.
Bob Rebadow : When he's in town.
Kareem Said : Well, in Islam, we believe that only two people spoke to God directly. Mohammad, and praise be to him, and Moses. So, you see, you are in excellent company.
Bob Rebadow : You think I'm lying or deluded.
Kareem Said : Oh, yes.
Bob Rebadow : I may well be. I do know sometimes I can see inside men's souls.
Kareem Said : And can you see into mine, old man?
Bob Rebadow : Yes.
Kareem Said : And what is there?
Bob Rebadow : Anger.
Kareem Said : Yes, I am angry. I am angry at a society that cripples my people and infects their bodies.
Bob Rebadow : No. You're angry at God.
Kareem Said : I am not. My illness is Allah's will and I accept the bad as well as the good that God gives me.
Bob Rebadow : Still, you're angry at him and afraid. Afraid of dying.
Kareem Said : That is not true.
Bob Rebadow : You watched Jefferson Keane die, die gladly. Keane embraced death like a lover, like a traveler going home. You saw that and were afraid. You realized you're not as willing to go.
Kareem Said : Get out of here, old man. Get out!