"Do not let me hear
Of the wisdom of old men,
but rather of their folly"
— Four Quartets
"Dear friends, would those of you who know what this is all about please raise your hands? I think if God is dead he laughed himself to death. Because, you see, we live in Eden. Genesis has got it all wrong– we never left the Garden. Look about you. This is paradise. It's hard to find, I'll grant you, but it is here. Under our feet, beneath the surface, all around us is everything we want. The earth is shining under the soot. We are all fools. Ha ha! Moriarty has made fools of all of us. But together– you and I, tonight– we'll bring him down."
— George C. Scott as Justin Playfair
under the soot…
parked on La Brea Avenue,
your landing lights are on."
[John Travolta runs on stage
and rushes for the door.]
For a religious interpretation
of the number 707, see
To Announce a Faith
(All Hallows' Eve, 2006)
and the following link
to a Tom Stoppard line
from the previous entry:
"Heaven, how can I
believe in Heaven?"
she sings at the finale.
"Just a lying
rhyme for seven!"