Birdy Quotes
After two friends return home from the Vietnam War one becomes mentally unstable and obsesses with becoming a bird.
Birdy: The dream is as real to me now as my waking life. I don't know where one begins and the other ends. I wish I could tell Al, but I'm afraid to. In my dreams, nothing holds me down. Everything's out and away. There's nothing in my life to keep me here anymore. I wish I could die and be born again as a bird.
Birdy: Last night I flew. I really know what it feels like to fly.
Sergeant Al Columbato: Oh, you flew? How you flew?
Birdy: Well, I'm not sure. It's not something you can really take apart. When I fly, it's like in a dream. Only it's not a dream. The thing is, Al, you can't really put it into words. You just kind of have to feel it.
Sergeant Al Columbato: You're telling me you can fly like a bird?
Birdy: When I fly, Al... I am a bird.
Sergeant Al Columbato: This is getting too weird, Birdy. You gotta stop it with this.
Birdy: I thought if anybody would understand it would be you, Al.
Sergeant Al Columbato: Well, I don't. I don't even wanna hear about it.
Birdy: Why?
Sergeant Al Columbato: Because I'm tired of it! We used to have fun together. Now you are always off by yourself flying around inside your goddamn head! I hope this dream or whatever it is goes away. I think it's bullshit.
Sergeant Al Columbato: Oh, you flew? How you flew?
Birdy: Well, I'm not sure. It's not something you can really take apart. When I fly, it's like in a dream. Only it's not a dream. The thing is, Al, you can't really put it into words. You just kind of have to feel it.
Sergeant Al Columbato: You're telling me you can fly like a bird?
Birdy: When I fly, Al... I am a bird.
Sergeant Al Columbato: This is getting too weird, Birdy. You gotta stop it with this.
Birdy: I thought if anybody would understand it would be you, Al.
Sergeant Al Columbato: Well, I don't. I don't even wanna hear about it.
Birdy: Why?
Sergeant Al Columbato: Because I'm tired of it! We used to have fun together. Now you are always off by yourself flying around inside your goddamn head! I hope this dream or whatever it is goes away. I think it's bullshit.
