Monday, January 13, 2020

the coffee shop conversation

VINCENT
 Good for you. Lighten up a little.
 You been sittin' there all quiet.

 JULES
 I just been sittin' here thinkin'.

 VINCENT
 (mouthful of food)
 About what?

 JULES
 The miracle we witnessed.

 VINCENT
 The miracle you witnessed. I
 witnessed a freak occurrence.

 JULES
 Do you know what a miracle is?

 VINCENT
 An act of God.

 JULES
 What's an act of God?

 VINCENT
 I guess it's when God makes the
 impossible possible. And I'm sorry
 Jules, but I don't think what
 happened this morning qualifies.

 JULES
 Don't you see, Vince, that shit
 don't matter. You're judging this
 thing the wrong way. It's not
 about that. It could be God
 stopped the bullets, he changed
 Coke into Pepsi, he found my
 fuckin' car keys. You don't judge
 shit like this based on merit.
 Whether or not what we experienced
 was an according-to-Hoyle miracle
 is insignificant. What is
 significant is I felt God's touch,
 God got involved.

 VINCENT
 But why?

 JULES
 That's what's fuckin' wit' me! I
 don't know why. But I can't go
 back to sleep.

 VINCENT
 So you're serious, you're really
 gonna quit?

 JULES
 The life, most definitely.

 Vincent takes a bite of food. Jules takes a sip of coffee

 In the b.g., we see a PATRON call the Waitress.
 PATRON
 Garcon! Coffee!

 VINCENT
 So if you're quitting the life,
 what'll you do?

 JULES
 That's what I've been sitting here
 contemplating. First, I'm gonna
 deliver this case to Marsellus.
 Then, basically, I'm gonna walk the
 earth.

 VINCENT
 What do you mean, walk the earth?

 JULES
 You know, like Caine in "KUNG FU."
 Just walk from town to town, meet
 people, get in adventures.

 VINCENT
 How long do you intend to walk the
 earth?

 JULES
 Until God puts me where he want me
 to be.

 VINCENT
 What if he never does?

 JULES
 If it takes forever, I'll walk
 forever.

 VINCENT
 So you decided to be a bum?

 JULES
 I'll just be Jules, Vincent -- no
 more, no less.

 VINCENT
 No Jules, you're gonna be like
 those pieces of shit out there who
 beg for change. They walk around
 like a bunch of fuckin' zombies,
 they sleep in garbage bins, they
 eat what I throw away, and dogs
 piss on 'em. They got a word for
 'em, they're called bums. And
 without a job, residence, or legal
 tender, that's what you're gonna be
 -- a fuckin' bum!

 JULES
 Look my friend, this is just where
 me and you differ --

 VINCENT
 -- what happened was peculiar -- no
 doubt about it -- but it wasn't
 water into wine.

 JULES
 All shapes and sizes, Vince.

 VINCENT
 Stop fuckin' talkin' like that!

 JULES
 If you find my answers frightening,
 Vincent, you should cease askin'
 scary questions.

 VINCENT
 When did you make this decision --
 while you were sitting there eatin'
 your muffin?

 JULES
 Yeah. I was just sitting here
 drinking my coffee, eating my
 muffin, playin' the incident in my
 head, when I had what alcoholics
 refer to as a "moment of clarity."

 VINCENT
 I gotta take a shit. To be
 continued.