Logan's Run Quotes
An idyllic sci-fi future has one major drawback: life must end at 30.
Box: Regular storage procedure. The same as the other food. The other food stopped coming. And they started.
Logan 5: What other food?
Box: Fish, and plankton. And sea greens, and protein from the sea. It's all here, ready. Fresh as harvest day. Fish and sea greens, plankton and protein from the sea. And then it stopped coming. And they came instead. So I store them here. I'm ready. And you're ready. It's my job. To freeze you. Protein, plankton...
Logan 5: What other food?
Box: Fish, and plankton. And sea greens, and protein from the sea. It's all here, ready. Fresh as harvest day. Fish and sea greens, plankton and protein from the sea. And then it stopped coming. And they came instead. So I store them here. I'm ready. And you're ready. It's my job. To freeze you. Protein, plankton...
Logan 5: Killed? Why do you use that word?
Jessica 6: Isn't that what you do? Kill?
Logan 5: I've never killed anyone in my life. Sandman terminate runners. What's your name?
Jessica 6: Jessica.
Logan 5: You're sad enough. You're beautiful. Let's have sex.
Jessica 6: No.
Logan 5: Then why are you wasting my time, hmmm? Why did you put yourself on the circuit?
Jessica 6: I thought I had to do something. I told you it was a mistake. And I've changed my mind.
Logan 5: Because I'm a Sandman? Am I your first?
Jessica 6: Yes.
Jessica 6: Isn't that what you do? Kill?
Logan 5: I've never killed anyone in my life. Sandman terminate runners. What's your name?
Jessica 6: Jessica.
Logan 5: You're sad enough. You're beautiful. Let's have sex.
Jessica 6: No.
Logan 5: Then why are you wasting my time, hmmm? Why did you put yourself on the circuit?
Jessica 6: I thought I had to do something. I told you it was a mistake. And I've changed my mind.
Logan 5: Because I'm a Sandman? Am I your first?
Jessica 6: Yes.
Logan: NO! Don't go in there! You don't have to die! No one has to die at 30! You could live! LIVE! Live, and grow old! I've seen it! She's seen it!
[Shows the crystal on his palm]
Logan: Well, look! LOOK! LOOK, IT'S CLEAR!
[Crowd laughs]
P.A. System: Lastday, Capricorn 29's. Year of the City: 2274. Carousel begins.
Jessica: No! Don't! Don't go! Listen to him! He's telling the truth!
[More laughter]
Jessica: We've been outside! There's another world outside! We've seen it!
[Sandmen grab them]
Logan: Life clocks are a lie! Carousel is a lie! THERE IS NO RENEWAL!
[Shows the crystal on his palm]
Logan: Well, look! LOOK! LOOK, IT'S CLEAR!
[Crowd laughs]
P.A. System: Lastday, Capricorn 29's. Year of the City: 2274. Carousel begins.
Jessica: No! Don't! Don't go! Listen to him! He's telling the truth!
[More laughter]
Jessica: We've been outside! There's another world outside! We've seen it!
[Sandmen grab them]
Logan: Life clocks are a lie! Carousel is a lie! THERE IS NO RENEWAL!
Mary 2: Don't be afraid.
Jessica 6: What's your name?
Mary 2: Mary 2.
Jessica 6: Where do you live Mary?
Mary 2: Here.
Jessica 6: Why aren't you in nursery?
Mary 2: I'm very smart.
Jessica 6: When are you green? When do you go up?
Mary 2: I never go upstairs. You're a nice old lady.
[She steals Jessica 6's bracelet and runs away]
Jessica 6: Hey!
Jessica 6: What's your name?
Mary 2: Mary 2.
Jessica 6: Where do you live Mary?
Mary 2: Here.
Jessica 6: Why aren't you in nursery?
Mary 2: I'm very smart.
Jessica 6: When are you green? When do you go up?
Mary 2: I never go upstairs. You're a nice old lady.
[She steals Jessica 6's bracelet and runs away]
Jessica 6: Hey!
Francis 7: Aw, what the hell took you so long?
Logan: It was the debriefing, uh... it ws more complicated than usual.
Francis 7: Well, c'mon. Get in the water.
Logan: Francis, did you - did you ever SEE anybody renew?
Francis 7: Ha ha! I think you've been skulking out too much. First nursery, now silly qustions.
Logan: No, but - did you?
Francis 7: Did I what?
Logan: See anybody renew.
Francis 7: Of course!
Logan: Anybody we know?
Francis 7: Look, get into the water. You need it. More than I do.
Logan: Francis, I have to talk to you... Well, I'll see you.
Logan: It was the debriefing, uh... it ws more complicated than usual.
Francis 7: Well, c'mon. Get in the water.
Logan: Francis, did you - did you ever SEE anybody renew?
Francis 7: Ha ha! I think you've been skulking out too much. First nursery, now silly qustions.
Logan: No, but - did you?
Francis 7: Did I what?
Logan: See anybody renew.
Francis 7: Of course!
Logan: Anybody we know?
Francis 7: Look, get into the water. You need it. More than I do.
Logan: Francis, I have to talk to you... Well, I'll see you.
Logan 5: Who are you?
The Old Man: Who are you?
Logan 5: I'm Logan 5. This is Jessica 6.
The Old Man: Well, I never much cared for my name, even when I could remember it.
Jessica 6: We're from the city.
Logan 5: Yes. Yes, we came through the ice. We got past Box.
The Old Man: Box?
Jessica 6: This is Sanctuary, isn't it?
The Old Man: Sanctuary?
The Old Man: Who are you?
Logan 5: I'm Logan 5. This is Jessica 6.
The Old Man: Well, I never much cared for my name, even when I could remember it.
Jessica 6: We're from the city.
Logan 5: Yes. Yes, we came through the ice. We got past Box.
The Old Man: Box?
Jessica 6: This is Sanctuary, isn't it?
The Old Man: Sanctuary?
[first lines]
Logan: [tapping on a glass window of maternity room] Wake up.
Francis 7: Logan, you are here. I couldn't believe it when they told me. What are you doing?
Logan: [indicates baby] Logan 6. Well it's not everyday that they authorize a new sandman. I tell you Francis,
[indicating baby]
Logan: that's him.
Francis 7: Well maybe, maybe not. What does it matter? Anyway, he isn't yours anymore.
Logan: [continues tapping lightly on the glass]
Francis 7: All right, you want me to wake him?
[bangs loudly on the glass with his baton]
Francis 7: [alarms ring and lights flash]
Logan: [tapping on a glass window of maternity room] Wake up.
Francis 7: Logan, you are here. I couldn't believe it when they told me. What are you doing?
Logan: [indicates baby] Logan 6. Well it's not everyday that they authorize a new sandman. I tell you Francis,
[indicating baby]
Logan: that's him.
Francis 7: Well maybe, maybe not. What does it matter? Anyway, he isn't yours anymore.
Logan: [continues tapping lightly on the glass]
Francis 7: All right, you want me to wake him?
[bangs loudly on the glass with his baton]
Francis 7: [alarms ring and lights flash]
Logan 5: Well, has, uh, anyone else ever passed through here?
The Old Man: No. Oh, there may be a few out there. I don't know. No, I don't know.
Logan 5: What makes you think that?
The Old Man: Well, my parents told me. My mother... and my, you know, the... um, father.
Logan 5: You knew your mother and father?
The Old Man: Sure. They raised me. Uh, you know... They raised me.
Jessica 6: How were you grown? Inside your mother?
The Old Man: Right in there.
Jessica 6: Are you sure?
The Old Man: Well, that's what she told me. I have to, I have to believe her. I don't know.
The Old Man: No. Oh, there may be a few out there. I don't know. No, I don't know.
Logan 5: What makes you think that?
The Old Man: Well, my parents told me. My mother... and my, you know, the... um, father.
Logan 5: You knew your mother and father?
The Old Man: Sure. They raised me. Uh, you know... They raised me.
Jessica 6: How were you grown? Inside your mother?
The Old Man: Right in there.
Jessica 6: Are you sure?
The Old Man: Well, that's what she told me. I have to, I have to believe her. I don't know.
