I need to tell you something, Oscar. That's never a good start to a conversation. John...

Annie: I need to tell you something, Oscar. Oz: That's never a good start to a conversation. Annie: John Gale asked me to marry him. That's why I've come. I thought you should know. Oz: I think that's wonderful, Annie. Annie: I said I had to think about it. Oz: Men love that answer. Annie: I wondered what you thought I should do. Oz: You could do a lot worse than John Gale. He's a good man. Annie: So are you. Oz: No. I'm not. I'm many things, but a good man is not one of them. Annie: But you could be. If you wanted to. Oz: That's just it. I don't want to. See, Kansas is full of good men. Church-going men that get married and raise families. Men like John Gale. Men like my father... who spent his whole life tilling the dirt... just to die face down in it. I don't want that, Annie. I don't want to be a good man, I want to be a great one. I want to be... Harry Houdini and Thomas Edison all rolled into one. Annie: That's all I ever wanted for you, you know. Greatness. Oz: Then you understand. Annie: I do.