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“So, I guess people figure it's not as hard to lose your mother when you never got along anyway. But they're wrong. They're dead wrong. It's always hard to lose your mother. Always. If you loved her, if you hated her. If she smothered you, if she ignored you. It doesn't matter. She's your mother. Your mother. That's just a very tough bond to break.”
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“You will always be the bread and the knife, not to mention the crystal goblet and—somehow—the wine.”
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“The biggest coward of a man is to awaken the love of a woman without the intention of loving her.”
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