The Human Comedy

Diana only seems a fool - she isn't really.

The Human Comedy (film), CC BY-SA 4.0

If you behold me lost in the embrace of alcohol, greet me as you pass but make no reference to my condition. I'm rather a sensitive man and I prefer not to be the object of public solicitude.

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Librarian: What are you boys looking for? Lionel: Books. Librarian: What books are you looking for? Lionel: All of them. Librarian: What do you want with them? Lionel: We wanna look at 'em. Librarian: Books are for reading. Lionel: Can't I just Look at 'em? Librarian: That's not what the public library is for boy, but you can look into them and look at the pictures in them. What do you want the outsides for? Lionel: I like to. can't I? Librarian: There's no law against it... Who's this? Lionel: That's Ulysses. He can't read. Librarian: Can you? Lionel: No. But he can't either. That's why we're friends, he's the only other man I know who can't read Librarian: One day, when you learn to read, you'll find there's a great deal to be said for the inside of books. I've been reading for 70 years and it hasn't been nearly long enough. Now run along and look at the books. Lionel: Yes ma'am.

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Mary Arena: We call it "liquid sunshine". Quentin Gilford: Well , in Texas, it's rain.

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Tom Spangler: What d'ya want me to come to dinner for? Diana Steed: Because I love you darling. Tom Spangler: Every time you start that kinda talk, I wanna duck. Diana Steed: But I do love you darling. And you love me too. You do, don't you? Yes you do.

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