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Bite it! You have to bite it.

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Cecilia: You idiot! You realize this is probably the most valuable thing we own?! Robbie: Not any more, it isn't.

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Pierrot: It's boring how everything ends in "O". Polo and Aero. Jackson: And Oxo and Brillo.

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Cecilia: [about Paul Marshall] I suppose he’s what you might call eligible. Leon: Rather! Cecilia: He certainly seems to think he’s the cat’s pyjamas. Which is odd, considering he has pubic hair growing out of his ears.

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Cecilia: [crying] I don't know how I could've been so ignorant about myself... so... so stupid. And you know what I'm talking about, don't you? You knew before I did. Robbie: Why're you crying? Cecilia: Don't you know? Robbie: Yes, I know exactly. [kisses her]

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Briony: It was Robbie, wasn’t it? [Silence] Robbie. Lola: You saw him? Briony: Like you said, he's a sex maniac. And you don't even know what happened before dinner. I caught him attacking my sister in the library. I don’t know what he’d have done, if I hadn’t come in... Lola: You actually saw him. Briony: Of course I did. Plain as day. Lola: He came up behind me. He pushed me to the ground and then he put his hand over my eyes. I couldn’t actually, I never actually... Briony: Listen, I’ve known him all my life. And I saw him. Lola: Because I couldn’t say for sure. Briony: Well, I can. And I will.

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Cecilia: My brother and I found the two of them down by the lake. Police Inspector: You didn't see anyone else? Cecilia: I wouldn't necessarily believe everything Briony tells you. She's rather fanciful.

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Robbie: Have you been in touch with your family? Cecilia: No, I told you I wouldn't. Leon waited outside the hospital last week. I just pushed past him. Robbie: Cee, you don't owe me anything. Cecilia: Robbie, didn't you read my letters? Had I been allowed to visit you, had they let me, every day, I would have been there every day. Robbie: Yes, but if all we have rests on a few moments in a library three and a half years ago then I am not sure, I don't know... Cecilia: Robbie, look at me. Come back, come back to me.

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Robbie: Come on, pal. You should be getting dressed. Briony: If I fell in the river, would you save me? Robbie: Of course. Briony: Thank you, thank you, thank you... Robbie: That was an incredibly bloody stupid thing to do! Briony: I wanted you to save me. Robbie: Don't you know how easily you could have drowned? Briony: You saved me. Robbie: You stupid child! You could have killed us both! Is that your idea of a joke? Briony: I want to thank you for saving my life. I'll be eternally grateful to you.

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Cecilia: There isn't much time. Robbie has to report for duty at six, and he's got a train to catch. So sit down. There are some things you're going to do for us. Robbie: You'll go to your parents as soon as you can and tell them everything they need to know to be convinced that your evidence was false. You'll go and see a solicitor and make a statement and have it signed and witnessed and send copies to us. Is that clear? Cecilia: Yes. Robbie: Then you'll write a detailed letter to me, explaining everything that led up to you saying you saw me by the lake. Cecilia: Try and include whatever you can remember of what Danny Hardman was doing that night. Briony: Hardman? Robbie: Yes! Briony: It wasn't Danny Hardman. It was Leon's friend, Marshall. Cecilia: I don't believe you. Briony: He's married Lola; I've just come from their wedding. Cecilia: Lola won't be able to testify against him now. He's immune. Briony: [very formally] I'm very, very sorry for the terrible distress that I have ca

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Fiona: It says in the paper the army are making strategic withdrawals. Briony: I saw that. It's a euphemism for retreat.