Awakenings

Dr. Sayer: [about the catatonic patients] What's it like to be them? What are they thinking? Dr. Peter Ingham: They're not. The virus didn't spare the higher faculties. Dr. Sayer: We know that for a fact? Dr. Peter Ingham: Yes. Dr. Sayer: Because? Dr. Peter Ingham: Because the alternative is unthinkable.

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[smiling] No. You're awake.

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Margaret: Miriam, there's no easy way to tell you this, so - your husband - he was granted a divorce from you in 1952. Miriam: Oh, thank God!

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Leonard Lowe: We've got to tell everybody. We've got to remind them. We've got to remind them how good it is. Dr. Sayer: How good what is, Leonard? Leonard Lowe: Read the newspaper. What does it say? All bad. It's all bad. People have forgotten what life is all about. They've forgotten what it is to be alive. They need to be reminded. They need to be reminded of what they have and what they can lose. What I feel is the joy of life, the gift of life, the freedom of life, the wonderment of life!

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