Life Dances On (1937)
Maurice Bénard: Bremont
Quotes
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Christine Surgère : He died as this desk writing that letter, in mid-sentence. You may read it.
Bremont : "I have neither the desire nor the inclination to travel. Why bother? Christine is always with me. I'm happy. I even think my life --"
Christine Surgère : Yes, it breaks off there.
Bremont : Who was he writing to?
Christine Surgère : I'll never know.
Bremont : "I even think my life --"
Christine Surgère : Strange isn't it?
Bremont : Dying right on that word.
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Christine Surgère : My life is empty. No children, no friends. I'm alone in the world.
Bremont : The world is full of children and friends waiting for you.
Christine Surgère : You live in an ivory tower, yet you tell me to join the crowd. Practice what you preach.
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Bremont : Travel.
Christine Surgère : Where would I go?
Bremont : Pick a map at random. Choose any color.
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Christine Surgère : One must know how to live. I never learned.
Bremont : But you're young.
Christine Surgère : I never had any youth. It's not the same thing.
Bremont : You're young because you've not yet really loved.
Christine Surgère : How would you know?
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Christine Surgère : Have you ever wondered what people you once knew have made of their lives?
Bremont : More like what life has made of them.
Christine Surgère : Well, I'm going to seek the answer, find the young girl I was at my first ball and find the seasons I lost.
Bremont : And some of the love you aroused?
Christine Surgère : Oh, that.