The Cousins (1959)
Gérard Blain: Charles
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Quotes
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Paul Thomas : Don't worry. You'll bounce back. You're just learning how to live. You have nothing to be ashamed of.
Charles : Really?
Paul Thomas : Charles, I envy you all the happy times ahead.
Charles : Shut up. I've messed up everything.
Paul Thomas : Not at all, you numbskull! A little time - that's all. A girl and an exam aren't the end of the world.
Charles : I wish that's all it was.
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Le libraire : What would you like, then?
Charles : I could be tempted by a Balzac.
Le libraire : From the provinces, eh?
Charles : Is it obvious?
Le libraire : Not really, but reading Balzac at your age smacks of the provinces.
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Le libraire : You really do love books. Your eyes are full of the wonders you've read. But the world you're living in now is a very strange one.
Charles : Perhaps, but it is the world.
Le libraire : Yes, but it can be hard to take.
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Paul Thomas : [Paul interrupts a discussion between Charles and the Bookseller] Forgive me.
Le libraire : Not at all. Your brother?
Paul Thomas : My cousin.
Le libraire : Same difference. Come again.
Charles : Goodbye and thank you.
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La femme de ménage : Were you involved in this orgy, Mr. Charles?
Paul Thomas : Yes, he dipped his toe in. Feeling alright?
Charles : Yes.
Paul Thomas : Some Alka-Seltzer - or cognac?