And what about me? I spent time with Lucas. You gonna make me sick and crazy too?!
Well of course not, I love you.
Well then love them too Merli, all of them. All of us down here, we need it.
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Hey, we understand. Caleb lost his Daddy too. I've tried to be there for him, but he just keeps... resisting. Maybe this little adventure will make him realize how important a father can be.
There's a lesson in everything. Isn't that what you said to Caleb? What's our lesson here? What is it that we're supposed to learn from this little adventure?
Patience, I guess.
No. Patience is a virtue. You wouldn't be interested in that.
I don’t care how American it is, I hate apple pie.
Do you know what happens to dogs when they die, Caleb?
What happens to 'em?
They get to run free all day long. And in the night time, they get to rest at the feet of their masters.
No, sir, it's just that it ain't easy being me. And I imagine it ain't exactly a walk in the park being you, either.
MMatt
You don't know anything about me.
I know you've got more than your share of demons.
MMatt
You don't know anything about my demons.
Of course I do. I know you're still beating yourself up for puking on little Claire's Christmas presents when she was six.... For missing her school play three years in a row, even though you absolutely meant to be there. But you know what they say - the road to Hell is paved with good intentions.
[to Matt] By the way, I know you think you came down here to work off your debt to society, to do penance for that...terrible tragedy. But I got news for you, my friend: You didn't choose Trinity. Trinity chose you.
Either the appetite goes, or it becomes voracious. Pleasures disappear, tension comes over the face and body and the addict takes over the soul.
Caleb, this... romantic love thing.
What do you know about it?
From observation, quite a bit. It's really an addiction. No different than booze or drugs or cigarettes. And when you're in its clutches you no longer see the truth. You become totally selfish.
Look who's talking.
And selfless at the same time. It makes you... stupid. Take Miss Coombs here.
She's not stupid.
Thank you, darling.
In love you've got to go straight to the heart.
That's why they invented the dagger.
You know what a conscience is?
It's like, when you do something wrong and it bothers you?
Well, not me.
Hello Caleb.
I'm dead, ain't I?
God's plan works for us all.
Always figured I'd be afraid.
Well you belong here.
Couldn't agree more. Although it may just be that your timing's off a little bit. You see Caleb; your sister isn't telling you everything. You still have a choice.
Why didn't you tell me Merli?
Cause she's afraid Caleb. She's afraid if you live a long and healthy life, you'll make all the wrong choices. See, there's that word again, choice.
You don't want me to go, do you?
I love you Caleb. It's your choice.
You know what pregnancy is? It's an uncontrollable tumor growing inside of you. Saps all you strength, has its own agenda. And after nine months it goes into remission and your body rejects it.
What did you do, Lucas?
You know me better than that love. I don't do anything. Things just happen.
Lucas wrote the book on keeping women in the palm of his hand.
What page are you on?
Oh, Lucas keeps me in an entirely different library.
The public?
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