I'm a Buddhist. You might have a Christian obligation to catch pneumonia while you sit for two and a half hours listening to some twerp in a dress drone on about the virtue of wedded life but, dear as you are to me, I don't.

Natasha Pulley
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In this quote, the speaker is making a clear distinction between himself and his friend. He is saying that his friend is a person who might have a Christian obligation to catch pneumonia when he sits for two and a half hours listening to some twerp in a dress drone on about the virtue of wedded life but, dear as you are to me, I don't.

Source: The Watchmaker Of Filigree Street

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