I was yours once till death if you cared to keep me, but I'm someone else's now-- I can't hang about whining for ever--and he's mine in a way that shocks you, but why don't you stop being shocked and attend to your own happiness?

E.m. Forster
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The above quote is from a part I liked in the movie "The Graduate", the main character, Benjamin Braddock, tells his mother he doesn't want to live with her anymore. He wants to be with his friend's mother, Mrs. Robinson. Mrs.

Robinson is married to a man named Mr. Robinson, and she tells Benjamin that her husband is a very busy man and will not be able to spend much time with Benjamin. Benjamin, who is in love with Mrs.

Robinson's daughter, Mrs. Robinson says that he likes her better than most people and that she can come see him whenever she wants.

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