Look Both Ways Quotes Flashcards

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1
Q

I suppose everyone has to witness something ghastly one day.

A

Meryl

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Q

My dad died two weeks ago. Why isn’t my picture on front of the paper? Why isn’t everybody who loses somebody on the front bloody page?

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Meryl

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Q

There’s always this stuff in the paper about a brave battle with cancer but then you’re also supposed to accept it and have a nice everybody gather round and hug each other death.

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Nick

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4
Q

It doesn’t matter how he died. Your father’s death was not the sum of his life.

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Joan (Nick’s Mother)

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5
Q

It doesn’t matter how life ends, it matters how it was.

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Joan (Nick’s Mother)

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6
Q

Everybody has to find a way to face their own death, and life.

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Joan (Nick’s Mother)

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7
Q

I
 met 
you 
on 
Friday,
 we
 slept 
together 
on 
Saturday, 
you
 took 
me
 to
 meet
 your
 mother 
on 
Sunday, and
 now
 you 
can’t 
start
anything.
That’s
the
 tightest
 little
 relation ship
 I’ve 
ever 
had.

A

Meryl

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8
Q

It’s great that you paint things that make people feel better

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Meryl

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9
Q

Contrary to your popular belief you do hold your fate in your hands

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Meryl

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10
Q

I’ve got cancer. Mum, I’ve got cancer. Mum, Meryl, I’ve got cancer

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Nick, practicing confronting his mother.

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11
Q

Maybe it was meant to be… Maybe the right thing happens.

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Meryl

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12
Q

The seven stages of grief. What’s the point in knowing where you’re up to if you’ve still got to go through it anyway?

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Meryl

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13
Q

Apparently,
 it’s
 good
 to
 stay
, optimistic.

A

Phil

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14
Q

I’m fine, I’m just being stupid, I’m fine, I’m sick of this stupid job, and not having any money, I don’t have my own home, or any children, or a partner to share anything with.

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Meryl, speaking to sister on the phone

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15
Q

Do you believe in God?

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Nick to Andy, at the cricket

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