The Ring - The Unseen Burden of Adoption
Dr. Grasnik: [about Anna]
She wanted a child more than anything, poor Anna. They tried hard for years, but, sometimes it's just not meant to be. Then one winter they went away; when they came back it was with Samara. Adopted, they said. Never did say from where. Said the mother died of complications. But, they had their baby, they had their horses, everything was fine. Until Anna started coming to see me. Said she was suffering visions. Seeing things. Horrible things. Like they'd been burned inside her. And it only happened around Samara. Like the girl put them there.
Rachel: [Grasnik nods]
Were you Samara's doctor too? Was there anything wrong with her?
Dr. Grasnik:
You mean medically?
Rachel:
I mean whatever you mean.
Dr. Grasnik:
When Darby there was born, we knew something wasn't right with him. But, we loved him anyway. Takes work, you know. Some people have limits.
Rachel:
So, what happened to her?
Dr. Grasnik:
I referred them to a neuropsychiatric on the mainland. I assume she's still there.
Rachel:
You don't know? How can you not know?
Dr. Grasnik:
We've been through a lot of hard years out here. Mean winters, small hauls, no fish. And that was long before the horses. See, when you live on an island, you catch a cold, it's everybody's cold.
Rachel:
No offense, ma'am, but what the hell does that mean?
Dr. Grasnik:
It means ever since that girl's been gone, things have been better.
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Brubaker - Involvement is Key to System Reform
Lillian Gray:
You can't reform the system if you're not in it
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Kramer vs. Kramer - Understanding Courage in Difficult Choices
Ted Kramer:
Margaret, I just need to know something. Did you set my wife up to this?
Margaret Phelps:
No, I did not put Joanna up to this.
Ted Kramer:
Give her a little pep talk, maybe?
Margaret Phelps:
Joanna is a very unhappy woman and it took a lot of courage for her to walk out of here.
Ted Kramer:
Really. How much courage does it take to walk out on your kid?
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Kramer vs. Kramer - Conflict Amidst Personal Achievement
Ted Kramer:
For the last six months I've been spitting blood to get this agency one of the biggest account it's ever had. And at five o'clock this afternoon, we got the account. At eight o'clock, I am walking home with the vice president and tells me I'll be the next creative director of this department. I come through this door to share with my wife one of the five best days of my life, and she looks at me and tells me she doesn't want to live with me anymore!. Can't you understand what she's done to me?
Margaret Phelps:
Yeah, She loused up one of the five best days of your life.
Ted Kramer:
You're terrific. Boy, you're.... thanks very much, really. Sisterhood.
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The Cider House Rules - Misunderstanding About Heart and War Intentions
Nurse Angela: [looking at an X-Ray]
Do you know what this is?
Homer Wells:
Oh, that's my heart.
Nurse Angela:
No, actually, it's Fuzzy's. There's nothing wrong with your heart.
Nurse Edna:
Dr. Larch wanted to keep you out of the war. That's why he told you it was yours.
Nurse Angela:
He was worried about his own heart. He said it would never stand up to Homer Wells going off to war.
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