Perfection from a Distance
Tagline:
Seen from a distance, it's perfect.
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Questioning the Reasons Behind Actions
Sam:
Why?
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Generational Hatred and Family Traditions
Sam:
I'll hate you for the rest of my life.
George:
You can't begin to imagine how much I hated my father. Think of it as a family tradition.
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The Importance of Boundaries in Life
Sam Monroe:
I think there has to be a door between where you eat and where you crap.
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Behind My Back: A Legal Perspective
Sam Monroe:
Thank you for talking about me behind my back - that'll be useful in court.
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Struggling Against Constant Comparison and Expectations
George Monroe:
The game was to make me smaller than he was; smaller always smaller. No matter what. He could be almost invisible as a human being, but I still had to be smaller. So if I got good grades in school then I was a pussy for not playing football. If I cut my hair for him it was never short enough, or if I shaved my head then I looked like a psycho. I never won the game, ever. And if he couldn't make me smaller with words...
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Love's Insufficiency Amidst Unwavering Faithfulness
George Monroe:
Do I still love you? Absolutely. There is not a doubt in my mind. Through all my mind, my ego... I was always faithful in my love for you. That I made you doubt it, that is the great mistake of a life full of mistakes. The truth doesn't set us free, Robin. I can tell you I love you as many times as you can stand to hear it and all that does, the only thing, is remind us... that love is not enough. Not even close.
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Building Identity Through Personal Space
George Monroe:
I always thought of myself as a house. I was always what I lived in. It didn't need to be big. It didn't even need to be beautiful. It just needed to be mine. I became what I was meant to be. I built myself a life. I built myself a house.
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The Nature of Change in Life
George Monroe:
You know the great thing, though, is that change can be so constant you don't even feel the difference until there is one. It can be so slow that you don't even notice that your life is better or worse, until it is. Or it can just blow you away, make you something different in an instant. It happened to me.
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Confronting Anger and Regret in Family Dynamics
George Monroe:
I put a gun to my father's head once. Ever think like that? He was passed out. Had just been yelling at my mom over nothing. Under-cooked meat. I went to my room, I held the barrel right up to his ear, and then I chickened out again. Of course it was a BB gun but still it would have hurt like hell.
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Listening on the Edge of Change
George Monroe:
Twenty-five years ago, my father crossed a double line. Changed my life, and the life of a little girl forever for that mistake. I just cant's stop thinking about her. With every crash of every wave I hear something now. I never listened before. I'm on the edge of a cliff, listening. Almost finished. If you were a house Sam, this is where you'd want to be build. On rock, facing the sea, listening, listening.
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