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[first lines]
Beth Buchwald: My favorite children's book is about a little prince who came to Earth from a distant asteroid. He meets a pilot whose plane has crashed in a desert. The little prince teaches the pilot many things but mainly about love. My father always told me I was like the little prince. But after I met Adam, I realized I was the pilot all along...
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[last lines]
Beth Buchwald: Adam, his mother, and his father were a family of talking raccoons that lived in the middle of New York City. They didn't really belong there, but there they were.
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Harlan: Liars is all you gonna run across in this world. A man's gotta learn the difference between just plain liars and liars worth lovin'.
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Rebecca Buchwald: Feeling loved is very important, but loving, my precious girl, that's the necessity.
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Beth Buchwald: There's a saying in my family: "It's never too early to drink the champagne."
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Adam Raki: I can see that you're upset, but I don't know what to do.
Beth Buchwald: Could you give me a hug?
Adam Raki: Yes.
Beth Buchwald: Adam, I'd like you to give me a hug.
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Adam Raki: [Beth hands Adam a box of chocolates] I'm not Forrest Gump, you know.
Adam Quotes
Extended Reading