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Profesora de Yoga en TV: There's a place where you can take refuge. A place inside you, a place to which no one else has access, a place that no one can destroy.

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Vera Cruz: writing on the wall: I breathe. I breathe. I breathe. I know I breathe.

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[last lines] Madre de Vicente: Why are you crying? Vera Cruz: I'm Vincente.

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Marilia: The things the love of a mad man can do.

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Vicente: [about Norma] I don't think I actually raped her. Robert Ledgard: You "don't think?" Have you lost your memory? Vicente: I'd taken a lot of pills. I can hardly remember it. Robert Ledgard: Well, I didn't take anything, and I'll never forget ...

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Vicente: Why did you shave me? Robert Ledgard: That's a good question.

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Presidente del Instituto de Biotecnología: You know the application of transgenic therapy in humans is strictly forbidden! Robert Ledgard: Yes, I do. And forgive me, but it seems the ultimate paradox. [Dr. Ledgard pauses, staying silent while a symp...

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Vicente: You are different. I am different as well. Norma: Are you in therapy, too?

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Robert Ledgard: What's going on? Vera Cruz: I'm going to kill you. Robert Ledgard: This is a joke, right? Vera Cruz: Call it what you want. Robert Ledgard: But you promised! Vera Cruz: I lied.

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Norma: Clothes make me feel claustrophobic. I wish I could stay naked all the time.

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Vera Cruz: writing on the wall: Art keeps you free.

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Robert Ledgard: How are you so sure of what I feel if even I don't know? Marilia: Because I know you as if I'd borne you.

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Robert Ledgard: [as he shows Vera 'her' new body] It's a pity you can't see your whole body. [fondling 'her' breasts] Robert Ledgard: They don't seem pneumatic now, do they? They're like drops of water sliding along a glass surface.

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Robert Ledgard: If you wanted to die you would have cut your jugular.

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[the policeman tells her Vincente has probably run away] Madre de Vicente: He promised to be back for dinner.

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Marilia: Their fathers were very different but they were both born insane. It's my fault.

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[first lines] Marilia: [to servant] Help me with the dumbwaiter.

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