Benediction (2021)
Ben Daniels: Dr. Rivers
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Quotes
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Dr. Rivers : Why not?
Siegfried Sassoon : Too afraid, too inhibited. Shamed by an inner corruption. Or perhaps it's simply because of... What's the phrase? "The love that dare not speak its name."
Dr. Rivers : You are not alone in that respect.
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Siegfried Sassoon : Pain is not the only terror. There are many more.
Dr. Rivers : Can you name them?
Siegfried Sassoon : If I could name them, they would cease to be terrors.
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Dr. Rivers : I've always thought that politicians were too stupid to be subtle.
Siegfried Sassoon : Perhaps they're just too subtle to be inelegant.
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Siegfried Sassoon : Why do all the worst terrors come at night?
Dr. Rivers : The night is, I think, like the unconscious. Waiting all day so that it can steal over you in the dark.
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Dr. Rivers : I trust after this disclosure, you will be discreet.
Siegfried Sassoon : Discretion is my middle name.
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Dr. Rivers : What about your poetry?
Siegfried Sassoon : It's egotism, really.
Dr. Rivers : That seems a little harsh.
Siegfried Sassoon : Truth often is.