What followed was a numbed confusion, a nightmare in which I lived in a half dream world, a horrible world.
12 seconds sound clip from the Monsieur Verdoux movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:50:00 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- However, they're much happier where they are than living in this world of fear and uncertainty.
- You have changed. I can see that.
- Since the loss of my family, I seem to have awakened from a dream.
- Then something happened. The rhythm was broken. I lost my position.
- Now I have awakened. Sometimes I wonder if that world ever existed.
- You've been through a terrible ordeal, but you mustn't allow it to take hold of you.
- Despair is a narcotic. It lulls the mind into indifference.
- We must all give it up sooner or later.
- Yes, but not before our time.
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