- What do you think of the children?
- The children? I don't recognize them. They've grown so old.
- I tried to stop them, to keep them just as they were when you left, but they got away from me.
— Milly Stephenson (Myrna Loy), Al Stephenson (Fredric March)
16 seconds sound clip from the The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:27:55.883 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Rob, aren't you going to take the souvenirs father brought you?
- Oh, yes. Gee, thanks an awful lot, Dad, for these things.
- Good night. See you in the morning.
- Nice to have you around, Dad. You'll get us back to normal.
- What do you think of the children?
- The children? I don't recognize them. They've grown so old.
- I tried to stop them, to keep them just as they were when you left, but they got away from me.
- I guess Peggy has a lot of boyfriends.
- Is she concentrating on anyone particular?
- She hasn't told me of anyone.
- But you've told her all the things she ought to know?
- She's worked two years in a hospital. She knows more than you or I ever will.
- Have you forgotten, Al? I don't smoke.
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