You see, the reason they want me to go is so that I'll forget about you. They figure you don't want me around, you don't wanna see me and if I go away for a while, maybe I'll get all this out of my mind.

11 seconds sound clip from the The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 02:22:01.539 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Want a glass of milk?

- No, thanks, Homer.

- Sit down, Wilma.

- Homer, my family want me to go away. Tomorrow. Where?

- Up to Silver Lake, at my Aunt Vera's place.

- That ought to be nice.

- But I don't want to go. I want to stay here.

- You see, the reason they want me to go is so that I'll forget about you. They figure you don't want me around, you don't wanna see me and if I go away for a while, maybe I'll get all this out of my mind.

- Maybe that's a good idea, Wilma. Maybe you ought to do that.

- Do you wanna get rid of me? Tell me the truth, Homer. Do you want me to forget about you?

- I want you to be free, Wilma. To live your own life. I don't want you tied down forever just because you've got a kind heart.

- Oh, Homer, why can't you ever understand the way things really are, the way I really feel? I keep trying to tell you.

[...]

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