It's a mistake you always made, Doc, trying to love a wild thing.

Holly Golightly (Audrey Hepburn)

5 seconds sound clip from the Breakfast at Tiffany's movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:54:07 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Help me talk to him, Fred.

- It's all right, son. I appreciate you wanna help, but it's between Lulamae and me.

- Sure, Doc.

- I love you, Lulamae.

- I know you do, and that's just the trouble.

- It's a mistake you always made, Doc, trying to love a wild thing.

- You were always lugging home wild things. Once it was a hawk with a broken wing, and another time it was a full-grown wildcat with a broken leg. Remember?

- Lulamae, there's something...

- You mustn't give your heart to a wild thing. The more you do, the stronger they get. Until they're strong enough to run into the woods or fly into a tree. And then to a higher tree and then to the sky.

- Lulamae, there's something I got to tell you.

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