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.
13 seconds sound clip from the Breakfast at Tiffany's movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:54:22 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- I know you do, and that's just the trouble.
- It's a mistake you always made, Doc, trying to love a wild thing.
- Lulamae, there's something...
- Lulamae, there's something I got to tell you.
- A couple of weeks ago, I got a letter from young Fred.
- From Fred? He's all right, isn't he?
- He's getting out of the army in February. That's what he wrote to tell me.
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