And it wasn't that she was just selling books. It was that she was helping people become whoever it was they were going to turn out to be.

Kathleen Kelly (Meg Ryan)

6 seconds sound clip from the You've Got Mail movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:27:42.922 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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- Here, Annabelle, you sit here and read Matt the book until I take care of things.

- Whatever you do, just don't listen to anything I say, okay? Thank you.

- We'll take that pop-up book as well, the dinosaur book.

- You know, the world is not driven by discounts, believe me. I have been in business forever.

- I mean, I started helping my mother after school here when I was six years old, and I used to watch her.

- And it wasn't that she was just selling books. It was that she was helping people become whoever it was they were going to turn out to be.

- Because when you read a book as a child, it becomes part of your identity in a way that no other reading in your whole life does.

- And I have gotten carried away.

- Yeah. Yeah, you have. You've made me feel...

- Enchanting. Your mother was enchanting.

- Yes, she was.

- How will you be paying for this?

- Cash.

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