And an amazing thing happened. I was able, for the first time to say the exact thing I wanted to say at the exact moment I wanted to say it. And of course, afterwards I felt terrible just as you said I would.

Kathleen Kelly (Meg Ryan)

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

You can hear this line at 01:12:05.128 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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- I don't want to talk about it. Let's just get to work. There's got to be something to do. There's always something to do.

- Look at this. He looks kind of cute.

- So?

- He was unavoidably detained.

- He stood you up?

- I've been thinking about you. Last night I went to meet you, and you weren't there. I wish I knew why. I felt so foolish.

- And as I waited, someone else showed up. A man who has made my professional life a misery.

- And an amazing thing happened. I was able, for the first time to say the exact thing I wanted to say at the exact moment I wanted to say it. And of course, afterwards I felt terrible just as you said I would.

- I was cruel, and I'm never cruel.

- And even though I can hardly believe what I said mattered to this man. To him, I am just a bug to be crushed. But what if it did?

- No matter what he's done to me, there is no excuse for my behavior.

- Anyway, I so wanted to talk to you.

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