I became a monk after I married. I married her when I was seven.
5 seconds sound clip from the Shaolin Temple Strikes Back (1981) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:30:06.185 in the DVD version of the movie.
Quote context
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- God damn it! I'm just a novice.
- If I'd eaten that chicken, I'd be expelled at once.
- That's why Cowgirl tempts me with meat every day. So I'll be expelled.
- But why?
- Because if I'm expelled from Shaolin, then I can stay with her.
- Hey, how come you've got a wife? A monk with a wife? It's unheard of.
- I became a monk after I married. I married her when I was seven.
- Seven years old? Why'd you become a monk?
- It was years ago. Our province had a famine. Many died, and many were starving.
- My family was the same. We were starving. So they sent me to Shaolin Temple as a novice.
- What about Cowgirl? She's your wife. How could you have deserted her?
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