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There is many a slip betwixt the leap and the altar, and anything could happen on a boat.

8 seconds sound clip from the Love Affair (1939) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:27:20.586 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Things come too easy to him. And he's always alone.

- By the art, he is not practicing. The places he hasn't been. The girl he hasn't met.

- I don't mind confessing to you, my dear, that I've been worried about him.

- Why?

- That one day life will present a bill to Michel, and that he will find it hard to pay.

- But when I see him with you, I feel better.

- Well, I don't understand. He's going to be married and settled down, and... Can't you just see him with his slippers and his pipe?

- No.

- There is many a slip betwixt the leap and the altar, and anything could happen on a boat.

- Believe me, my dear, there is nothing wrong with Michel that a good woman could not make right.

- Well, I saw Emile's entire family. Seven daughters. I congratulated him and I had a nice talk with his wife.

- How have you two girls been getting along?

- You'd be surprised.

- I bet she did all the talking.

- Mm-hmm.

- She told me that when you were a little boy, if you didn't get your own way, you used to lie on the floor, kick and get red in the face.

- What did you say?

- I said you didn't do that anymore. Now if you don't get your own way, you just get embarrassed.

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Memorable quotes from Love Affair (1939 film), with sound clips in WAV and MP3 formats.

Actors: Irene Dunne (Terry McKay), Charles Boyer (Michel Marnet), Maria Ouspenskaya (Grandmother Janou)

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