- What do you think of the children?
- The children? I don't recognize them. They've grown so old.
- I tried to stop them, to keep them just as they were when you left, but they got away from me.
16 seconds sound clip from the The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:27:55.883 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- Rob, aren't you going to take the souvenirs father brought you?
- Oh, yes. Gee, thanks an awful lot, Dad, for these things.
- Good night. See you in the morning.
- Nice to have you around, Dad. You'll get us back to normal.
- What do you think of the children?
- The children? I don't recognize them. They've grown so old.
- I tried to stop them, to keep them just as they were when you left, but they got away from me.
- I guess Peggy has a lot of boyfriends.
- Is she concentrating on anyone particular?
- She hasn't told me of anyone.
- But you've told her all the things she ought to know?
- She's worked two years in a hospital. She knows more than you or I ever will.
- Have you forgotten, Al? I don't smoke.
- What is?
- Youth.
[...]
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Actors: Myrna Loy (Milly Stephenson), Fredric March (Al Stephenson), Dana Andrews (Fred Derry), Teresa Wright (Peggy Stephenson), Virginia Mayo (Marie Derry), Cathy O'Donnell (Wilma Cameron), Harold Russell (Homer Parrish)
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