He never grew up. The world grew up around him, that's all. And buried him.
9 seconds sound clip from the The Third Man (1949) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:45:23.394 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- Was he clever when he was a boy?
- I suppose so. He could fix anything.
- How to put your temperature up before exam. The best crib. How to avoid this and that.
- He knew the right person straightaway for forging stamps.
- Yeah.
- When he was 14, he taught me the three-card trick. That's growing up fast.
- He never grew up. The world grew up around him, that's all. And buried him.
- Anna. You'll fall in love again.
- Don't you see I don't want to? I don't ever want to.
- Come on out and have a drink.
- It was just what he used to say.
- Well... I didn't learn that from him.
- If we have to see the porter, we'd better go.
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