- Why is she crying?
- Because she loves us. And love and tears live very close together. Come on now.
10 seconds sound clip from the Little Women (1950) classic radio play.
You can hear this line at 00:09:42 in the radio play.
Quote context
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- Come on, me hearties! We'll storm the Citadel!
- It was long past midnight when Marmee returned.
- But why is she crying? I can hear Marmee and she's crying. Doesn't she like our presents?
- Come on now. Back to bed before she sees us.
- Because she loves us. And love and tears live very close together. Come on now.
- Hannah, you do beat the Dutch!
- Oh, I can remember when I served a breakfast like this every day!
- We must have been enormously rich.
- Well, kindly pass the popovers, Meg!
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