Marriage should be like a ski jump. Sudden, swift, reckless. Starting on the heights, leaping into the void, never knowing the end, never caring! Breathless, defiant, exhilarating!

— (Carole Lombard)

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14 seconds sound clip from the The Moon's Our Home (1941) classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:05:18 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- This is Miss Chester, Miss Manning.

- How do you do, Miss Chester?

- How do you do, Miss Manning?

- I'm so sorry that I kept you waiting. But the moments fly by on silvery wings when one is lost in Tolstoy.

- Oh? You're interested in literature?

- Interested? Oh, there's nothing I like better than to hide away by myself with a book... a good book. Oh! Well, you may write that down.

- Thank you. But, frankly, Miss Chester, I'd like to do an article closer to the hearts of our readers. Like, er, love... and marriage.

- Yes! That would be quite original. Love... and marriage. Let me see...

- Marriage should be like a ski jump. Sudden, swift, reckless. Starting on the heights, leaping into the void, never knowing the end, never caring! Breathless, defiant, exhilarating!

- I see what you mean.

- And love. There's only one way I could fall in love. Not as Cherry Chester the actress, but as a plain ordinary girl.

- I could only fall in love with a man I didn't know, and who didn't know me. There should be nothing but us two: the man and the woman.

- No past. Perhaps no future. Just the magnificent present!

- Oh, my...

- That's it! That's what I want! Oh, they're going to eat this up!

[...]

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The Moon's Our Home (1941) Sound Clip

The Moon's Our Home (1941)Quotes from The Moon's Our Home, Lux Radio Theatre play broadcast in 1941, adapted after Faith Baldwin's novel, featuring sound clips.

Actors: James Stewart (Anthony Amberton / John Smith), Carole Lombard (Cherry Chester / Sarah Brown), Clara Blandick (Lucy), Verna Felton (Boyce)

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