I've been as close to them as anyone, and never close enough for any real observation.
5 seconds sound clip from the The War of the Worlds (1953) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:43:11 in the DVD version of the movie.
Quote context
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- I have no close folks. My parents died when I was a kid.
- A big family must be fun. I imagine it makes you feel you belong to something.
- Oh, it does. Maybe that's why I feel kind of lost right now.
- We'll get out of here safely. Don't worry.
- But they seem to murder everything that moves.
- If they're mortal, they must have mortal weaknesses. They'll be stopped. Somehow.
- I've been as close to them as anyone, and never close enough for any real observation.
- I feel like I did one time when I was small, awful scared and lonesome.
- They found me in a church. I was afraid to go in anyplace else.
- I stayed right by that door, praying for the one who loved me best to come and find me.
- It was Uncle Matthew who found me.
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