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21 " It was a terrible mistake to say this. She got to screaming at me then. She'd scream like a great bird sometimes. She'd grow wings and fly around the house screaming. It was really awful. It was like arguing with a pterodactyl. You could do nothing. "
― Nico Walker
22 " No matter what else, I was unhappy. "
― Nico Walker , Cherry
23 " I tried about everything iI could think of to get Megan to be the one to break up with me so as to spare her feelings. I acted batshit crazy; she liked it. I ignored her phone calls for days; she kept calling. I stopped paying for things; she paid for everything. I stuffed her socks in her mouth; she had an orgasm. Nothing worked. "
24 " Sometimes I wonder if life was wasted on me. "
25 " And the trees are nice. I mean, I think I’d like ‘em all. It’d have to be a pretty fucked-up tree for me not to like it. Sometimes I wonder if life was wasted on me. It’s not that I’m dumb to the beauty of things. I—I take all the beautiful things to heart, and then they fuck my heart till I about die from it. — Jessica Goldberg, from the screenplay Cherry, based on the novel by Nico Walker (AGBO, 2021) "
26 " And were the outcomes of all wars decided by push-ups and idle talk, America might never lose. "