The Cranes Are Flying (1957)
Tatyana Samoylova: Veronika
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Quotes
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Veronika : "Cranes like ships, sailing in the sky, White ones, grey ones, With long beaks they fly" Look! Look! Look! Look!
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Anna Mikhaylovna Lebedeva : I didn't know Boris, but everyone says he was a gifted young man.
Veronika : Was? Missing doesn't mean dead.
Anna Mikhaylovna Lebedeva : Of course not. That didn't come out right.
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Veronika : Little croaking frogs, why didn't you look up? You kept on hopping and jumping. That's why you got eaten up.
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Veronika : Where's Mark?
Irina Fyodorovna Borozdina : I don't know.
Veronika : You're hiding something from me. Where did he go? You know, don't you? Where?
Irina Fyodorovna Borozdina : Probably to see Antonina.
Veronika : What Antonina?
Irina Fyodorovna Borozdina : Ask Mark.
Veronika : Tell me.
Irina Fyodorovna Borozdina : Don't give me orders. Mark... visits her occasionally. You understand?
Veronika : You're saying this to hurt me.
Irina Fyodorovna Borozdina : Why would I?
Veronika : Just to spite me! I'm loved. I have a husband. And you're still an old maid.
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Veronika : You teach history. You're an intelligent woman. Tell me: What is the meaning of life?