Man in the Attic (1953)

Constance Smith: Lily Bonner

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• Lily Bonner : It's at night that interesting things happen. What kind of work do you do at night, Mr. Slade?

  Slade : I doubt if you'd be interested.

  Lily Bonner : Do you just work?

  Slade : Sometimes I walk close by the river. The river is like liquid night flowing peacefully out to infinity.

• Lily Bonner : Is there anything I can do?

  Slade : We must each live with ourselves.

• Slade : Yes, I will tell you. My mother was an actress. She was one of the most angelically beautiful women who ever lived, exquisitely graceful, talented, and captivating. I loved her deeply... deeply. She had the face of heaven and the wretched heart of Jezebel. For every aspect of beauty she possessed, she contained a double portion of evil. I hated her!

  Lily Bonner : But I thought you said you loved her?

  Slade : I can love the beauty and hate the evil. Didn't you know that, Miss Bonner?

• Lily Bonner : And when you've tested it and proved it, what will you know Mr Slade?

  Slade : A little more about life and death.

  Lily Bonner : I wonder what else you need to know about life except that it is wonderfully worth living.