The Thorn Birds (TV Mini Series)
Part 4 (1983)
Richard Chamberlain: Ralph de Bricassart
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Quotes
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Meggie Cleary : I loved you Ralph. I never stopped loving you despite everything. Despite the fact that you were never mine. What part of you I got I had to steal. But that part was the best. Because that part was Dane. Dane was your son too. Yours and mine.
Ralph de Bricassart : It isn't true.
Meggie Cleary : He was your son Ralph and you couldn't see it. Couldn't see that he was just a more perfect version of you. Couldn't love me enough to see that I never would have gone back to Luke or to any man after you. And now you say it isn't true.
Ralph de Bricassart : [Breaks down and sobs]
Meggie Cleary : [sarcastically] Poor Ralph. Poor Cardinal de Bricassart.
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Ralph de Bricassart : [after Dane's funeral] How will we live without him?
Meggie Cleary : We will. Your God gathers in the good ones and leaves the living to those of us who fail. Your greedy God. There is no peace with Him.
Ralph de Bricassart : Meggie, no. No more!
Meggie Cleary : What can God do to me now? What more do I have to lose?
Ralph de Bricassart : Your soul, Your heart. Your love. The love you've always had within you despite everything.
Meggie Cleary : Despite everything but this.
[closes door on crypt]