Ira & Abby (2006)
Judith Light: Arlene Black
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Quotes
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Arlene Black : [Of her 33-year marriage] You two need to know the truth. It's no picnic!
Abby Willoughby : Were you in love in the beginning?
Arlene Black : [simultaneously] No.
Seymour Black : [simultaneously] Not so much.
Ira Black : [unnerved] I thought you were madly in love.
Arlene Black : That's what we told you when you were younger. It was a good story, it made you happy.
Ira Black : You were never in love? That's... that's depressing!
Seymour Black : That's why we didn't tell you.
Arlene Black : You learn to love. You *learn* to love, because you're *stuck* with each other.
Seymour Black : Well, not stuck. Um - *hinged*. Hinged! You're hinged together, so that you can still move a little, but at the end of the day, you're always together, through good and bad.
Abby Willoughby : Sometimes it's good, sometimes it's *very* bad.
Seymour Black : Hasn't been so bad, Arl.
Arlene Black : It's been bad, Sy. Trust me, Abby.
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Arlene Black : Marriage is not something to be taken lightly.
Abby Willoughby : I don't take it lightly, I just have a really good feeling about this.
Arlene Black : Ugh, sweetheart, it isn't about feelings. Marriage is a contract.
Abby Willoughby : It isn't about feelings?
Ira Black : Marriage isn't about feelings?
Arlene Black : No, it is, of course it is.
Seymour Black : Yeah, it's about feeling terrible and criticized.
Arlene Black : [coldly] Sy, don't start.