The War of the Roses1989

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Gavin:
[Gavin is talking to a client] You have some valid reasons for wanting a divorce. [blows his nose with a handkerchief] Excuse me. My sinuses are very sensitive to irritants. [sprays nasal decongestant up his nostrils] In the past five months, I think I've breathed freely with both sides working maybe a week total. [pulls a cigarette out of a pack] I gotta cut this out. It's gonna kill me. [lights his cigarette] I hadn't smoked for thirteen years. I kept the last cigarette from my last pack. I said if I never smoked this one cigarette I'll never smoke again, period. Thirteen years I kept that cigarette. [fetches a plastic case out of a drawer] I had this little case made for it. [opens it and shows it to him] Thirteen years. And then, one Thursday afternoon, Barbara came to see me. And when she left...