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"Of course, Frank has lost a good many jobs and he hasn’t been, perhaps, what most people would call very steady . But it will be different now. I think one can do so much by influence, don’t you, M. Poirot? If a man feels a woman expects a lot of him, he tries to live up to her ideal of him."
Poirot sighed. But he did not argue. He had heard many hundreds of women produce that same argument, with the same blithe belief in the redeeming power of a woman’s love. Once in a thousand times, he supposed, cynically, it might be true.

Missy: I just don't understand why men get something that's flawed, then put all this effort into improving it... I just described a husband, didn't I? I'll shut up about this.

I walked up to the young painter, hand on the gun in my dress pocket. They had sent me back for him. “Herr Hitler,” I said. Our blue eyes met and I knew: I could change him.
Gunnar Þór Magnússon, Lyttle Lytton Contest 2022

Tina Russo: You're like an abandoned building that ought to be condemned. You know, with busted windows, rats running around, a real nasty sewage situation. But maybe if the right person got a hold of it and cleaned it up, maybe they could take that disgusting building and turn it into something not so disgusting.
Daffy Duck: Are you that person?
Tina: Lucky for you, I like a project.

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