Quote #44

'I'm no good, Teddy. Let's run away!' 'You're a very good boy. Your Mummy loves you.' Slowly, he shook his head. 'If she loved me, then why can't I talk to her?' 'You're being silly, David. Mummy's lonely. That's why she had you.' 'She's got Daddy. I've got nobody 'cept you, and I'm lonely.'

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