21 Grams

Jack: God even knows when a single hair moves on your head.

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Christina: I'm fine, Dad.

Christina's Dad: When your mother died, I thought I wasn't going to make it. I felt the world was falling on me and that I was never going to get up. But, sweetie, life goes on.

Christina: You know what I thought when Mom died? I couldn't understand how you could talk to people again. How you could laugh again. I couldn't understand how you could play with us. And no, no, that's a lie. Life does not just go on.

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Paul: You came back because you wanted to. Don't blame me for that.

Mary: I came back to take care of you because I love you.

Paul: Or because you were feeling lonely.

Mary: ...

Paul: I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I can't keep going like this. The insemination, the child. It's like we're trying to put a Band-Aid on something that's just been bled dry. It's finished.

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Marianne: Is that what you want?

Jack: This is God's will. So be it.

Marianne: Two years ago, you didn't believe in anything. Now everything has to do with God. I think I preferred you the way you were before.

Jack: I was a fucking pig before. Is that what you prefer?

Marianne: At least it was you. Now I don't have the slightest fucking idea who you are. Life has to go on, Jack, with or without God.

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Paul: You can help me die better. That's what you're saying. You can help me die better. Well, I'm not gonna do that, okay? I'd rather die outside. I'm not gonna do it again.

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Christina: You can't just walk up to a woman you barely know and tell her you like her. You, you can't. You can't do that. You don't know what she's going through. Or what she's feeling.

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Christina: It's okay, baby. Just lie down.

Paul: Need rest. I need rest.

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How many lives do we live?
How many times do we die?

They say we all lose 21 grams at the exact moment of our death.
Everyone.

And how much fits into 21 grams?

How much is lost?

When do we lose 21 grams?

How much goes with them?

How much is gained?

How much is gained?

21 grams.
The weight of a stack of five nickels.
The weight of a hummingbird.
A chocolate bar.

How much did 21 grams weigh?