“Driving home, I had a lot of questions and no answers. How could...” – Dr. Miles Bennell, Invasion of the Body Snatchers ... Movie Quotes Database

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Driving home, I had a lot of questions and no answers. How could Jimmy and Wilma seem so normal now. Surely I had done nothing to cure them. Maybe they wanted me to feel secure but why?

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