“You know, my wife was never was cut out for motherhood. She did it...” – Prendergast, Falling Down ... Movie Quotes Database

You know, my wife was never was cut out for motherhood. She did it all for me. Went through all that pain, lost her figure, for me. Then the kid went to sleep one night and never woke up. They called it "Infant death syndrome", but she wasn't an infant. It was very strange, cause she was 2 years old, she was a big girl. She was our baby.

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Prendergast Guys like you always say that. You don't know what you're gonna do until you do it. I think you knew exactly what you were going to do. You were gonna kill your wife and child! And then it would be too late to turn back. It'd be easy to turn the gun on yourself! Prendergast Is that what all this is about? You're angry because you were lied to? Is that why my chicken dinner is drying out in the oven? Hey, they lie to everybody. They lie to the fish! But that doesn't give you any special right to do what you did today. The only thing that makes you special is your daughter. Bill Foster I'm going home.