A scene from Lincoln 2012
Mary Todd Lincoln

You've an itch to travel?

Abraham Lincoln

I'd like that. To the West by rail.

Mary Todd Lincoln

Overseas.

Abraham Lincoln

The Holy Land.

Mary Todd Lincoln

[laughs]

Awfully pious for a man who takes his wife out buggy-riding on Good Friday.

Abraham Lincoln

Jerusalem. Where David and Solomon walked. I dream of walking in that ancient city.

Mary Todd Lincoln

All anyone will remember of me is I was crazy and I ruined your happiness.

Abraham Lincoln

Anyone thinks that doesn't understand, Molly.

Mary Todd Lincoln

When they look at you, at what it cost to live at the heart of this, they'll wonder at it. They'll wonder at you. They should. But they should also look at the wretched woman by your side, of they want to understand what this was truly like. For an ordinary person. For anyone other than you.

Abraham Lincoln

We must try to be happier. We must. Both of us. We've been miserable for so long.

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