“How did it happen? How did you come to be in this state?” – Lady Claire, The Ruling Class ... Movie Quotes Database

Lady Claire

How did it happen? How did you come to be in this state?

Jack Gurney

Like every prophet I saw visions, I heard voices, I ran. The voices of Saint Frances, Socrates, General Gordon, and Timothy Leary, they all told me I was God. It was Sunday, August the 5th, at 3:32.

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