Magnolia: Including my dog.
Ben: First of all, he ruined that situation.
Magnolia: And I let it happen. I saw it, I knew it, and I just let it happen.
Ben: I'm gonna call bullshit on that.
Magnolia: Your second point?
Ben: Oh yeah. I'm gonna need his full name. An address if you have it. I have a rubber hose and I'm in the mood to teach some manners.
Magnolia: Don't bother. Not worth your time.
Ben: What else? What else have you ruined? Because I don't think you have it in you, pretty girl.
Magnolia: Ha. How about flunking out of college two times? Mostly because I just didn't show up or do shit.
Ben: You know what they say. Third time is the charm.
Magnolia: Uh, not really. I just got tired of my own bullshit and didn't like working the drive-thru line at Starbucks and found something I actually wanted to learn.
Ben: I'm not sure I could get tired of my own bullshit. I kinda like it.
Magnolia: Yeah. I know.
Ben: What else? Give me your worst.
Magnolia: There was a guy who helped me when I was first starting out in landscape architecture. I misunderstood a few interactions and signals. Or, I took those interactions and signals and I invented something that wasn't there.
Magnolia: Then I truly strangled the shit out of that relationship with both hands. Mentorship, gone. Professional relationships, gone. Business engagements, gone.
Ben: I will also need his name and address.
Magnolia: I would've given you both a few years ago but the best recovery from shitshows like that one is moving on and doing well.
Ben: All right. Listen. You're pretty and nice and I like the hell out of you and you have worked more than your share of shitshows but you haven't spent your grandmother's last days on earth fucking around with a house that needed months of work.
Magnolia: You're right. I haven't experienced that.
Ben: You're not carrying that kind of regret around.
Magnolia: No. Again, you're right. I'm not carrying that specific regret.
Ben: Not trying to be a dick.
Magnolia: I don't think you're being a dick. I think you're hurting. A lot.
Magnolia: And I wish there was something I could say to make it better but I'm not sure I can do that for you.
Ben: It's okay. It's not your job to make it better.
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Magnolia: Any interest in an espresso martini lunch?
Magnolia: Because I could use an espresso martini today.
Andy: Your Wednesday is going that well, huh?
