Where'd You Go, Bernadette (2019)
Emma Nelson: Bee
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Quotes
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Bee Branch : Whatever you do don't ever tell Mom you're bored. She'll be like, "Well, guess what? It only gets more boring and the sooner you learn it's on you to make your own life interesting the better off you'll be. "
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Bernadette : I just need you to know how hard it is for me sometimes.
Bee Branch : What's hard?
Bernadette : The banality of life. But I retail the right to be incredibly moved by those little things no one notices. For better and worse.
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[first lines]
Bee Branch : [narrating] Have you ever heard that the brain is like a discounting mechanism? Say someone gives you a present and it's a diamond necklace and you open it and you love it. You're all happy at first, and then the next day it still makes you happy, but a little less so. A year later, you see the necklace and you think, "Oh, that old thing."
Bee Branch : And do you know why your brain discounts things? It's for survival. You need to be prepared for new experiences, because they could signal danger. Wouldn't it be great if we could reset that, since there aren't a lot of saber-tooth tigers jumping out at us? Seems like a design flaw that our brain's default settings signal danger and survival, instead of something like joy, or appreciation.
Bee Branch : I think that's what happened to my mom. She got so focused on picking up danger signals that her discounting mechanism forgot to see all the good stuff in her life. And maybe Dad had quit seeing the diamond necklace side of Mom.
