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Old age. It’s the only disease, Mr. Thompson, that you don’t look forward to being cured of.
— Citizen Kane · 1941
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker offers a wry, resigned observation about growing old, framing it as an ailment unlike any other because nobody actually hopes to be rid of it, since the only alternative is not living at all. It's a dark little joke about mortality dressed up as medical talk.
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