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Susanna [Winona Ryder]: I'm ambivalent. In fact that's my new favorite word.

Dr. Wick [Vanessa Redgrave]: Do you know what that means, ambivalence?

Susanna: I don't care.

Dr. Wick: If it's your favorite word, I would've thought you would...

Susanna: It means I don't care. That's what it means.

Dr. Wick: On the contrary, Susanna, ambivalence suggests strong feelings...in opposition. The prefix, as in "ambidextrous", means "both". The rest of it, in Latin, means "vigor". The word suggests that you are torn...between two opposing courses of action.
-- Susanna Kaysen, James Mangold, Lisa Loomer. Girl, Interrupted (movie, 1999).
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