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Roger: Do ye know why I can say you're an idiot? Because I've been an idiot myself. I fell in love with a girl. Beautiful girl. I asked her to marry me and she said no. So what did I do? Instead of walking away, I actually followed her across an ocean. Like an idiot I persued her through time and space, determined to prove myself and the universe that I did love this woman, just like all those great love stories written by all those great idiots. I persued her and I chased her and finally tracked her down and convinced her to marry me. And on the very night when we were handfast, wed... in the eyes of man and the Almighty, we started fighting, and we said angry words to each other – words to regret but which can never be taken back. So I left her. I intended to go home, but then I changed my mind and went back, like an idiot, and instead of finding her I found a man who... I now believe he was a father, who beat me near unto death and sold me to the Mohawk. And even then, even then I had yet another chance to walk away, to go home. Against all odds, I broke free from my captors. I found a way home. All I had to do was to reach out and touch it. But did I? No, I just stood there with freedom within my reach, and hesitated, like an idiot, because after all that, I still loved her.
- Outlander, S04E12
~story of my life~
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