Leonard: Why does someone have to die? In your book, you said someone had to die. Why? Is that a stupid question?
Virginnia: No.
Leonard: I imagine my question is stupid.
Virginnia: Not at all.
Leonard: Well?
Virginnia: Someone has to die in order that the rest of us should value life more. It's contrast.
Leonard: And who will die? Tell me.
Virginnia: The poet will die. The visionary

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