Conquerors of the Sky (2012)
“Amanda assumed it was because he had failed to sell a single plane. When Victoria asked him if they could go to Hawaii over the Christmas holidays, he snapped “no” so harshly she burst into tears. He rushed out and bought her a seventy-five-dollar Shirley Temple doll, then excoriated Amanda in private for letting her daughter have delusions of wealth.
“We’re not going to be rich, ever,” he said. “Get that through your head. The aircraft business is a penny-ante game and it’s going to stay that ...way.”
“You’re the one who talked about going to Hawaii,” Amanda said. “You buy her the most expensive doll in the store. Then you tell me her delusions are my fault?”
“She’s your responsibility. I don’t have time to educate her. I wish I did.”
“Gordon is forming his own oil company,” Amanda said. “He called to ask if we wanted to buy any of the stock.”
“We’ll be lucky to pay the mortgage on this house,” Adrian snarled.
“He’s brought in another dozen wells.MoreLess
“We’re not going to be rich, ever,” he said. “Get that through your head. The aircraft business is a penny-ante game and it’s going to stay that ...way.”
“You’re the one who talked about going to Hawaii,” Amanda said. “You buy her the most expensive doll in the store. Then you tell me her delusions are my fault?”
“She’s your responsibility. I don’t have time to educate her. I wish I did.”
“Gordon is forming his own oil company,” Amanda said. “He called to ask if we wanted to buy any of the stock.”
“We’ll be lucky to pay the mortgage on this house,” Adrian snarled.
“He’s brought in another dozen wells.MoreLess
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