"Please, ma cherie. I have told you. We are all victims of ca..." — Lilly Wachowski

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Please, ma cherie. I have told you. We are all victims of causality. I drank too much wine, I must take a piss. Cause and effect.

— Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski, The Merovingian, and Lambert Wilson

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