sitifan
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What is the relationship between "the end of love in Manhattan" and "looking at houses together" in the dialogue below? https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0698663/quotes/?ref_=tt_trv_qu
- Elizabeth: He never did call, of course. Bastard! I don't understand.
- Carrie Bradshaw: [voiceover narration] She told me one day over coffee.
- Elizabeth: I don't understand. In England, looking at houses together, would have meant something.
- Carrie Bradshaw: [voiceover narration] Then I realized, no one had told her about the end of love in Manhattan. Welcome to the age of un-innocence. No one has breakfast at Tiffany's, and no one has affairs to remember. Instead, we have breakfast at seven a.m., and affairs we try to forget as quickly as possible. Self-protection and closing the deal are paramount. Cupid has flown the co-op! (my bold)