“I know how devastated you must be to miss me, but leave a message, and I'll try to ease your agony”
“But when the other end of the line picked up, it was his voicemail that answered, not the man himself. "I know how devastated you must be to miss me," his cheery voice said, "but leave a message, and I'll try to ease your agony as soon as possible.”
“Your mother's in here, Karras. Would you like to leave a message? I'll see that she gets it.”
“You are leaving me messages, but I haven't gotten the message yet.”
“I know i'll screw up. But i'll keep trying, as long as you let me.”
“I feel you. Inside. In the parts of me I crushed the night my mother died. No matter how I tried to keep you out, you got in and I couldn't let you leave me behind. So listen to me when I say this. My life is yours. You're the reason I'll stay alive. The only goddamn reason.”