Samson
Hecuba, what have we ever had in common?
Samson
But I don't love you anymore. And you don't love me. I doubt you ever did.
Hecuba
You don't think I love you? You come from the best bloodline—
Samson
That's all I am to you! Nothing else matters as long as your foals have the right pedigree!
Hecuba
Samson, we are thoroughbreds! We have a responsibility to keep the breed pure. Without that heritage we may as well be mules.
Samson
Tell me our marriage meant something. Tell me that I—our foals—have ever been more than bloodlines. Otherwise, I'm gone.
Hecuba
I don't have to tell you anything. You're not going anywhere.
Hecuba
I know you don't have the guts to trot out on me. I can destroy you with a word.
Samson
You can keep me just as easily. Tell me you love me. [PAUSE] Tell me. Right now. Or I'm gone.
Hecuba
If you walk through that door, you are through, Samson! Do you hear me? You'll never be able to show your face at a racetrack again!