Citizen Kane

"He wanted to own me the way he owned his things."

"I think freedom might be more valuable than love."

"Real strength is in saying no to someone you love."

"I could have been brave, but I was afraid."

"The truth is harder to sing than any song."

"I learned that beauty and happiness are not the same thing."

"He built Xanadu, but he couldn't build a home."

"I was young, and I thought love was enough."

"Time is the only thing that really matters in the end."

"I wish someone had taught me my worth wasn't in his approval."

"He loved control more than he loved me."

"I learned that fame without freedom is just another kind of loneliness."

"The stage was my first love, but he made it my prison."

"I think I could have been happy if he had just let me be myself."

"Patience is what they asked of me, but I needed understanding."

"I was a prisoner in the most beautiful cage imaginable."

"He showed me that even rich men can be poor of spirit."

"I learned that you can't build a life on someone else's dreams."

"Real happiness is in simple things, not in grand gestures."

"I wish I had been braver when I was young."

"The truth about power is that it always ends badly."

"I realize now that I was afraid to disappoint him."

"He tried to make me into art, but I was always just a person."

"If I could go back, I would choose myself."

"I was his creation, not his equal."

"Love that requires you to lose yourself isn't real love."

"I learned that a big house can feel very small when you're alone."

"Sometimes the most courageous thing is admitting you're not happy."

"I could sing, but I never got to choose what songs."

"The stage lights feel like a prison when you're forced to perform."