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- William Lewis: [narrating] Less than one percent of the population is psychopathic. Psychopaths often inherit the trait, and are incapable of love. They manage their relationships with clinical precision, succeeding in all walks of life. Psychopaths that can learn to love are even more rare; as rare as a black swan.
- Grace Lewis: It's time.
- William Lewis: I'm not dead yet.
- Grace Lewis: Naming a successor is a sign of strength, not weakness, father.