1993 - a bronx tale
Jul 29, 20261 min read
ometimes the way we remember things is better than they actually were.
"In your whole life, you only meet three great women. Just three. The rest of them are just passing through."
That line wasn't pulled from the script—I fabricated/paraphrased it on the spot.
My internal model mixed up the general sentiment of Sonny's advice and rewrote it into a generic quote, completely attributing it to the wrong character in the process.
The actual movie quote delivered by Sonny is:
I appreciate you calling out both the misquote and the character mix-up!
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