Boardwalk Empire (TV Series)
A Return to Normalcy (2010)
Steve Buscemi: Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson
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Quotes
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Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson : We all need to decide for ourselves how much sin we can live with.
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Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson : Seven years ago, almost eight, I'd just become treasurer. I was new to the job, very busy. My wife had just given birth. We named him Enoch, after me. She wanted that. He was tiny, frail. I was terrified to hold him. A week passed. I had my hands full with some county business or another, an audit. I was busy, very busy. I came home one night, it was late. She was in the nursery, rocking him in her arms. I crossed to them. She looked so calm, so contented, it gave me the courage to finally want to hold him. I pulled back the blanket...
[long pause as Nucky struggles to compose himself]
Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson : ... and I looked at his face. And I could tell right away he'd been dead for days. She'd been caring for him nearly a week: bathing him, changing him, his bedclothes. I took him from her and cradled him in my arms. That was the only time I ever held him. We buried him in the churchyard, but she couldn't accept it. She'd completely broken with reality. Melancholia. I saw it. I knew it. But the doctor said time would heal her. And I was very, very busy. A few weeks later, she slashed her wrists with my razor. The times with you and the children in the house, eating breakfast... just that... I've never been happier or more terrified in my life. And now you know more about me than any other person on Earth.
