East of Eden1955

Abra:
Cal, can I ask you something?

Cal:
Yeah, go ahead.

Abra:
These girls you always go around with... you know, there was that little Mexican girl once? What do girls like that like? [Cal shrugs] I mean, you don't really love them, do you? [Cal shakes his head] Then why do you go out with them? Is it because you're bad? [Cal is silent] Well, why do you, then? Are you bad, Cal?

Cal:
Do you think I'm bad?

Abra:
I don't know. I guess I don't know what's good and what's bad. I mean, Aron is so good, and I'm not. Not good enough for Aron, anyway. Sometimes when I'm with Aron... well, Aron likes to talk about our being in love and think about it, and that's all right, but... these girls that you go out with, do they... maybe I don't know what love is, exactly. I know love is good, the way Aron says, but... it's more than that, it's got to be! I shouldn't talk to you this way, Cal, I shouldn't, but I don't know who else to talk to. And sometimes I think I'm really bad. Sometimes I don't know what to think.

Cal:
Well, Aron will knock that of out of you.

Abra:
Will he?

Cal:
He's got to.