“What you worship in the Christ child, you poor little marriage-ridden man, is your own yearning for sexual freedom!”

Listen, Little Man! (1948)
Context: You worship the Christ child. The Christ child was born of a mother who had no marriage certificate. What you worship in the Christ child, you poor little marriage-ridden man, is your own yearning for sexual freedom!

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