Memorable Quotes from Candace Hilligoss
12 quotesSafety Concerns Amidst Desolation
Minister
This used to be quite a place. It's been deserted for a long time now.
[about the abandoned carnival]
Mary Henry
Will you take me in?
Minister
Goodness no. It isn't safe out there anymore. That's why they put up this barrier.
Mary Henry
It'd be very easy to step around it.
Minister
What attraction could there be for you... out there?
Mary Henry
I'm not sure. I'm a reasonable person I don't know. Maybe I want to satisfy myself that the place isn't any more than it appears to be. Would you take me out there?
Minister
No. The law has placed it off-limits. It wouldn't be very seemly for a minister to break the law, would it?
Mary Henry
No. Maybe I can come back some other time.
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Unseen Presence in the House
Mary Henry
Who's the man in the hall?
Mrs. Thomas
Oh, you must mean Mr. Linden. He has the room across the hall.
Mary Henry
No, I mean the other one.
Mrs. Thomas
There is no other. Me and you and Mr. Linden... us there is all there is in this house.
Mary Henry
But you must have passed him out there.
Mrs. Thomas
You're needing this food. Going without eating makes you jumpy sometimes. Maybe you heard the boards pop or something. These old houses creak worse than my knees.
Mary Henry
I didn't hear him, Mrs. Thomas I saw him.
Mrs. Thomas
Now don't talk that way. I don't sleep so good as it is. It's these old houses. They, they're big enough so that you could hide a man in every corner. You just gotta not let your imagination run away with you.
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Struggling between reality and entrapment.
Mary Henry
They're everywhere, they're everywhere. They're not going to let me go. Everywhere I turn, there's something blocking my escape. It's trying to prevent me from living. He's trying to take me back somewhere. I can't fight anymore... I, I don't know what's real anymore.
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Unexpected Breakfast Choices in a Church Setting
John Linden
Hey, look, I got a couple shots left over from last night, you want a little bit in yours?
Mary Henry
No thanks. It's not the recommended breakfast for a church organist.
John Linden
Oh, is that what you do? Hey, you mean they, they pay somebody to play the organ in church?
Mary Henry
Some churches do.
John Linden
Hey, I hope you don't mind about this, I just didn't know you were a church woman.
Mary Henry
To me a church is just a place of business.
John Linden
That's a funny way to look at it.
Mary Henry
Why? People seem shocked because I took a job in a church and I regard it simply as a job. I'm a professional organist and I play for pay, that's all.
John Linden
Talking like that, don't that get you nightmares?
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Feeling Alienated in a Familiar World
Mary Henry
I don't belong in the world-that's what it is. Something separates me from other people.
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Morning Humor and Afternoon Reality
John Linden
What do you think, I'm an alcoholic? I just like to start the day off in a good mood.
[pours whiskey in his morning coffee]
Mary Henry
You must be hilarious by noon.
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Drinking Preferences and Personal Choices
John Linden
What's the matter? Don't you drink?
[when Mary does not drink the glass of beer he ordered for her at a bar]
Mary Henry
Not really.
John Linden
Well, I do. And not only do I drink really, I really drink.
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A Farewell to the Organ Factory
Organ Factory Boss
Good luck, Mary. Stop by and see us the next time you're in.
Mary Henry
Thank you... but I'm never coming back.
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Struggling to be heard in silence
Mary Henry
WHY CAN'T ANYBODY HEAR ME?
[yelling into the void]
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The Nature of Imagination and Perception
Mary Henry
I'm a competent person. If anything, I'm a realist. I'm not given to imagining anything.
Dr. Samuels
Hogwash. All of us imagine things. Have you never heard two men talking behind your back and imagined they were talking about you? Have you never imagined you saw someone you knew and walked up to them and found they were a perfect stranger.
Mary Henry
I don't see what this has to do with it.
Dr. Samuels
The point is this. Our imaginations play tricks on us. They often misinterpret what we see and hear.
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Daylight vs. Darkness: A Reflection on Reality
Mary Henry
It's funny... the world is so different in the daylight. In the dark, your fantasies get so out of hand. But in the daylight everything falls back into place again.
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Fear of Isolation and Uncertainty
John Linden
That's just what I need, get mixed up with a girl who's off her rocker.
Mary Henry
I DON'T WANT TO BE LEFT ALONE!
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