Memorable Quotes from Harriet Dyer
3 quotesConfrontation Over Perceived Suffocation
Cecilia Kass
Emily, I need to talk to you.
Emily Kass
Well, at least now we have clarity. Now I know what you really think of me.
Cecilia Kass
What?
Emily Kass
Thanks so much for carving out the time to let me know how - quote, unquote - "suffocating" I am to you.
Cecilia Kass
What? What are you...
Emily Kass
Not that I should have to say this, but I never expected any of that money.
Cecilia Kass
Emily, I-I don't... I don't know what you're talking about.
Emily Kass
The e-mail - the e-mail you sent me this morning.
Cecilia Kass
What e-mail?
Emily Kass
If that's how you feel about me, don't ask me to bail you out of your personal life anymore. If you're too stupid to know who the good guys are and too weak to get away from the bad ones, don't sob to me for charity. I'm out.
Cecilia Kass
I didn't send you the fucking e-mail. I didn't. Someone is-is-is doing this to me. He's-he's doing this to me.
Emily Kass
Who's... Adrian? Adrian sent me the e-mail. Okay. You need some medication. Adrian is dead.
[pause; pause]
Cecilia Kass
Em, please, no.
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Tension Builds Among Characters in Crisis
Emily Kass
Cecilia, what is going on? Are you okay?
[arriving to pick up Cecilia]
Cecilia Kass
I'll explain later. Just go, Emily. Go.
Adrian Griffin
Open the fucking door, Cecilia!
Emily Kass
What is happening?
Adrian Griffin
Open the door!
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Facing Fear and Control in Crisis
Cecilia Kass
This is not fair. I asked you not to come over. He knows where you live. He will follow you.
[Emily comes to visit Cecilia at James's house]
Emily Kass
Yes, well, I have some news.
Cecilia Kass
There is no news that justifies this. Okay I have a plan. And I just, I need you to go along with it, and just not being in control for one second.
Emily Kass
I'm not trying to control you, boo. I'm desperately trying to tell you that you don't need to cut me off anymore. Because he's dead.
Cecilia Kass
What? It just doesn't make any sense. He was in complete control of everything, you know? Including me. He controlled how I looked, and what I wore, and what I ate. And then it was controlling when I left the house, and what I said. And eventually, what I thought. And if he didn't like what he assumed I was thinking, he would...
[after finding out Adrian died from an apparent suicide]
James Lanier
He'd what? He would hit you?
Cecilia Kass
Amongst other things. He wanted to have a baby. And I knew that if we did that, that I would never be able to get away from him. So I took birth control without him knowing it. But, um, that can only go on for so long, so I called you.
Emily Kass
Hey. You are here with us now. And you're safe. He's gone.
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