Memorable Quotes from Joan Plowright
10 quotesSeeking Help Amidst Fear and Trust
Sophie
David, if there’s something troubling you, I’d very much like to help you if I can.
David
Please… don’t turn me in.
Sophie
Turn you in to whom?
David
To them. To him. To anyone!
Sophie
I wouldn’t dream of turning you in to anybody, for any reason! You’re quite safe here, David. You’re safe!
David
From the guards?
Sophie
From everybody!
David
I want to tell you everything, Sophie… but I can’t. I just can’t.
Sophie
David, you don’t have to tell me anything. I just want you to know that you’re safe here, and that everything will be all right.
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The Complexity of Individual Identity
Dora Strang
Alan is himself. Every soul is itself. If you added up everything we ever did to him, from his first day on earth to this, you wouldn't find why he did this terrible thing... because that's him: not just all of our things added up.
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Skepticism About Golf Among Working Class
Ann Kaye
He'll be there! I told you! He said, he wants to take some golf lessons and see how it goes.
Eva Krichinsky
Golf? He's going to play golf?
Sam Krichinsky
That's what I said when I heard. A working person doesn't play golf. It's for people with sweaters and a cap.
Eva Krichinsky
Where does he get such crazy ideas?
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Unity in the Face of Insult
Phyllis Grimshaw
An remember, an insult to me is an insult to every non-skilled operative in this hospital. Now just you think on.
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The Challenge of Pioneer Living
Eva Krichinsky
Homes? It's too far for homes. Got to be a pioneer, to live out here. You can't get here with a streetcar.
Sam Krichinsky
They can build homes, they can put more streetcar tracks down.
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Seeking the Knowledge of Others
Eva Krichinsky
Where are the people who know where the people are?
[Meeting the train that carries her brother]
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The Concept of Selling Television Time
Eva Krichinsky
How's the new job?
Jules Kaye
It's good. I like it. It's interesting and it's challenging. I like it.
Eva Krichinsky
Selling time. I never heard of such a thing.
Jules Kaye
It's not just time, Ma. It's time for television commercials. Companies buy the time for television commercials, so they can sell their products.
Eva Krichinsky
I hate commercials. But I like the one that the cigarette packs dance. I like that one.
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Comment on Timeliness and Life's Irony
Eva Krichinsky
That man will be late for his own funeral.
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Perception of a Hidden, Sad Intelligence
Sophie
When I look at the boy in that painting, I see a very intelligent, very serious person, and a good person. But there’s something about the eyes and the face that seems lost and sad. But that’s as far as I can see because he doesn’t want to let the world see any further.
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A New Era for Britannia Hospital
Phyllis Grimshaw
This celebration is for all of us. The old days are gone forever Vincent. Britannia belongs to all of us now.
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