Memorable Quotes from Margaret Wycherly
3 quotesDeciding the Next Step in a Crisis
Verna
This is great, but where do we go after the second feature?
[hiding out at a drive-in movie]
Cody
You're staying put. I'm the only one goin anyplace.
Ma Jarrett
Where, Cody?
Cody
To give myself up.
Ma Jarrett
What are you talking about? You haven't a chance. Four dead - it'll be the gas chamber for sure.
Cody
You don't think I'm dumb enough to give myself up to the T-men, do ya?
Verna
What's the difference? You walk into the cops and they turn ya over.
Cody
I pulled that Springfield heist - not Scratch Morton. I'm goin up to Illinois and take a state rap. I'll get two years at the most...I couldn't be in both places at once, could I? Little thing I cooked up before we pulled the tunnel job.
Ma Jarrett
You're the smartest there is, Cody.
Verna
Sure it's smart, but what about me? What do I do for the next two years?
Ma Jarrett
Same as ya did before he married you.
Cody
You better not, baby. I'll be back.
Verna
I'll be waiting for you, honey. You can trust me.
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Struggles of Breath in Cold Mountains
Ma Jarrett
It's these mountains, Cody. It's not good for ya. Cold all the time. Can't breathe air. Let's get out, Son.
[about Cody's headaches]
Cody
I'm all right now.
Ma Jarrett
Is it going?
Cody
Yeah.
Ma Jarrett
Are you sure?
Cody
Yeah....it's like having a red hot buzz-saw inside my head.
Ma Jarrett
No, not yet, Son. Don't let em see you like that. Might give some of em ideas.
[stopping him from walking out]
Cody
You're always thinkin about your Cody, aren't ya?
[sitting in his mother's lap]
Ma Jarrett
That's right. Top of the world, Son.
[She rises and pours him a drink of whiskey]
Cody
Don't know what I'd do without ya, Ma.
[He downs the drink]
Ma
Better?
Cody
Oh yeah.
Ma
Now go on out. Show em you're all right.
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A Mother's Regret and a Son's Resolve
Ma Jarrett
I'm the one to tell ya. It's Big Ed and Verna. They run out. It's my fault, Cody. I let you down. I said I'd take care of things. But I let you down. I saw it comin'. I didn't think he'd have the guts.
Cody
Forget it, Ma, forget it. It was in the cards for Big Ed to make his try.
Ma Jarrett
Don't you care?
Cody
Sure. What's mine is mine. I ain't gonna have it make me sick. I'll take care of em when I get out.
Ma Jarrett
That's what I told myself. And I'll help ya Cody, like always. You'll be out soon, back on top of the world.
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