Memorable Quotes from Patsy Kelly
8 quotesTiming and Personal Plans in Conversation
Kitty
Why couldn't all of this have happened tomorrow?
Norma Denby
What difference would that make?
Kitty
Tomorrow's my day off!
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Tension in a Domestic Setting
Mrs. Gilmore
Rosemary! Go back to bed. You know you're not supposed to be up and around.
Japanese man
Is that the mother?
Roman
Rosemary -
Rosemary
Shut up.
Roman
Rosemary -
Rosemary
Shut up! You're in Dubrovnik. I don't hear you. What have you done to it? What have you done to its eyes?
[She slowly walks over to the cradle, sees her child in the bassinet - her eyes widen in terror]
Roman
He has his father's eyes.
Rosemary
What are you talking about?! Guy's eyes are normal! What have you done to him? You maniacs!
Roman
] is his father, not Guy. He came up from hell and begat a son of mortal woman. Satan is his father and his name is Adrian. He shall overthrow the mighty and lay waste their temples. He shall redeem the despised and wreak vengeance in the name of the burned and the tortured. Hail, Adrian! Hail, Satan! Hail, Satan!
[[Satan; Coven members cheer 'Hail, Satan!']
Minnie
He chose you out of all the world - out of all the women in the whole world, he chose you. He arranged things, because he wanted you to be the mother of his only living son.
Roman
His power is stronger than stronger! His might shall last longer than longer.
Japanese man
Hail, Satan!
Rosemary
No! It can't be! No!
Minnie
Go look at his hands.
Laura-Louise
And his feet.
Rosemary
Oh, God!
[realizes in horror as flashbacks of red eyes looking at her appear from dreamscape; drops knife]
Roman
God is dead! Satan lives! The year is One, the year is One! God is dead! Why don't you help us out, Rosemary? Be a real mother to Adrian. You don't have to join if you don't want to. Just be a mother to your baby. Minnie and Laura-Louise are too old. It's not right. Think about it, Rosemary.
Rosemary
Oh, God!
Laura-Louise
Aw, shut up with your Oh, Gods or we'll kill ya - milk or no milk!
Mrs. Gilmore
You shut up. Rosemary's his mother, so you show some respect.
Roman
Come my friend. Come see him. Come see the child.
[to Argyron Stavropolous, one of the guests who has just arrived]
Guy
They promised me you wouldn't be hurt and you haven't been...really. I mean, supposing you had the baby and you lost it? Wouldn't that be the same? And we're getting so much in return, Ro.
[She spits in his face.]
Roman
Oh, Guy, let me introduce you to Argyron Stavropolous.
Argyron
How proud you must be. Is this the mother?
Minnie
Here, drink this. You'll feel a little better.
[She gives Rosemary a cup and saucer.]
Rosemary
What's in it, tannis root?
Minnie
Nothing's in it, just plain ordinary Lipton's tea. You drink it.
Laurie-Louise
Get away from here! Roman!
[To Rosemary]
Rosemary
You're rocking him too fast.
Laurie-Louise
Sit down. Get her out of here. Put her where she belongs.
[To Roman]
Rosemary
You're rocking him too fast. That's why he's crying.
Laura-Louise
Oh, mind your own business.
Roman
Let Rosemary rock him. Go on, sit down with the others. Let Rosemary rock him.
Laura-Louise
Well, she's liable to -
Roman
Sit down with the others, Laura-Louise. Rock him.
[To Rosemary]
Rosemary
Are you trying to get me to be his mother?
Roman
Aren't you his mother?
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Unexpected Reactions to a Scream
Peters
Did I hear somebody scream?
Kitty
Well, if you didn't, you oughta have your ears cleaned out!
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Inappropriate Racial Term Used in Conversation
Harrigan
What's this?
Kitty
That's a ni**er.
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Perception Altered by Alcohol
Kitty
When he gets drunk, snakes see HIM!
[Referring to Peters]
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A Request for Peanuts from Kitty
Kitty
I'm waiting for someone to feed me peanuts!
[discovered locked in the gorilla cage]
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Character Perspectives on Gender Dislike
Poe's keeper
Don't you know Poe hates women?
Kitty
So does Kipling.
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Struggles of Dependency and Control in Crisis
Terry Gionoffrio
They picked me up off the sidewalk, literally... I was starving and on dope and doing a lot of other things. They're childless though. I'm like the daughter they never had. At first, I thought they wanted me for some kind of a sex thing but they turned out to be like real grandparents... I'd be dead now if it wasn't for them. That's an absolute fact. Dead or in jail.
[about the Castevets]
Laura-Louise
You'll get used to the smell before you know it.
[referring to the tannis-root charm]
Rosemary's friend
He sounds like a sadistic nut... Pain like that is a warning that something isn't right. Go see Dr. Hill. Go see anybody besides that... nut. You can't go on suffering like this.
[about Dr. Sapirstein]
Dr. Sapirstein
Come with us quietly, Rosemary. Don't argue or make a scene. Because if you say anything more about witches or witchcraft, we're gonna be forced to take you to a mental hospital. You don't want that, do you? So just put your shoes on.
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