Memorable Quotes from Tristram Coffin
4 quotesThe Role of Glands in Health and Youth
Dr. Foster
These young girls, whether dead or alive, are being used by Lorenz in some manner as human guinea pigs to sustain his wife in a youthful state.
Keenan
Oh, that's preposterous.
Patricia Hunter
It's nothing of the kind. Scientists are finding out every day that glands and hormones have a lot to do with life and health.
Dr. Foster
The glands in our bodies help to determine the condition of our teeth, the texture of our hair.
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Scared to Death: A Tense Moment
Dr. Foster
Pat! Pat, Pat.
[finding Patricia unconscious on the floor]
Keenan
Is she dead?
Patricia Hunter
No, just scared to death.
Keenan
All right. Break it up, we've got headlines to write.
Patricia Hunter
Do I get a byline?
Keenan
After this you can have a clothesline, with my shirt on it.
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Exploring Nightmares and Peculiarities in Conversations
Dr. Foster
Why don't you try to go back to sleep? No one's going to harm you. I'm sure it was just a nightmare.
Patricia Hunter
I think this whole place is a nightmare. Professor Lorenz and his wife were actually sleeping in coffins, I saw them!
Dr. Foster
We often find it difficult to explain the peculiarities of some people.
Patricia Hunter
I guess so.
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Unexpected Arrival and Introductions Among Friends
Dr. Foster
Good evening, Professor Lorenz, Countess. May I present Miss Patricia Hunter?
Patricia Hunter
How do you do?
Dr. Lorenz
We have been expecting you.
Patricia Hunter
So you found my bag in your truck?
Dr. Lorenz
Yes. There it is.
Dr. Foster
Miss Hunter's a newspaperwoman.
Patricia Hunter
I came here hoping you might grant me an interview.
Dr. Lorenz
An interview? About what?
Countess Lorenz
No one asked you to come here. You're not welcome!
Dr. Loren
Control yourself, my dear! I'm sure Miss Hunter meant no harm. Please forgive my wife, she is not well. Come, you had better retire.
Patricia Hunter
So that's what you call being eccentric. Well I have another name for it.
[to Foster]
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