12 quotes
A Camera's Affection for Lora's Beauty
Steve
Your bones...
Lora
What about my bones?
Steve
They're perfect. My camera could easily have a love affair with you.
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Generational Tensions and Social Aspirations
Annie
I'd be happy knowin you're meetin nice young folk...
Sarah Jane
Busboys! Cooks! Chauffeurs! Like Hawkins. No thank you; I've seen your "nice young folk".
Annie
I don't wanna fight with you, honey. Not tonight. I don't feel too good. While I get started on the anchovies, will you take this tray in to Miss Lora and her friends?
Sarah Jane
Why, certainly. Anything at all for Miss Lora and her friends.
[sarcastic]
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Life's Significant Events: Weddings and Deaths
Annie Johnson
Our wedding day, and the day we die are the great events of life.
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Friendship and Community Connections Explored
Lora
It never occurred to me that you had many friends. You never have any visit you.
Annie
I know lots of people. Oh, hundreds.
Lora
Really?
Annie
I belong to the Baptist church. And I belong to several lodges too.
Lora
I didn't know.
Annie
Miss Lora, you never asked.
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The Pain of Truth in Parenting
Annie Johnson
How do you tell a child that she was born to be hurt?
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Childishness vs. Racial Identity in Imitation of Life
Lora Meredith
You weren't being colored, you were just being childish.
[to Sarah Jane]
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A Mother's Sacrifice for Her Daughter's Happiness
Lora
If Steve really means that much to you I'll give him up. I'll never see him again.
Susie
Oh, Mother. Stop acting!
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The Value of Chasing Dreams
Lora
You're aiming high.
Steve
Why not? It doesn't cost any more. Don't you believe in chasing rainbows?
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Aspiration and Determination in Lora Meredith
Lora Meredith
Well, I'm going up and up and up - and nobody's going to pull me down!
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Understanding the Struggles of Being Different
Sarah Jane
Miss Lora, you don't know what it means to be... different...
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Ambition vs. Maternal Connection
Lora
Now, just a moment, young lady! It's only because of my ambition that you've had the best of everything. And that's a solid achievement that any mother can be proud of!
Susie, age 16
And how about a mother's love?
[tearfully]
Lora
LOVE? But you've always had that!
Susie, age 16
Yes, by telephone, by postcard, by magazine interviews... you've given me everything... but yourself!
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Desire for a Better Life Despite Struggles
Annie Johnson
Miss Lora, we just come from a place where... where my color deviled my baby. Now, anything here has gotta be better.
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