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Melody Quotes

G 1971 · 1h 43m 70 Audience
12 quotes
Exploring Feelings About First Kisses
Maureen Do you kiss boys, Muriel?
Muriel Sometimes, if I like him enough.
Melody Aren't you frightened?
Muriel Oh, why should I be frightened? It's quite nice when you get used to it.
Too Young to Fall in Love
Taglines They said they were too young to fall in love.
A Week of Love for Melody
Taglines I'll love you forever Melody - it's been a week already.
Young Love and Early Proposals
Taglines Only 11 and Popping the Question Already! "Will you marry me Melody Perkins?
A Conversation About Lasting Love
Melody Fifty years happiness." How long's fifty years?
[reading from a tombstone]
Daniel A hundred and fifty school terms, not including holidays.
Melody Will you love me that long?
Daniel Mmm-hmmm.
[nods]
Melody I don't think you will.
Daniel Of course. I've loved you a whole week already, haven't I?
Fate and Judgment in Life's Competition
Ornshaw Some people are winners and some people are losers.
Daniel Who says who's gonna be what?
Ornshaw Don't ask me, that's all done before we get on this earth. I mean, it's him up there. He says, "You, you're gonna be red-hot at the triple jump, and you, you're gonna be bloody useless!
The Joyful Journey of Growing Up
Taglines Remember...The Fun-Filled Years Between Growing and Knowing
Debating the Value of Pursuing Girls
Daniel I've got to dance with her.
[about Melody]
Ornshaw You're mad! What do you want to do that for? She'll only say "Buzz off!" or something. She's a bit stuck up that one. This whole girl-nonsense is rubbish. Girls are a load of snotty-nosed little so-and-so's.
Miscommunication Over a Latin Translation
Mr. Dicks Now, why are you here, Ornshaw?
Ornshaw Because you invited me, sir.
Mr. Dicks And why did I invite you, Ornshaw?
Ornshaw Well, because I couldn't translate the Latin, sir.
Mr. Dicks Why, Ornshaw? Why?
Ornshaw Because it's a bloody silly out-of-date language do you mean, sir?
Mr. Dicks Two was it, Ornshaw... I think we'll make it four... ...And why do you think it's a... silly out-of-date language, Ornshaw?
[trying to hold his temper]
Ornshaw Well, because I couldn't speak to a dead Roman even if I knew the bloody lingo, sir!
A Universal Love Story for the Young
Taglines A tender love story for everyone who was ever twelve years old.
The Age of Maturity Explored
Taglines How Old is Old Enough...
Consequences of Skipping School
Headmaster If you're gallivanting off somewhere you can't be at school. If you can't be at school we can't teach you. And if we can't teach you, you'll end up a bunch of raving imbeciles like the generation above you.