"Do you think the artistic life is too bohemian?" --as
Jane Hilton in SINCE YOU WENT AWAY (1944).
"Now you go away and let me alone. I know all about
men like you." --as Pearl Chavez in DUEL IN THE SUN (1946).
"Do you know why that clock strikes? To announce the death
of another hour." --as Emma Bovary in MADAME BOVARY (1949).
"How do I know what I want?" --as Emma Bovary in MADAME
BOVARY (1949).
"Do you want me to love you or don't you?" --as Emma Bovary
in MADAME BOVARY (1949).
"My ma'am didn't like it. She said, 'Tears and
torment. Tears and torment was a marrying lot.' And she said,
'Keep yourself to yourself. You weren't made for marriage any more
than me. Eat in company, but sleep alone.' That's what she
said." --as Hazel Woodus in THE WILD HEART (1951).
"If I tried to do your job, I'd be dumb as a dog that
don't know 'sick'em'." --as Ruby in RUBY GENTRY (1952).
"Jim, what is love?" --as Ruby in RUBY GENTRY (1952).
"Harry's been all out of sorts today. Usually he's
a wonderful loser." --as Gwendolen Chelm in BEAT THE DEVIL (1954).
"There are two good reasons for falling in love.
One is that the object of your affections is unlike anyone else -- such as
Lord Byron. The other is that he's like everyone else, only superior."
--as Gwendolen Chelm in BEAT THE DEVIL (1954).
Music Clips:
"The
Song of Bernadette" (clip) from THE SONG OF BERNADETTE
(1943) by Alfred
Newman (a .MP3 file).
"Since
You Went Away" (clip) from SINCE YOU WENT AWAY (1944) by
Max
Steiner (a .MP3 file courtesy RCA/Victor).
"Madame
Bovary" (clip) from MADAME BOVARY (1949) by
Miklos Rozsa
(a .MP3 file courtesy Rhino
Records).