Romance of the Limberlost (1938)

Jean Parker: Laurie

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Quotes 

• Chris : There just ain't no sense in livin'. We ain't gotta chance!

  Laurie : Why, Chris, what a thing to say! We've all got a chance! The world is full of beautiful things.

  Chris : Not for us swampers!

  Laurie : Yes siree. For all of us. Anyway, I'm not gonna be a swamper. I'm not always going to be. I'm gonna be somebody.

• Nora : I bin keepin' ya an' feedin' ya ever since your Maw died.

  Laurie : You hate me for that. I couldn't help it if Mother died. She couldn't help it either.

  Nora : She coulda. She's be alive today if she hadn't gotten notions like you're gittin'. Chasin' butterfies an' readin' books!

• Laurie : Please Aunt Nora - come and thank them!

  Nora : Thanks 'em for what? Fur refusin' me credit if'n I don't let ya go? Or fur givin' ya clothes so you can go agin me?

  Laurie : Oh - don't you hope I have a good time?

  Nora : No. I hope them Plainville folks'll make fun of ya. An' learn ya a lesson.

• Wayne : [Wayne and Laurie kiss]  Angry?

  Laurie : No. I just didn't think it would happen here in the swamp.

  Wayne : Swamp? Why, this is the enchanted glade. It's alright, alright. It's another world, where dreams come true.