The Shining Hour (1938)
Fay Bainter: Hannah Linden
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Quotes
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Henry Linden : [Referring to Maggie] Hannah, isn't she all I said?
Hannah Linden : [Cattily] I'm sure she is, Henry, and more.
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Hannah Linden : Coffee, David?
David Linden : I don't want any.
Hannah Linden : You should. You've had no sleep.
David Linden : I'm quite aware of that, Hannah. I don't want any coffee. I tell ya I don't want any!
Hannah Linden : David!
David Linden : Oh stop Daviding me. Minding other people's business. That's what's wrong with you, you haven't enough of your own. Well I'll give you some!
[picks coffee cup up and smashes it on the floor]
David Linden : There, get busy with that. Lots of little pieces, Hannah, just for you. Try to put them together again. We'll all be busy doing that!
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Hannah Linden : Let it burn. It needs to burn!
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Hannah Linden : It's the fires of hell, Henry, and you can't put it out!
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Hannah Linden : I'm sorry, Judy. My intentions were good.
Judy Linden : Yes, I'm sure they were, Hannah. It's just that you were born with a strong sense of interference, and I'm... afraid you'll die with one.
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Hannah Linden : [to Henry] A woman's love should only go one way, to one man. There are women whose love reaches out to every man, like the tongues of a fire that capture and consume. Send her away, Henry, before she destroys us all!
[referring to Olivia]