Summer Solstice (1981 TV Movie)

Myrna Loy: Margaret

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Quotes 

• Ranger : Sorry folks - can't be there!

  Joshua : [to Margaret]  We can't be here.

  Margaret : Must be somewhere else instead!

  Ranger : Ah, didn't you see me wave?

  Margaret : We waved back.

  Ranger : Well, didn't you see the sign?

  Joshua : What sign?

  Ranger : Erosion control.

  Joshua : You mean, we're eroding so we can't be here?

  Margaret : Oh, Dear, don't tease him, he thinks you mean it.

  Joshua : I do mean it.

  Margaret : You look dazzling in that uniform! Why don't you join us in some wine?

  Ranger : You're not allowed to drink alcohol here either.

  Joshua : You know a man my age has very few pleasures left.

  Ranger : I'm sorry. You'll have to stop.

  Joshua : I've been saying that for years!

  Ranger : Ah, look, could we discuss this over on the boardwalk? It's bad for the dunes.

  Joshua : Walking on them?

  Ranger : Wears them out.

  Joshua : Wears me out. I doubt it wears them out.

  Ranger : Sir, I don't want to argue with you...

  Joshua : Good!

  Ranger : The geological facts are that every time someone walks on the dunes, their footprints leave a slightly greater depression in the sand. They gouge out these exposed paths and before you know it, you've got what we call a "Blow out".

  Ranger : Heavens!

  Joshua : How long have you been on this seashore?

  Ranger : Three months.

  Joshua : We've walked on this beach for over fifty years. We've seen erosion plans come and go and they always fail - and you know why? Because erosion is a natural state of Cape Cod. As it is with everything else here. Have some wine.

  Ranger : Sorry. Rules are rules.

  Joshua : Yes, rules certainly are that - and nothing else.

  Ranger : You gonna cooperate?

  Joshua : Just don't shoot. We'll come peacefully.

  Ranger : Thank you.

  [he gets up to leave] 

  Joshua : Be careful where you step.

  [to Margaret] 

  Joshua : Power hungry!

  Margaret : Must be the artist in you.

  Joshua : What do you mean?

  Margaret : You always seem to clash with authority figures.

  Joshua : Oh, that's nothing. You inspired that, long ago.

  Margaret : Oh!