Sarah, Plain and Tall (1991 TV Movie)
Glenn Close: Sarah Wheaton
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Quotes
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Sarah Wheaton : The past steps on the heels of the present whether you like it or not.
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Sarah Wheaton : [during storm] Anna! Where's Seal? Do you know?
Anna Witting : No.
Sarah Wheaton : Oh!
[looks away from Anna]
Sarah Wheaton : I never should've brought her! I never should've come here!
[turns back to Anna]
Sarah Wheaton : I didn't mean that!
Anna Witting : Yes, you did! I saw the train ticket in the stand beside your bed! You never meant to stay!
Sarah Wheaton : Oh!
[begins crying]
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Caleb Witting : What color is the sea when it storms?
Sarah Wheaton : Blue and gray and green.
Caleb Witting : Now I know what's missing from your drawing. Colors. Colors of the sea, blue and gray and green.
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Caleb Witting : Seal was worried. The house is too small, we thought, and I am loud and pesky.
Anna Witting : We thought you might be leaving us because you miss the sea.
Sarah Wheaton : Well, I'll always miss my old home, but the truth of it is, I'd miss you more.
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Caleb Witting : What colors are seen in storms?
Sarah Wheaton : Blue and gray and green. Why?
Caleb Witting : Now I know what's missing from your drawing.
Sarah Wheaton : What do you mean?
Caleb Witting : Colors. Colors of our sea. Blue and gray and green.
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Jacob Witting : I expect... I expect you might feel lonely here.
Sarah Wheaton : Anyplace can be lonely.
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Caleb Witting : We thought you might be leaving us because you missed the sea.
Sarah Wheaton : Well, I'll always miss my old home, but the truth of it is I'd miss you more.
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Anna Witting : Everything dies.
Sarah Wheaton : Anna. We'll plant more flowers, I promise.
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Caleb Witting : Do you miss the sea a lot, Sarah?
Sarah Wheaton : Yeah. Yeah, I do... but the land here rolls a little like the sea and when the wind ripples over the grass... it looks just like the wind on the sea.
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Sarah Wheaton : I'm used to rolling up my sleeves working alongside my brother, doing what needs to be done.
Jacob Witting : And I'm used to having things done a certain way.
Sarah Wheaton : And I'm not used to being told what to do.
Jacob Witting : I see that. Our ways, perhaps, are different, but...
Sarah Wheaton : Ways can change.
Jacob Witting : Stubborn, aren't you?
Sarah Wheaton : And you're not?
