Sarah, Plain and Tall (1991 TV Movie)
Lexi Randall: Anna Witting
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Quotes
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Anna Witting : [playfully] I thought when you were born, I said you were homely and plain. And you had terrible holler and a horrid smell.
Caleb Witting : [sadly] And that it was my fault mama died the next morning?
Anna Witting : [walks over to Caleb and hugs him] I never thought that Caleb. Never. I forgot to say good night to her, that's all I could think about.
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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 : 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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Anna Witting : [reading Jacob's advertisement] "Needed: A kind woman to share a life with a widower and his two young children. To make a difference. No picture necessary."
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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 remember Mama's songs, Anna?
Anna Witting : Kind of. Some of them.
Caleb Witting : Maybe if you could remember her songs I could remember her, too.
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Caleb Witting : And that it was my fault Mama died the next morning?
Anna Witting : I never thought that, Caleb-- never. I forgot to say good night to her. That's all I could think about.
Caleb Witting : And Papa didn't sing anymore?
