A Walk in the Spring Rain (1970)
Ingrid Bergman: Libby Meredith
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Quotes
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Libby Meredith : Oh, God, Will. You still believe in miracles. But, I don't. I almost did. Oh, I came so close.
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Libby Meredith : I wonder if you have ever thought of me, if I may borrow a word that has been taken over by very young, as "a person"?
Ellen Meredith : You're my mother!
Libby Meredith : What a catchall that is.
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Libby Meredith : I wonder, in the whole world, was there ever one child who really knew his mother?
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Libby Meredith : Only the young are free to choose? To be taken by surprise and find - joy?
Ellen Meredith : Unfortunately, yes. Older people have made their commitments, they've accepted their responsibilities, they have other compensations.
Libby Meredith : Such as?
Ellen Meredith : Peace of mind.
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Libby Meredith : Roger, do I know you too well - or not at all?
Roger Meredith : We're in a time of change, Lib. Did either one of us know each other?
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Libby Meredith : I should have brought wading boots.
Will Cade : Here.
[Will picks up Libby and carries her across a stream]
Libby Meredith : I'm heavy.
Will Cade : Not as I can notice. No, you got a fine shape, Miss Roger. A fine shape.
Libby Meredith : Oh, listen, I'm a grandmother!
Will Cade : Oh, listen, there's a lot of woman left in ya, Miss Roger. A lot of woman.
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Will Cade : Roger, how 'bout you and me goin' frog huntin'?
Roger Meredith : Frog hunting?
Will Cade : Yea, I got gun in the jeep and I know this breeding pond. There's some big devils! As soon as it gets dark, they'll be out.
Libby Meredith : Let us all go!
Will Cade : Well, it's pretty damp out there in the swamp. But, I got a jug of shine that'll help to keep us warm.
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Libby Meredith : You are the only man, other than my husband, who's ever rubbed my feet.
Will Cade : Miss Roger, if you belonged to me, would you let me - wash your back?
Libby Meredith : Well, that's just something - one doesn't talk about.
Will Cade : Anyone to talk to? Tell me, do you let - Roger - wash your back?
Libby Meredith : Of course.
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Libby Meredith : You are a wonder, you are, Will Cade.
Will Cade : Well, you might say I'm special.
Libby Meredith : Oh, and vain.
Will Cade : Nah, you're wrong, Miss Roger. It's just that you're never gonna meet nobody like me, at least ways, I never did. Though I'd like to.
Libby Meredith : Just what would you do?
Will Cade : I'd watch 'im. I'd stand back and watch 'im. See what he's gonna do.
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Will Cade : You know, Miss Libby, you know that - that I love you.
Libby Meredith : You mustn't say that! You mustn't even think that! I love Roger and I wouldn't do anything...
Will Cade : Of course you love Roger. It just makes me happy to love you. It's just something to think about. You know, at night I go to sleep, thinkin' of you. In the mornin', I wake up thinkin' of you! Well, I mean it's better than nothin'!
Libby Meredith : Oh, Will, it's childish. It's - it's fantasy. It's unreal and harmful.
Will Cade : Why? Is it hurting you?
Libby Meredith : No.
Will Cade : Well, it sure ain't hurtin' me! So, what's the harm?
Libby Meredith : It's harmful in a psychological way. Any deviation from reality can turn to - oh, the heck with it, it's just plain stupid, that's what it is.
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Roger Meredith : We'll go dancing! I'm pretty good, remember? The Nile Casino, The Meadowbrook, The Astor Roof. Of course, I might not be tuned into all the new groovy steps, but, our age.
Libby Meredith : What's wrong with our age?
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Libby Meredith : Do you think there's a lot of woman still left in me?
Roger Meredith : Who ever said there wasn't?
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Libby Meredith : It is clumsy and pedantic.
Roger Meredith : Pedantic?
Libby Meredith : Yes, pedantic.
Roger Meredith : Pedantic.
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Ellen Meredith : I've been accepted at Harvard - the law school!
[turns around, walks into the kitchen]
Ellen Meredith : Didn't you hear me? Mother? I thought that you'd be thrilled. I thought that father was going to be my only problem. I mean, you know how he feels about careers for women.
Libby Meredith : And Mark? How does he feel?
Ellen Meredith : Once he got over all that foolishness, thinking that I was emasculating him, then he got excited about the prospect. I mean, marriage should be a partnership. Why shouldn't the woman contribute?
Libby Meredith : But, she does Ell! As a mother and as a wife! Do you know what that means?
Ellen Meredith : It doesn't mean slavery.
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Ellen Meredith : It isn't everyday that Harvard accepts a female law student!
Libby Meredith : [mockingly] My daughter - the attorney.
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Libby Meredith : [to Ellen] You and I, we're both afraid of the same thing: pointlessness of finally being nothing at all. You want to be somebody. Isn't that what you said? So do I.
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Boy : Was you, eh, expectin' my daddy? Huh? Huh? Was you expectin' my daddy?
Libby Meredith : Get out of my way! You're drunk!
Boy : Don't I know my daddy? Like a bee to the flower that old man. He wouldn't let a gal like you get by, now would he?
