Dark Habits (1983)

Chus Lampreave: Sor Rata

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• Sor Rata de Callejón : There are as many kinds of kisses as kinds of love; the paternal kiss on the forehead, the kiss on the eyes full of peace, the amusing kiss on the nose, the friendly kiss on the cheek. All of these are somewhat anodyne, but they could be taken as tempting invitations to more perfidious ones, such as the indiscreet kiss on the throat, or the coaxing kiss in the ear which is like being told a secret. And finally there is the kiss on the lips. "A kiss means nothing," say the thoughtless. Perhaps not, if you are cold as ice and your companion, lacking in ardor, lets you escape easily from his embrace. But if that kiss has filled you with delieght, bear in mind that it has moved him even more strongly and awoken all the strength of his desire.

• Sor Estiércol : [as she is eating a piece of cake]  Eating this is like taking communion. Jesus appeared to me while I was making it; He offered me his wounds to suck, like a swallow.

  Sor Rata de Callejón : That's called a hallucination!

• Sor Rata de Callejón : Are you going out?

  Superiora : Yes, I have to pay a visit.

  Sor Rata de Callejón : Where to?

  Superiora : I'm going to blackmail the Marquise.

• Antonia : It's too late to change; your place is here. And where could you go? You're 48 years old.

  Sor Rata de Callejón : I beg your pardon, but I'm only 47!

  Antonia : [as her sister brushes away the plant by her face]  Move over a bit! The plant keeps hitting you in the mustache!

• Antonia's daughter : I've got Mom's press clippings.

  Sor Rata de Callejón : Let me see them.

  Antonia's daughter : They're here.

  Sor Rata de Callejón : [reading]  "Concha Torres, magnificent." "Concha Torres, a literary genius." "Concha Torres, a sociological phenomenon according to Gabriel Garcia Marquez." Look at that!

• Madre General : So you are going to Africa?

  Sor Rata de Callejón : I suppose so.

  Madre General : I want a detailed report on everything that happens. I've heard things which disturb me. Three women alone in the jungle with one chaplain surrounded by savages. The flesh is weak.