Maggie Smith: Muriel Donnelly
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Quotes
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Muriel Donnelly : There's no such thing as an ending; just a place where you leave the story.
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Evelyn Greenslade : How was America?
Muriel Donnelly : It made death more tempting.
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Muriel Donnelly : I came with low expectations and I was disappointed.
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Muriel Donnelly : There is no such thing as an ending, just a place where you leave the story. And it is your story now.
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Muriel Donnelly : You have no idea now what you will become, don't try and control it. Let go. That's when the fun starts. Because as I once heard someone say "There's no present like the time".
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Muriel Donnelly : You know, there's a long list of things I don't care for: doctors, sunburn, mosquitoes, people who outstay their welcome... I could go on forever. But there is one thing I cannot bear, and that's self-pity. It destroys everything around it. Now don't be that idiot. Don't let that happen.
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Evelyn Greenslade : I don't know why I tell you anything.
Muriel Donnelly : Because I'm older and wiser.
Evelyn Greenslade : Nineteen days older.
Muriel Donnelly : That's the entire lifespan of a wasp.
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Muriel Donnelly : Just because I'm looking at you when you talk, don't think I'm listening - or even interested.
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Sonny Kapoor : If not now, when? If not us, who?
Muriel Donnelly : Someone else...
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Muriel Donnelly : You're still in one slightly sagging piece, I see.
