These Three (1936)

Miriam Hopkins: Martha

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• Martha Dobie : Yours, your very own. To live with the rest of your life. There won't be a move she makes or a thing she says that won't frighten you.

  Mrs. Amelia Tilford : Yes. And that will be my punishment.

• Dr. Joseph 'Joe' Cardin : Gee, it's quiet around here. Is it late?

  Martha Dobie : No; but, the girls are in bed and Aunt Lily's all worn out from doing nothing.

• Dr. Joseph 'Joe' Cardin : Karen tells me your Aunt was showing the girls how to play King Lear the other day. It'll come in handy later in their lives.

  Martha Dobie : Oh, that's nothing. Wait until she does Portia standing on a chair. Sir Henry told her to do it that way. He said it was the test of a great actress.

• Martha Dobie : Listen! Listen, you're not playing with paper dolls. We're human beings, see! It's our lives you're fooling with. Our lives! That's serious business to us.

• Karen Wright : One gets lost trying to fight a liar. Very lost.

  Mrs. Amelia Tilford : I did what I had to do. Whatever went on in your school may possibly be your own business. It becomes a great deal more than that when children are involved.

  Martha Dobie : But, it's not true! Not a word of it's true. Can't you understand that? We're standing here defending ourselves against what? Against nothing! Against a great awful lie!

• Martha Dobie : I was so alone and so sorry I couldn't have what other kids had that - well, I think that's really the reason why I decided to teach. Being young is awfully hard and I wanted to make it easier for other kids when I grew up.

• Martha Dobie : What's happening to us? What are they doing to us? We're being kicked around by crazy people!