Hope and Glory (1987)

Derrick O'Connor: Mac

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Quotes 

• Grace Rowan : Mac, did you ever find out who Molly went off with.

  Mac : Ran off with a Polish pilot. Sounds like one of those bad jokes on the wireless!

  Grace Rowan : You miss her. And I know I do.

  Mac : She said, "I know you love me, babe. But you never love me enough."

  Grace Rowan : Not loving enough. What a terrible thing to do to someone. I suppose I did it to Clive. I, always held something back.

  Mac : All better left unsaid, Grace.

  Grace Rowan : You were never apart, you and Clive. He kept asking and asking. I kept waiting and waiting for you to say something. But you never did.

  Mac : Clive had a job. I didn't. I couldn't. You did the decent thing, Grace.

  Grace Rowan : This war, has put an end to decent things.

  Mac : We can't change what's past. Not even the war can do that.

  Grace Rowan : Oh we did the proper thing. But we lost love. And that's sad, Mac.

• Clive Rowen : [Billy bowls]  That was a googly!

  Mac : A googly?

  Grandfather George : You didn't spot it, Clive.

  Clive Rowen : I taught him how. And now he turns it against me.

  Grandfather George : The law of life. Cruel, isn't it?

• Clive Rowen : I made a mess of it all. I'm such a bloody fool.

  Mac : You always were, Smiler. Steady the Buffs.

  Clive Rowen : Bugger the Buffs.

• Grace Rowan : Clive, fetch the doctor.

  Clive Rowen : Are you ill?

  Grace Rowan : Not me. Dawn. She's in labor!

  Clive Rowen : Hot water! Lots of hot water.

  Mac : What for?

  Clive Rowen : I don't know. They always say that in the pictures.

• Molly : Bloody gin. Always makes me cry!

  [cries] 

  Mac : Couple of crossed wires. She only weeps when she's happy.

  Grace Rowan : Oh, stop it, Molly. You'll start me off now.

  [weeps]