Evelyn (2002)

Sophie Vavasseur: Evelyn Doyle

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Quotes 

• Sister Brigid : Is God good, just and merciful?

  Annette Farrell : Yes, Sister.

  Sister Brigid : "Yes" isn't the catechism answer, is it? What does the catechism say?

  Annette Farrell : It says...

  [pauses, unable to remember] 

  Sister Brigid : I've had enough of you, Annette Farrell. Now...

  [begins to beat Annette with a strap] 

  Sister Brigid : God is infinitely good...

  [beats her again] 

  Sister Brigid : infinitely just...

  [beats her again] 

  Sister Brigid : and infinitely - What are you saying to me, child?

  Evelyn Doyle : I don't think you should do that, Sister. If God is infinitely merciful, he wouldn't want you to do that.

• Senior Counsel Mr. Wolfe : You asked God to bless Sister Brigid after hitting you?

  Evelyn Doyle : Yes sir.

  Senior Counsel Mr. Wolfe : I put it to you that you are lying.

  Evelyn Doyle : To tell a lie is against the Eighth Commandment. You're a lawyer, you should know that.

• Evelyn Doyle : Grandma says she got a postcard from Mummy. She's in a place called Australia. Grandma says it's warm there.

  Henry Doyle : Yes, deary, it is. But you tell your grandmother that its not as warm as the place she'll be going next.

• [in court, a lawyer has told Evelyn what a nun has claimed] 

  Evelyn Doyle : Oh, no, that's not true! Hope she goes to confession soon.

• [first lines] 

  Dermot Doyle : Evelyn, did Jesus have a big sister?

  Evelyn Doyle : No Dermot, he wasn't as lucky as you.

• Dermot Doyle : [Evelyn has poured one cup with more milk than the others]  I want the bigger one!

  Evelyn Doyle : No, the big one's mine, I'm the biggest.

• Evelyn Doyle : It's great that we're on the top floor, so Santa can park his reindeer near.

• Evelyn Doyle : [Evelyn's mother is running away from the block of flats with her suitcase] 

  [Evelyn talking to her doll] 

  Evelyn Doyle : Mummy's going shopping, Heidi. Do you like her nice new shoes and coat? But it's St Stephen's Day. Mummy, come back, it's St Stephen's Day, the shops are shut!

• Henry Doyle : [rays of sunlight come through the window]  Look at the rays! Do you know what these are?

  Evelyn Doyle : No Grandad.

  Henry Doyle : Angel rays!

  Evelyn Doyle : Angel rays?

  Henry Doyle : Yes! These mean that your guardian angel is reminding you that he's waiting to help you. All you have to do is believe in them.

• Evelyn Doyle : Mummy's gone! She was all dressed up and she went away with a man in a car.