The Golden Girls (TV Series)

Dorothy's New Friend (1988)

Bonnie Bartlett: Barbara Thorndyke

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Quotes 

• Blanche : Barbara, I picked up your first novel the other day.

  Barbara Thorndyke : Ah, yes. "So Dark the Waves On Biscayne Bay"

  [to Dorothy] 

  Barbara Thorndyke : I've grown so much as a writer since then.

  Blanche : Well, I should hope so!

  Dorothy : Blanche!

  Barbara Thorndyke : [to Dorothy]  It's alright

  [patronisingly to Blanche] 

  Barbara Thorndyke : Did you have a problem with my book, dear?

  Blanche : Yes, as a matter of fact I did, all those waves! Big waves. Little waves. Dark waves, rollin' in! Page after page! I had to take a Dramamine to get through chapter three!

  Barbara Thorndyke : Blanche, the waves are a metaphor. You see, a metaphor...

  Blanche : I know what a metaphor is, dear. I'm not a dummy.

  Rose Nylund : Blanche, what's a metaphor?

  Blanche : It's when you use a phrase to mean somethin' else. Like when I say "Men are blinded by my beauty". They're not really blinded. They get their sight back in a day or two!