War & Peace (TV Series)
Of Life and Death (1973)
Faith Brook: Countess Rostova
Quotes
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Count Rostov : Oh, my love, you make too many plans.
Countess Rostova : Well, a mother must. So many go astray.
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Countess Rostova : I wish they'd take him to a hospital.
Count Rostov : He won't get any better care than he's getting here.
Countess Rostova : It'd be better for her. She shouldn't have to nurse him.
Count Rostov : But she wants to.
Countess Rostova : She's too young. She's not strong enough. Supposing he dies in her arms. Is that a nice thing for a young girl to experience?
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Count Rostov : I wouldn't have thought Sonya would be so devious.
Countess Rostova : Why not? Any woman would.
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Natasha Rostova : Mama, where's my New Testament?
Countess Rostova : In your bedroom, probably. Why?
Natasha Rostova : Andrei wants to keep it near him. Mama, you don't...
Countess Rostova : No no no no. People don't only want the New Testament when they're dying.