War & Peace (TV Series)

Of Life and Death (1973)

Rupert Davies: Count Rostov

Quotes 

• Count Rostov : Oh, my love, you make too many plans.

  Countess Rostova : Well, a mother must. So many go astray.

• 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?

• Count Rostov : I wouldn't have thought Sonya would be so devious.

  Countess Rostova : Why not? Any woman would.