Life Dances On (1937)

Françoise Rosay: Marguerite Audié

Quotes 

• Marguerite Audié : Talk to her. Scold her. She's such a flirt. She means no harm, but she's cruel. Girls are cruel at 16, unaware of the harm a single word can cause.

• Marguerite Audié : Children change so suddenly. You tuck them in one night. "Good night, my child." The next morning you feel like saying, "Good morning, sir." They're quite overwhelming.

• Marguerite Audié : Don't touch. That's a game of solitaire. He didn't want to finish. He thinks he won't win. But I want him to. I know he can. And that will change everything. Everything.

• Marguerite Audié : His piano. He often slips in among the evening shadows to play. I close my eyes to listen and to see him. And he plays. It's lovely, the notes falling in the night like pebbles in a lake.

• Marguerite Audié : Everything gets mixed up in dreams.

• Marguerite Audié : How do you console a child? His heart's a secret. We know nothing about him. He seems happy and then suddenly he has nothing.