Presenting Lily Mars (1943)

Fay Bainter: Mrs. Thornway

Quotes 

• Mrs. Thornway : John, he died several years ago.

  John Thornway : Oh, he did? I'm sorry to hear that.

  Mrs. Thornway : He left a wife and five children. Nobody knows how they manage, but they do. Everybody in Midhaven worries about the Marses... except the Marses.

• John Thornway : There's a Lily Mars in every town and they're all alike - so full of hope and so hopeless. Now, I'll tell you what you do, Mother. Let her down easy, but do it so she'll stay down.

  Mrs. Thornway : But she won't, she'll bounce right up again. You don't know Lily.