Brighton Beach Memoirs (1986)

Blythe Danner: Kate

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Quotes 

• Kate : What would you tell your father if he came home and I was dead on the kitchen floor?

  Eugene : "Don't go in the kitchen, Pa"?

• Kate : I need bread.

  Eugene : What?

  Kate : I don't have enough bread. Run over to Greenblatt's and get me a fresh rye bread.

  Eugene : Again? I just came back from Grennblatt's.

  Kate : So You'll go again.

  Eugene : I'm always going to the store. When I grow up, that's all I'll be trained to do, go to the store.

  Kate : You don't want to go?... Never mind, I'll go.

  Eugene : Don't do that! Don't make me feel guilty. I'll go.

  Kate : And get a quarter of a pound of butter.

  Eugene : I bought a quarter pound of butter this morning. Why don't you buy a half pound at a time?

  Kate : And suppose the house burned down this afternoon? Why do I need an extra quarter pound of butter?

  Eugene : [to the audience]  If my mom taught logic in high school, this would be some weird country.

• Kate : Did you hear what I said?

  Eugene : Yes, I heard!

  [under his breath] 

  Eugene : If I cut my ears off I'd still be able to hear her through my nose.

• Kate : How many times have I told you not to leave your things around the house?

  Eugene : A hundred and nine.

• Eugene : [after spitting out the liver]  I think I have a bone in my throat.

  Kate : There are no bones in liver!

• Blanche : Do you know how hard it is today for a girl to get a good job without a high school diploma? Tell her, Kate.

  Kate : It's very hard.