Anne with an E (TV Series)

What We Have Been Makes Us What We Are (2018)

Geraldine James: Marilla Cuthbert

Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Man : [about passing by motor-bicycle]  Why look at that.

  Woman : My heavens!

  Anne Shirley : My heavens!

  Marilla Cuthbert : What was that?

  Anne Shirley : *Who* was that? She was wearing pants!

  Marilla Cuthbert : What do you mean, pants?

  Anne Shirley : Pants!

• Marilla Cuthbert : [quoting Anne]  Sometimes you just have to use your imagination.

• Miss Stacy : I've never believed in corsets. Since I have a skeleton that holds everything up, I've never felt the need. And trousers are quite liberating.

  Rachel Lynde : I assume you're not affianced, or married.

  Miss Stacy : Feel free to assume.

  Rachel Lynde : Have you determined that you're going to be an old maid, then?

  Miss Stacy : I didn't realize one had to decide.

  Rachel Lynde : If you're not careful, the matter will be decided for you. Poor Marilla here knows all too well the unfulfilled life of an unmarried woman. Word to the wise: you're not doing yourself any favors with all this this untidy whizzing about. Marilla, you should offer some advice.

  Marilla Cuthbert : On how to be a spinster, or how not to be one?