Emma Quotes
Emma Woodhouse: I must throw a party for her. Otherwise everyone will feel at once how much I dislike her.
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Emma Woodhouse: I must throw a party for her. Otherwise everyone will feel at once how much I dislike her.
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Emma Dinsmore: Good night.
Alex Sheldon: Can you say good night if you're only sleeping for two hours?
Emma Dinsmore: Good *night*.
Alex Sheldon: Apparently, you can.
Alex Sheldon: Can you say good night if you're only sleeping for two hours?
Emma Dinsmore: Good *night*.
Alex Sheldon: Apparently, you can.
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[In the middle of a heated discussion, Emma tries to change the subject]
Emma Woodhouse: Did I mention we are having a new drain installed?
Emma Woodhouse: Did I mention we are having a new drain installed?
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[Talking about Mrs. Elton]
Emma: She'd never seen him before, and she called him Knightley!
Harriet: I saw her at church. She seemed...
Emma: Vulgar? Base? Conceited? Crass? She actually seemed pleased to discover that Mr. Knightley was a gentleman. I doubt he'll return the compliment and find *her* a lady. She proposed that we form a *musical club*. Is it possible that Mr. Elton met her while doing charitable work in a mental infirmary?
[sighs]
Emma: There is only one thing to do with a person as impossible as she.
Harriet: What?
Emma: I must throw a party for her. Otherwise everyone will feel at once how much I dislike her.
Emma: She'd never seen him before, and she called him Knightley!
Harriet: I saw her at church. She seemed...
Emma: Vulgar? Base? Conceited? Crass? She actually seemed pleased to discover that Mr. Knightley was a gentleman. I doubt he'll return the compliment and find *her* a lady. She proposed that we form a *musical club*. Is it possible that Mr. Elton met her while doing charitable work in a mental infirmary?
[sighs]
Emma: There is only one thing to do with a person as impossible as she.
Harriet: What?
Emma: I must throw a party for her. Otherwise everyone will feel at once how much I dislike her.
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[Harriet and Mr. Elton are talking as Emma tries to listen from behind a bush]
Rev. Elton: I love... I simply love...
Emma Woodhouse: [to herself] Could this be? The declaration?
Rev. Elton: celery root.
Rev. Elton: I love... I simply love...
Emma Woodhouse: [to herself] Could this be? The declaration?
Rev. Elton: celery root.
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Bobby: You're dancing the flamenco to get money. This is not a strong bargaining position.
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Emma Dinsmore: Who is she?
Alex Sheldon: She's this pain-in-the-ass au pair.
Ylva: [Swedish accent] Well, here we are.
Adam Shipley: Thanks, um...
Ylva: Ylva.
Adam Shipley: Ylva. Now that's a beautiful name. How do you spell it?
Ylva: Y-L-V-A.
Adam Shipley: Ah. Just like it sounds.
Emma Dinsmore: Very funny!
Alex Sheldon: What? I take it from life.
Alex Sheldon: She's this pain-in-the-ass au pair.
Ylva: [Swedish accent] Well, here we are.
Adam Shipley: Thanks, um...
Ylva: Ylva.
Adam Shipley: Ylva. Now that's a beautiful name. How do you spell it?
Ylva: Y-L-V-A.
Adam Shipley: Ah. Just like it sounds.
Emma Dinsmore: Very funny!
Alex Sheldon: What? I take it from life.
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Emma Mae: [to the people at the bank they're robbing] Ladies and gentleman, thanks for your cooperation.
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Emma Woodhouse: [Seating herself in a carriage] My, this weather...
Rev. Elton: Miss Woodhouse, please! Fate has left us alone for a reason.
Emma Woodhouse: Mr. Elton! Why do you seize my hand!
Rev. Elton: I do not seize your hand so much as the opportunity to tell you that I am hoping, no, fearing; ready to die if you refuse me!
Emma Woodhouse: Good heavens! Go back!
Rev. Elton: Surely my ardent attachment to you, my love and devotion cannot help but have made an impression!
Emma Woodhouse: Mr. Elton! It is I, Miss Woodhouse!
Rev. Elton: Mm hmm.
Emma Woodhouse: The party spirits have confused you! Allow me to deliver your message to Miss Smith, but you must direct no more of it to me.
Rev. Elton: Miss Smith? What sort of message would I want to send to her? Miss Smith?
Rev. Elton: Miss Woodhouse, please! Fate has left us alone for a reason.
Emma Woodhouse: Mr. Elton! Why do you seize my hand!
Rev. Elton: I do not seize your hand so much as the opportunity to tell you that I am hoping, no, fearing; ready to die if you refuse me!
Emma Woodhouse: Good heavens! Go back!
Rev. Elton: Surely my ardent attachment to you, my love and devotion cannot help but have made an impression!
Emma Woodhouse: Mr. Elton! It is I, Miss Woodhouse!
Rev. Elton: Mm hmm.
Emma Woodhouse: The party spirits have confused you! Allow me to deliver your message to Miss Smith, but you must direct no more of it to me.
Rev. Elton: Miss Smith? What sort of message would I want to send to her? Miss Smith?
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Emma Woodhouse: [about Mr. Knightly marrying Harriet] I hope John advises him against it. After all we know nothing about her parents. They could be pirates!
Mrs. Weston: My dear, I like Harriet very much as, I might remind you, do you.
Mrs. Weston: My dear, I like Harriet very much as, I might remind you, do you.
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Emma Woodhouse: [helping Harriet understand Mr. Elton's riddle] Well look here, "The wealth and pomp of kings." Kings. What does that suggest?
[Harriet stares blankly at the page]
Emma Woodhouse: [prompting] Perhaps court. And "the monarch of the seas." Seas?
[Harriet looks at her confused]
Emma Woodhouse: [prompting] Maybe a ship.
Harriet Smith: Ship? Court? Shipcourt!
[Harriet stares blankly at the page]
Emma Woodhouse: [prompting] Perhaps court. And "the monarch of the seas." Seas?
[Harriet looks at her confused]
Emma Woodhouse: [prompting] Maybe a ship.
Harriet Smith: Ship? Court? Shipcourt!
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Emma Woodhouse: Has an invitation arrived for a party at the Coles?
Mr. Woodhouse: No, thank Heaven. The Coles are nice people, but we should have to go outside to get there.
Mr. Woodhouse: No, thank Heaven. The Coles are nice people, but we should have to go outside to get there.
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Emma Woodhouse: Hmm, you dismiss her beauty and good nature, yet I would be very much mistaken, if your sex in general, does not think those claims the highest a woman could possess!
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Emma Woodhouse: Hmm, you dismiss her beauty and good nature, yet I would be very much mistaken, if your sex in general, does not think those claims the highest a woman could possess!
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Emma Woodhouse: How fascinating that any discordancy between us must always arise from *my* being wrong.
Mr. Knightley: Not fascinating, but true.
Mr. Knightley: Not fascinating, but true.
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Emma Woodhouse: Mr. Elton just dropped this off at my house. He claims it is a riddle for your collection, but I think it is something much better.
[hands the paper to Harriet]
Harriet Smith: [after reading the riddle] Is it about sharks?
Emma Woodhouse: Good heavens, why would he write a riddle about sharks?
[hands the paper to Harriet]
Harriet Smith: [after reading the riddle] Is it about sharks?
Emma Woodhouse: Good heavens, why would he write a riddle about sharks?
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Emma Woodhouse: Nonsense, he does not care about Jane Fairfax - I'm sure he does not.
Mrs. Weston: All the same, I should not wonder if it was to end in his marrying her!
Emma Woodhouse: [Emma clenches her fists and shakes them at her]
Mrs. Weston: Do not beat me!
Mrs. Weston: All the same, I should not wonder if it was to end in his marrying her!
Emma Woodhouse: [Emma clenches her fists and shakes them at her]
Mrs. Weston: Do not beat me!
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Emma Woodhouse: Not one in a hundred men have gentleman so plainly written across them as Mr. Knightley!
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Emma Woodhouse: Now I need not call you Mr. Knightley. I may call you *my* Mr. Knightley.
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Emma Woodhouse: One does not like to generalize about so many people all at once, Mr. Knightley, but you may be sure that men know nothing about their hearts, whether they be six-and-twenty, or six-and-eighty.
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Emma Woodhouse: One does not like to generalize about so many people all at once, Mr. Knightley, but you may be sure that men know nothing about their hearts, whether they be six-and-twenty, or six-and-eighty.
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Emma Woodhouse: Thank you for being so thoughtful.
Rev. Elton: No - thank you for thinking I am thoughtful.
Rev. Elton: No - thank you for thinking I am thoughtful.
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Emma Woodhouse: Thank you for being so thoughtful.
Rev. Elton: No - thank you for thinking I am thoughtful.
Rev. Elton: No - thank you for thinking I am thoughtful.
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Emma Woodhouse: Was he handsome?
Jane Fairfax: Many say he is.
Emma Woodhouse: Was he agreeable?
Jane Fairfax: He was in no way disagreeable.
Emma Woodhouse: Was he a man of information?
Jane Fairfax: All his statements seem correct.
Jane Fairfax: Many say he is.
Emma Woodhouse: Was he agreeable?
Jane Fairfax: He was in no way disagreeable.
Emma Woodhouse: Was he a man of information?
Jane Fairfax: All his statements seem correct.
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Emma: [worried that Mr. Knightley may be in love with Harriet Smith] Oh dear!
Mr. Knightley: What?
Emma: What? Oh...
[realizing her mistake]
Emma: Oh!
[uneasily]
Emma: Something about the deer we need for the... the... venison stew.
Mr. Knightley: What?
Emma: What? Oh...
[realizing her mistake]
Emma: Oh!
[uneasily]
Emma: Something about the deer we need for the... the... venison stew.
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