Little Miss Marker Quotes

Sorrowful 'Sir Sorry' Jones: I've been crazy about you for a long time.

Bangles Carson: Oh, everything is different. Maybe that's part of - of going sappy.

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Sorrowful 'Sir Sorry' Jones: Why'd you bring him here?

Bangles Carson: You're my watchman.

Bangles Carson: You need a watchman. Big Steve is hardly out of town, and you step out with a good-time Charlie.

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Bangles Carson: Steve phoned four times last night between one and five this morning.
Sorrowful 'Sir Sorry' Jones: When Steve finds out you stayed the night at my place -
Bangles Carson: Oh, I phoned him a little while ago. I told him I had the kid here, and shut off the phone.
Sorrowful 'Sir Sorry' Jones: Oh, you handed him a line?
Bangles Carson: Yeah. I was afraid he'd put the slug on you.

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Bangles Carson: [about Marky] Well, you can't leave her here.
Sorrowful 'Sir Sorry' Jones: Afraid of the cops?
Bangles Carson: No, I'm afraid of the kid. I don't want her here. I'm not going sappy over her! I won't, see!
Sorrowful 'Sir Sorry' Jones: You're already sappy over her.
Bangles Carson: But you're not?
Sorrowful 'Sir Sorry' Jones: No, she's just something I can't get rid of, because she's tangled up in a race deal.
Bangles Carson: She wasn't tangled up in a deal the first night you got her. You could've unloaded her then!
Sorrowful 'Sir Sorry' Jones: You didn't stage no riot when she busted up your song in a night club!
Bangles Carson: You start reading about King Arthur to her!
Sorrowful 'Sir Sorry' Jones: Yeah, and you take her out and buy her a lot of new clothes!
Bangles Carson: And you sit still for the bite without even being chloroformed!
Sorrowful 'Sir Sorry' Jones: All right, I did pay! Her clothes were falling off her.

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Bangles Carson: Looking for something?
Detective Reardon: Yeah. A kid.
Bangles Carson: Another kid get lost?
Detective Reardon: No, it's the same kid. One of those orphan societies is on our necks. You know, afraid she might have fallen into the hands of the wrong people. Sorrowful, you mind if I take a run up to that new apartment of yours?
Sorrowful 'Sir Sorry' Jones: What for?
Detective Reardon: You know, just for the record.

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Marthy Jane, Little Miss Marker: Can you write a letter to God like you do to Santa Claus?

Sorrowful 'Sir Sorry' Jones: No, that's where praying comes in.

Marthy Jane, Little Miss Marker: Bad girls like me can't pray.

Sorrowful 'Sir Sorry' Jones: Aw, you ain't a bad girl.

Marthy Jane, Little Miss Marker: Then show me how to pray. I want to ask God for something.

Sorrowful 'Sir Sorry' Jones: You would. You lay down and go to sleep.

Marthy Jane, Little Miss Marker: Regret knows everything. I'll ask Regret to show me how to pray.

Sorrowful 'Sir Sorry' Jones: Don't you go asking that mug Regret about anything. I'll show you how to pray.

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Marthy Jane, Little Miss Marker: Can you write a letter to God like you do to Santa Claus?
Sorrowful 'Sir Sorry' Jones: No, that's where praying comes in.
Marthy Jane, Little Miss Marker: Bad girls like me can't pray.
Sorrowful 'Sir Sorry' Jones: Aw, you ain't a bad girl.
Marthy Jane, Little Miss Marker: Then show me how to pray. I want to ask God for something.
Sorrowful 'Sir Sorry' Jones: You would. You lay down and go to sleep.
Marthy Jane, Little Miss Marker: Regret knows everything. I'll ask Regret to show me how to pray.
Sorrowful 'Sir Sorry' Jones: Don't you go asking that mug Regret about anything. I'll show you how to pray.

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Marthy Jane, Little Miss Marker: You are Lady Guinevere.

Doc Chesley: King Arthur's Lady Guinevere?

Marthy Jane, Little Miss Marker: You know about it, too?

Doc Chesley: Yes.

Marthy Jane, Little Miss Marker: Did you ever break a lance for a lady fair?

Doc Chesley: Not recently. Who is Sir Gallahad, Marky?

Marthy Jane, Little Miss Marker: He's the best of all. I haven't seen him around here. But I know who you are.

Doc Chesley: Yes?

Marthy Jane, Little Miss Marker: You are the kind keeper.

Bangles Carson: The kind keeper of what, Marky?

Marthy Jane, Little Miss Marker: Of the charger. The horse the princess rides.

Bangles Carson: Who told you about all this?

Marthy Jane, Little Miss Marker: My mommy used to read to me about King Arthur.

Bangles Carson: Where is your mother, Marky?

Marthy Jane, Little Miss Marker: My mommy got awfully tired, and went away. She's never coming back anymore.

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Marthy Jane, Little Miss Marker: Trying to hand me mush!

Bangles Carson: Don't you like it?

Marthy Jane, Little Miss Marker: No!

Bangles Carson: Say, No, thank you. Say it like this: No, thank you, Bangles. I don't care for any.

Marthy Jane, Little Miss Marker: What for?

Bangles Carson: Well, you used to say thank you and no, thank you.

Marthy Jane, Little Miss Marker: I used to be a sissy.

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Marthy Jane, Little Miss Marker: You are Lady Guinevere.

Doc Chesley: King Arthur's Lady Guinevere?

Marthy Jane, Little Miss Marker: You know about it, too?

Doc Chesley: Yes.

Marthy Jane, Little Miss Marker: Did you ever break a lance for a lady fair?

Doc Chesley: Not recently. Who is Sir Gallahad, Marky?

Marthy Jane, Little Miss Marker: He's the best of all. I haven't seen him around here. But I know who you are.

Doc Chesley: Yes?

Marthy Jane, Little Miss Marker: You are the kind keeper.

Bangles Carson: The kind keeper of what, Marky?

Marthy Jane, Little Miss Marker: Of the charger. The horse the princess rides.

Bangles Carson: Who told you about all this?

Marthy Jane, Little Miss Marker: My mommy used to read to me about King Arthur.

Bangles Carson: Where is your mother, Marky?

Marthy Jane, Little Miss Marker: My mommy got awfully tired, and went away. She's never coming back anymore.

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Sorrowful 'Sir Sorry' Jones: Talking like that ain't nice.

Marthy Jane, Little Miss Marker: What's nice?

Sorrowful 'Sir Sorry' Jones: Being a good girl is nice.

Marthy Jane, Little Miss Marker: I'm a bad girl. Nurse says so.

Sorrowful 'Sir Sorry' Jones: Why?

Marthy Jane, Little Miss Marker: Nurse says there's somebody named God, and a girl's bad if she does't pray to Him every night. Daddy says there's nobody named God.

Sorrowful 'Sir Sorry' Jones: When did he say that?

Marthy Jane, Little Miss Marker: When my mommy went away.

Sorrowful 'Sir Sorry' Jones: I guess your daddy got a bad break.

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Sorrowful 'Sir Sorry' Jones: What's the matter now?

Marthy Jane, Little Miss Marker: You don't like me!

Sorrowful 'Sir Sorry' Jones: You always cry when somebody doesn't like you?

Marthy Jane, Little Miss Marker: Yes!

Sorrowful 'Sir Sorry' Jones: Well, you got a lot of crying to do. Now go to sleep.

Marthy Jane, Little Miss Marker: My mommy used to read to me about King Arthur every night before I went to sleep.

Sorrowful 'Sir Sorry' Jones: Now, Marky, be reasonable.

Marthy Jane, Little Miss Marker: I won't!

Sorrowful 'Sir Sorry' Jones: All right, all right.

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Sorrowful 'Sir Sorry' Jones: What's the matter now?

Marthy Jane, Little Miss Marker: You don't like me!

Sorrowful 'Sir Sorry' Jones: You always cry when somebody doesn't like you?

Marthy Jane, Little Miss Marker: Yes!

Sorrowful 'Sir Sorry' Jones: Well, you got a lot of crying to do. Now go to sleep.

Marthy Jane, Little Miss Marker: My mommy used to read to me about King Arthur every night before I went to sleep.

Sorrowful 'Sir Sorry' Jones: Now, Marky, be reasonable.

Marthy Jane, Little Miss Marker: I won't!

Sorrowful 'Sir Sorry' Jones: All right, all right.

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Sorrowful 'Sir Sorry' Jones: All right, get out of bed. I'll show you how to pray, sort of. But don't you tell anybody, see?

Marthy Jane, Little Miss Marker: Is it a secret?

Sorrowful 'Sir Sorry' Jones: Between you and me. Kneel down. Put your hands together like this. Elbows on the bed. Shut your eyes.

Marthy Jane, Little Miss Marker: Are you gonna shut yours, too?

Sorrowful 'Sir Sorry' Jones: No. I gotta see that you do it right.

Marthy Jane, Little Miss Marker: Now what do I do?

Sorrowful 'Sir Sorry' Jones: Say like this: Now I lay me down to sleep,

Marthy Jane, Little Miss Marker: Now I lay me down to sleep,

Sorrowful 'Sir Sorry' Jones: I pray the Lord my soul to keep.

Marthy Jane, Little Miss Marker: I pray the Lord my soul to keep.

Sorrowful 'Sir Sorry' Jones: If I should die before I wake,

Marthy Jane, Little Miss Marker: If I should die before I wake,

Sorrowful 'Sir Sorry' Jones: I pray the Lord my soul to take.

Marthy Jane, Little Miss Marker: I pray the Lord my soul to take.

Sorrowful 'Sir Sorry' Jones: Make me a good little girl.

Marthy Jane, Little Miss Marker: [to Sorrowful] You wanna be a little girl?

Sorrowful 'Sir Sorry' Jones: No, no. Make *you* a good little girl.

Marthy Jane, Little Miss Marker: [praying] Make me a good little girl.
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Sorrowful 'Sir Sorry' Jones: Talking like that ain't nice.

Marthy Jane, Little Miss Marker: What's nice?

Sorrowful 'Sir Sorry' Jones: Being a good girl is nice.

Marthy Jane, Little Miss Marker: I'm a bad girl. Nurse says so.

Sorrowful 'Sir Sorry' Jones: Why?

Marthy Jane, Little Miss Marker: Nurse says there's somebody named God, and a girl's bad if she does't pray to Him every night. Daddy says there's nobody named God.

Sorrowful 'Sir Sorry' Jones: When did he say that?

Marthy Jane, Little Miss Marker: When my mommy went away.

Sorrowful 'Sir Sorry' Jones: I guess your daddy got a bad break.

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Sorrowful 'Sir Sorry' Jones: All right, get out of bed. I'll show you how to pray, sort of. But don't you tell anybody, see?

Marthy Jane, Little Miss Marker: Is it a secret?

Sorrowful 'Sir Sorry' Jones: Between you and me. Kneel down. Put your hands together like this. Elbows on the bed. Shut your eyes.

Marthy Jane, Little Miss Marker: Are you gonna shut yours, too?

Sorrowful 'Sir Sorry' Jones: No. I gotta see that you do it right.

Marthy Jane, Little Miss Marker: Now what do I do?

Sorrowful 'Sir Sorry' Jones: Say like this: Now I lay me down to sleep,

Marthy Jane, Little Miss Marker: Now I lay me down to sleep,

Sorrowful 'Sir Sorry' Jones: I pray the Lord my soul to keep.

Marthy Jane, Little Miss Marker: I pray the Lord my soul to keep.

Sorrowful 'Sir Sorry' Jones: If I should die before I wake,

Marthy Jane, Little Miss Marker: If I should die before I wake,

Sorrowful 'Sir Sorry' Jones: I pray the Lord my soul to take.

Marthy Jane, Little Miss Marker: I pray the Lord my soul to take.

Sorrowful 'Sir Sorry' Jones: Make me a good little girl.

Marthy Jane, Little Miss Marker: [to Sorrowful] You wanna be a little girl?

Sorrowful 'Sir Sorry' Jones: No, no. Make *you* a good little girl.

Marthy Jane, Little Miss Marker: [praying] Make me a good little girl.
[to Sorrowful]

Marthy J

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Sorrowful 'Sir Sorry' Jones: All right, get out of bed. I'll show you how to pray, sort of. But don't you tell anybody, see?
Marthy Jane, Little Miss Marker: Is it a secret?
Sorrowful 'Sir Sorry' Jones: Between you and me. Kneel down. Put your hands together like this. Elbows on the bed. Shut your eyes.
Marthy Jane, Little Miss Marker: Are you gonna shut yours, too?
Sorrowful 'Sir Sorry' Jones: No. I gotta see that you do it right.
Marthy Jane, Little Miss Marker: Now what do I do?
Sorrowful 'Sir Sorry' Jones: Say like this: Now I lay me down to sleep,
Marthy Jane, Little Miss Marker: Now I lay me down to sleep,
Sorrowful 'Sir Sorry' Jones: I pray the Lord my soul to keep.
Marthy Jane, Little Miss Marker: I pray the Lord my soul to keep.
Sorrowful 'Sir Sorry' Jones: If I should die before I wake,
Marthy Jane, Little Miss Marker: If I should die before I wake,
Sorrowful 'Sir Sorry' Jones: I pray the Lord my soul to take.
Marthy Jane, Little Miss Marker: I pray the Lord my soul to take.
Sorrowful 'Sir Sorry' Jones: Make me a good little girl.
Marthy Jane, Little Miss Marker: [to Sorrowful] You wanna be a little girl?
Sorrowful 'Sir Sorry' Jones: No, no. Make *you* a good little girl.
Marthy Jane, Little Miss Marker: [praying] Make me a good little girl. [to Sorrowful]
Marthy Jane, Little Miss Marker: Is that all?
Sorrowful 'Sir Sorry' Jones: That's the works.

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