Diane Quote #140

Quote from Diane in Someone Single, Someone Blue

Diane: It's very nice of you to come all this way.
Helen: I thought so, too, but you know what tomorrow is?
Diane: No. What?
Helen: Your wedding day. Congratulations.
Diane: My what?
Helen: If you're not married before tomorrow, I lose my share of your father's estate.
Diane: My God! Why?
Helen: Darling, when he died, you were still a little gawky girl, with your nose in a book and a terrible facial tic. Your father was- Your father was worried that you would never find a mate, and that you would have a lonely life. So he made me promise that I would have you married ten years after the day he died. He even put it in his will. So, if you're still single, I'm cut off.
Diane: Well, why did you wait so long to tell me? Father's been dead ten years.
Helen: You know how time flies when you're having-
Diane: Grief.
Helen: Grief.

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 ‘Someone Single, Someone Blue’ Quotes

Quote from Carla

Helen: Darling, think hard. There's so little time. Don't you know anyone who'd be willing to marry you for a few days?
Diane: Well, I'm afraid there's no one that I'm steadily dating at the moment.
Carla: Excuse me, rich lady. You know, I couldn't help overhearing your problems. Your daughter has a hot thing for the bartender.
Diane: I do not!
Helen: She likes Red? He's dumb enough to be your father.
Carla: Not him. Sam.
Diane: I care nothing. I feel nothing. Sam who?
Carla: Hey, come off it. You know, we've all noticed how you two go around, looking at each other like lovesick cows. Admit it. He's got you steaming under the silks.
Diane: This happens to be my mother.
Carla: Well, that's why I'm being delicate.

Quote from Sam

Sam: I just want to say it's nice to finally meet you, Mrs. Chambers.
Helen: It's nice to meet you, Sam. Diane's told me about you. You're almost as handsome as she says you think you are.
Sam: There's a compliment in there someplace, I'm sure.

Quote from Norm

Diane: You're taking this all too personally and you shouldn't. It's just Mommy doesn't like bars.
Norm: Well, bars can be very sad places. Some people spend their whole lives in a bar. Just yesterday, some guy sat right here next to me for 11 hours.
Cliff: Yeah, what kind of a life is that?
Norm: Well, it's pitiful. You know, the sad thing is, you know that guy will be sitting in a bar somewhere right now, drinking a beer, going on and on about nothing.