Dorothy Quote #109
Quote from Dorothy in The Custody Battle
Dorothy: You come here with your limo and your presents and your designer luggage and you think you're better than everybody else. You have everything! Do you have to have Ma, too? I mean, all these years you've been her favorite. All I wanted was this time with her.
Gloria: Dorothy, you are crazy. You're Ma's favorite, you always have been!
Dorothy: Come on. You're the one who always got all the attention.
Gloria: Sure, I got attention. But only because you were the strongest, the smartest, and you could take care of yourself, which Ma constantly pointed out in English and Italian.
Dorothy: Ma said this about me?
Gloria: Think back, Dorothy. When we were kids and Ma and Pop were working, who did Ma always leave in charge?
Dorothy: Me.
Gloria: Right. And do you know why?
Dorothy: Yeah, because Phil played with matches.
Gloria: No, because Ma trusted you with responsibility. In her eyes, I could never be as good as you! Ma looked at you and saw a wonderful future. She looked at me and hoped I would marry rich. Which I did. Very rich.
Dorothy: Why didn't she ever say any of this?
Gloria: She did. Who does she turn to whenever she's in trouble, hm? Who did she come to live with? Her favorite, you.
Dorothy: Oh, come on, Gloria. That is the dumbest thing I ever heard.
Gloria: Dorothy, even with all my money, you have so much more than I do. You have Ma and your friends and your work and... Your life just seems so much more important than mine. And I wanted to take a little bit back with me. It's not what Ma wants.
Dorothy: You think she wants to stay?
Gloria: I know she wants to stay.
The Golden Girls Quotes
‘The Custody Battle’ Quotes
Quote from Blanche
Blanche: Oh, I know for a fact my parents liked my sisters better than they did me.
Rose: Oh, Blanche, that's silly! How could you know a thing like that?
Blanche: They told me!
Dorothy: Oh, Blanche, I can't believe that your parents told you that! I don't care if they are from the south.
Blanche: Well, they didn't tell me in words. They told me in actions. Like on our birthdays. Now, when we were little, every year, my sisters had huge parties with clowns and magicians and tons of presents.
Dorothy: And you didn't.
Blanche: Well, not exactly. I mean, I did have parties and I had presents but I never had a clown. Not until I was much older.
Dorothy: Much older.
Blanche: Yeah. But that's another story.
Quote from Rose
Rose: Oh, Gloria, Sophia's told us so much about you. I especially enjoyed the story about your imaginary childhood friend, David, who lived in the oven. I had an imaginary friend, but he'd never tell me his name. It was during spring planting-
Sophia: Rose! Do you mind? Gloria's only staying for a week. I'd like to talk to her before she leaves.
Quote from Rose
Rose: My parents always made each of us feel like we were the favorite. They loved all nine of us equally. We used to have the best Christmas Eves. Daddy'd sit at Grandma's old player piano and he'd play Christmas carols and the children would sing along, then Mother'd bring in some homemade eggnog and snickerdoodles. And then we'd decorate the tree. And after Daddy'd hung the star at the very top of the tree, we'd all join hands and pray, and then Daddy'd tell us a story and tuck us into our feather beds-
Dorothy: Who was your father? Michael Landon?
Rose: Can I help it if I came from a happy family? Well, we had our share of problems. Believe me, we had some hard times. Once a mysterious drifter stole our butter churn.