Rose Quote #116

Quote from Rose in Second Motherhood

Rose: Blanche, honey, calm down. Let's talk it out. You'll feel better.
Blanche: Oh, there's nothing to talk about. I already know what both of you are gonna say. Dorothy will say he's too good to give up over something like this and she'd marry him. And you'll say he's been nothing but trouble from the start and you wouldn't marry him.
Rose: I'd marry him!
Dorothy: Oh, I wouldn't.
Blanche: What?
Dorothy: Well, no! I don't want to be a mother again either.
Rose: Oh, I'd love to be a mother again.
Dorothy: Scrubbing socks, picking up toys?
Rose: Tucking in beds, packing healthy lunches.
Dorothy: Phone calls, pajama parties?
Rose: Dance recitals, baseball games.
Dorothy: Cooking?
Rose: Singing.
Dorothy: Worrying?
Rose: Praying.

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 ‘Second Motherhood’ Quotes

Quote from Dorothy

Blanche: Well, I just hate myself for feeling this way, but I don't want to be a mother again. I mean, it was a wonderful experience at the time, but I always thought this part of my life was supposed to be for me.
Dorothy: Honey, I understand exactly how you feel. I feel the same way. You know, at our age we should be grandmothers, not mothers. Once a week, the grandchildren come over for a visit. You cook them dinner, they spill it on the furniture. They hide under your bed. You hurt yourself looking for them. They ask you what those spots on your hands are. They tell you they love you and then just before total exhaustion sets in, they go home and become their mother's problems.

Quote from Dorothy

Rose: You're a wonderful plumber's assistant, Dorothy. Boy, you sure know your way around a snake.
Dorothy: I've had a lot of experience. After all, I was married to one for 38 years.

Quote from Dorothy

Rose: Oh, Dorothy, you scared me. What are you doing up so late?
Dorothy: Honey, do you know what's behind that wall that you're banging on?
Rose: A lateral fusion pipe.
Dorothy: And do you know what's on the other side of that lateral fusion pipe?
Rose: No.
Dorothy: My head!