Dorothy: Ma, why couldn't you tell me this?
Sophia: Dorothy, I went against centuries of tradition. You don't leave an arranged marriage. I disgraced my family's entire way of life.
Dorothy: I think I'm finally beginning to see.
Sophia: Good. Then you'll have the decency to lie if anyone asks you about it.
Dorothy: Of course not, Ma. It all has to go in the family history.
Sophia: Don't do this, Dorothy. Don't do something we'll both regret.
Dorothy: I have to, Ma. [to tape recorder] In 1920, your great-grandmother, Sophia Petrillo, became a pioneer in the women's rights movement. She single-handedly dragged her family into the 20th century by refusing to be thought of as property and demanding instead to marry a man she loved. To do so, she had to leave behind everything she'd ever known. And that is the kind of courage and strength that flows through your veins.