Grey Gardens Quotes

Edith 'Little Edie' Bouvier Beale: I never had a split personality. I have a hell of a temper! It's Southern!

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Edith 'Little Edie' Bouvier Beale: I think Mr. Torre thinks that... I think he thinks that we're... [whispered]
Edith 'Little Edie' Bouvier Beale: fast. You understand.

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Edith 'Little Edie' Bouvier Beale: This is the best thing to wear for today, you understand. Because I don't like women in skirts and the best thing is to wear pantyhose or some pants under a short skirt, I think. Then you have the pants under the skirt and then you can pull the stockings up over the pants underneath the skirt. And you can always take off the skirt and use it as a cape. So I think this is the best costume for today.

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Edith 'Big Edie' Bouvier Beale: Always must do everything correctly!

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Edith 'Little Edie' Bouvier Beale: I think my days at Grey Gardens are limited.

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Edith 'Little Edie' Bouvier Beale: You know, I call Jerry "the Marble Faun."
Handyman: Nathaniel Hawthorne?
Edith 'Little Edie' Bouvier Beale: Yeah.
Handyman: You have that book here, Edie?
Edith 'Little Edie' Bouvier Beale: I haven't been able to find it.
Handyman: If you run across it, I'd like to read it.
Edith 'Little Edie' Bouvier Beale: It's very deep; I don't know whether you... Well, I guess you're up to it. They used to have it on all the, uh... I think it was on the high school reading list... "The Marble Faun."

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