Eddy Ainsley > Eddy's Quotes

“He wanted you to love her, forgive her, and if she had been loved on that night ... but of course you couldn't love her, you are not as large as he in heart, nor will you ever be, and that is unforgivable - so unforgivable that he was going to leave with Myrtle and you would have lost him. If you included her, Teddy would have always been with us, instead of trying to prove the might of his love that night. He made a terrible mistake, and we need to forgive him for that mistake. He loved Tilly Dunnage as strongly as you hate her, please imagine that - she said that she would marry him and i know that without exception all of you, along with your secrets and mistakes and prejudices and flaws, would have been a soothing occasion a right and true union. In fact, it was...”
― Rosalie Ham, The Dressmaker

“Pain will no longer be our curse, Molly”
― Rosalie Ham, The Dressmaker

“It will be our revenge and our reason. I have made it my catalyst and my propeller. It seems only fair don't you think?”
― Rosalie Ham, The Dressmaker

“What time is the funeral"

" Two pm."

"Are you going, Sergeant?"

"Yes."

"Can anyone go?"

"Anyone can go Beula, but only good people with respectful intentions should attend don't you think? Without Tilly's tolerance and generosity, her patience and skills, our lives - mine especially - would not have been enriched. Since you are not sincere about her feelings or about her dear mother and only want to go to stickybeak - well it's just plain ghoulish isn't it?”
― Rosalie Ham, The Dressmaker

“You've heard of him haven't you?"

"She may not have, I hadn't until last week."

"Double, double, toil and trouble;
Fire burn and cauldron bubble.
Fillet of a fenny snake,
In the cauldron boil and bake;
Eye of newt and toe of frog,
Wool of bat and tongue of dog...

Act four scene one, three witches at the cauldron no?”
― Rosalie Ham, The Dressmaker