Sybil (1976)

Martine Bartlett: Hattie

Quotes 

• Hattie : His hair is crisp... crisp? I never noticed that. All these years I've never noticed that. Lettuce is crisp.

  [takes a head of lettuce from the refrigerator] 

  Hattie : Lettuce head, go to bed, your nose is red, your name is Fred, I'll kill you dead!

• Hattie : [snatches one of Sybil's crayons away]  Do you think life is all sunshine, singing and colors when you grow up? I should say not. You are bad. You are spoiled rotten. You better learn quick.

  [pushes crayons off the table to the floor and begins stomping on them] 

• Grandma Dorsett : [after hearing a loud thud]  Hattie, is Sybil alright?

  Hattie : Just one of her falls, Grandma!

  [quietly to herself] 

  Hattie : Oh, Grandma... what big ears you have.

  Hattie : [looking at Sybil's drawing]  Well whoever heard of a purple chicken with green feet? Can you imagine what kind of eggs that might lay? Imagine setting a plate of those in front of your grandfather some fine Sabbath morning! ARMAGEDDON!

• Hattie : You better say 'God is love' real quick.

  Child Sybil : God is love!

• Hattie : Words are cheap. Hills are steep. Sorrows' deep.

• Hattie : Now don't worry. I'm not gonna hit you this time. This time, I'm only gonna *kick* you.