Anne with an E (TV Series)

Your Will Shall Decide Your Destiny (2017)

Geraldine James: Marilla Cuthbert

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• Anne Shirley : I don't mean any disrespect, but couldn't I do the farm chores even though I'm a girl?

  Marilla Cuthbert : That's not the way of things and you know it.

  Anne Shirley : But couldn't I? I'm as strong as a boy, and I prefer to be outdoors instead of cooped up in a kitchen. I don't understand the conundrum. For example, what if, suddenly, there were no boys in the world, none at all.

  Marilla Cuthbert : Fiddlesticks.

  Anne Shirley : It doesn't make sense that girls aren't allowed to do farm work when girls can do anything a boy can do and more! Do you consider yourself to be delicate and incapable? Because I certainly don't.

• [first lines] 

  Marilla Cuthbert : [moving about the kitchen]  You'll want to hurry and eat if you're to meet the train on time.

  [sighing] 

  Marilla Cuthbert : I pray this isn't foolishness, but it's too late now. We made a practical decision; we'll just have to hope for the best. With any luck, Mrs. Spencer will have picked out a good one; a hard worker and obedient like we asked for. I couldn't tolerate a lazy boy or a sullen boy. No, I couldn't abide it and I wouldn't. In spite of all the worry, I'm relieved to know that you'll have a regular hand about the place. You can't buy loyalty. You coming in - sometime today?

  Matthew Cuthbert : [silently polishing his shoes] 

• Anne Shirley : My name is Anne. Plain Anne.

  Marilla Cuthbert : Anne is a fine name. A sensible name.

  Anne Shirley : Could you please spell it with an E when you speak it? Anne with an E looks much more distinguished.

• Anne Shirley : I never understood it. If children are such a burden, then why do people have so many of them? Nevertheless it's a shame I'll never have the opportunity.

  Marilla Cuthbert : What do you mean?

  Anne Shirley : To be one.

• Marilla Cuthbert : [to Marilla]  It's been my experience that you can nearly always enjoy something if you make up your mind firmly that you will. Of course, you must make up your mind firmly. I believe this is something you and I have in common.