The Unfinished Dance (1947)

Karin Booth: La Darina

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• La Darina : Meg, it wasn't easy for me at first, knowing that I wouldn't dance again. It isn't easy now, but...

  'Meg' Merlin : I know, I'm a ballerina too.

  La Darina : Remember the old saying, I used to cry because I had no shoes, until I saw a child who had no feet.

• La Darina : Meg, look. My arms. See the arms. In the arms is the poetry of the dance.

• La Darina : Mademoiselle, how can you be so shallow?

  Mlle. Ariane Bouchet : But, my life is my own.

  La Darina : No one's life is entirely his own. Your's less than any other I know.

• La Darina : An accident is an accident, Meg. And nobody is to blame.

• La Darina : All that was yesterday. Today is today.

• La Darina : Oh, Meg, I have such great hopes for you. I've told you that, haven't I?

  'Meg' Merlin : Yes, ma'am.

  La Darina : In you I'm going to dance again. You're not going to fail me, are you?

  'Meg' Merlin : I'd die first.