The Singing Nun (1966)

Greer Garson: Mother Prioress

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• Sister Cluny : I still say this brand new one doesn't seem to have any special skills, except playing that guitar.

  Mother Prioress : Don't be too hard on that guitar. It belonged to her father. And she was a very little girl during the dreadful war years when he - well, the guitar is really the only family she's ever known.

  Sister Cluny : It's going to get noisy around here.

• Mother Prioress : We need our young nuns, Sister Cluny. They come to us fresh from their tranquil convents and still fired with their ambition to become missionaries. Eager, hopeful and - well, yes, I must admit it, inexperienced. They're like girls graduating from school into the world.

• Mother Prioress : The guitar goes where she goes.

  Sister Cluny : A personal possession? A material remembrance of her past life? Is this part of our liberalization too?

  Mother Prioress : Yes and I think for the better.

• Mother Prioress : Don't expect to win great victories here, my child. Or, even in Africa someday. Be thankful for small ones. And try to keep in mind, always, that your motive is what is important.

  Sister Ann : To serve our Lord. I have a lot to learn.

  Sister Cluny : I'll give you a rule to go by: If you can't be helpful, be silent.

• Mother Prioress : In the future, try to make sure that any suspicion of sin remains strictly a private matter between you and the sinner.

• Father Clementi : What is all this?

  Mother Prioress : I believe it's called fan mail.