Housekeeping (1987)

Christine Lahti: Sylvie

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Quotes 

• Sylvie : I love to ride on trains. Especially in the passenger cars.

• Fisherman : You come back here! Lady, you come back here! Lady, you come back!

  Sylvie : He always does that. If he thinks someone's watching him, he just carries on even more.

  Fisherman : Come back here!

  Sylvie : Pitiful. He's gonna have a heart attack someday.

  Ruth : It must be his boat.

  Sylvie : Either that or he's some kind of lunatic. I'm certainly not going back to find out.

• Ruth : It must be his boat.

  Sylvie : That or he's some sort of lunatic. Either way, I'm not going back to find out.

• Mrs. Jardine : She looks so sad.

  Sylvie : She is sad. She should be sad.

  [sigh] 

  Sylvie : I don't mean she should be. I mean, who wouldn't be? That's how it is with family.