Nicholas Nickleby (2002)

Juliet Stevenson: Mrs. Squeers

Quotes 

• Mr. Squeers : How do you Iike Mr. Knuckleboy?

  Mrs. Squeers : I hate him, that's how I Iike him. He's a nasty, stuck-up monkey. He needs his pride brought down.

  Mr. Squeers : I'II Ieave that to you, my Iove. There's not a woman in all England... can bring a person's pride down quicker than you can.

  Mrs. Squeers : Oh, thank you, Squeery.

• Mrs. Squeers : Is that my Squeery?

  [multiple kisses] 

  Mr. Squeers : The crime of my dead eye, my Iove, is that I can't see you twice.

• Mrs. Squeers : Young Braithwaite's had a fever. Third time this year. I say it's obstinacy and we beat it out of him.

  Mr. Squeers : No one can cure an illness quicker than you, my Iove.

• Mrs. Squeers : Purify? Fiddlesticks! We give the boys brimstone and treacle.