The Waltons (TV Series)

The Awakening (1974)

Michael Learned: Olivia Walton

Quotes 

• Olivia Walton : I don't think you should call Grandma "Old Woman".

  'Grandpa' Zebulon Walton : Well, why not? She'll be 68 on her birthday coming up this Saturday.

  Olivia Walton : That's why not.

• Mary Ellen Walton : [when Olivia asks how she met Kevin Sturgess]  Well, I was wading in the lake, just cooling off. I turned around and there he was. Tall and handsome. Sun makin' his hair shine. It was just like a movie!

  Olivia Walton : Sounds like it.

  Mary Ellen Walton : And it all happened so fast! He thinks I'm lots older than I am.

  Olivia Walton : And you didn't bother to correct the impression.

  Mary Ellen Walton : Oh, Mama, I just couldn't! Well, when it was happening, I wasn't 14. 14 is just a kid. Well, I don't really know how to explain it. Well, lots of times lately, I just don't feel like a kid.

  Olivia Walton : I know. Your body's saying one thing and your emotions and experience are sayin' somethin' else and they don't always talk together.

  Mary Ellen Walton : That's right. That's it exactly!