Queen of the Desert (2015)
Jenny Agutter: Florance Bell
Quotes
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Hugh Bell : You were only 5 years, and you were already reading voraciously. And someone stupidly showed you Leonardo da Vinci's sketchbook.
Gertrude Bell : I remember the one with the parachute!
Florance Bell : Who ever would need a parachute?
Gertrude Bell : Everyone. Everyone needs a parachute.
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Florance Bell : You will not scare the young men with intelligence.
Gertrude Bell : How do I do that? I can't play dumb.
Florance Bell : Just listen to what they have to say, and smile.
Gertrude Bell : That will be hard.
Florance Bell : Gertrude...
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Frank Lascelles : Florence, stop that moody brooding.
Florence Lascelles : [sobbing] Oh, father...
Florance Bell : Frank...
Frank Lascelles : Please don't Frank, Frank me.
Florance Bell : She is a girl
Frank Lascelles : My dinner table is a no-cry zone.
Florance Bell : I'm sorry I gave birth to a daughter. You wanted a boy, obviously.
Frank Lascelles : Absolutely not. You could have born me a dromedary and I wouldn't have minded. Look, darling. There is a good side about tears. If you cry a lot, you need to pee much less.
Florence Lascelles : [runs away sobbing]