Jigsaw (1949)
Jean Wallace: Barbara Whitfield
Quotes
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Barbara Whitfield : You must have smiled at someone the way you smile at me. People should be careful of that smile. People should be careful of a lot of things about you.
Howard Malloy : You know, even angels can get their wings clipped.
Barbara Whitfield : You got scissors for my wings?
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Angelo Agostini : Maybe you better get out of town. Maybe you better really go away for a while. Mmmm! Take a little trip.
Barbara Whitfield : Would you miss me?
Angelo Agostini : Like my last breath!
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Pet shop owner : [carrying a striped cat] Perhaps you'd like this little lady. Miss Whitfield.
Barbara Whitfield : [holding a black cat] No. thank you. This is the one. Does he have a name?
Pet shop owner : Yes, it's Bennie - Benvenuto, really.
Barbara Whitfield : Hmmm. I used to have a cat they called Hadrian the Seventh. We ended up calling him Harry.
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Barbara Whitfield : Why did you come over to me at that party, Howard?
Howard Malloy : Because you were the only person who didn't look like you belonged there.
Barbara Whitfield : Really? I belong anywhere I'm wanted!
Howard Malloy : Do you?
Barbara Whitfield : Don't I?
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Barbara Whitfield : [Changing behind a dressing screen] Is this visit business or pleasure?
Howard Malloy : Right now it's your business and my pleasure.