Olivia (1951)

Marie-Claire Olivia: Olivia Dealey

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• Olivia Dealey : Tell me what it's like to be in love.

  Georgie : No, it's too horrible to talk about, too delightful to think about...

• Mlle. Julie : Can one of you tell me who Andromache was? Let's see? I cannot believe you are all so ignorant.

  Olivia Dealey : Andromache was Hector's wife.

  Mlle. Julie : Good. What's Orestes' father's name?

  Olivia Dealey : Agamemnon.

  Mlle. Julie : Good! Who was Pyrrhus?

  Olivia Dealey : Achilles' son.

  Mlle. Julie : And Hermione?

  Olivia Dealey : I don't know. I've never heard of her.

  Mlle. Julie : You'll hear about her tonight. And I hope you will never forget. You answered well. Sit here, beside me. Hermione is the daughter of Helen and Menelaus.

• Mlle. Julie : Your mother told me you were unhappy with Miss Tock.

  Olivia Dealey : It's true. I was unhappy.

  Mlle. Julie : Yet it is a Protestant school, like ours.

  Olivia Dealey : Oh no, Mademoiselle. I felt like a freak, a black sheep, an outcast.

  Mlle. Julie : Are you not exaggerating?

  Olivia Dealey : It was even worse.

  Mlle. Julie : Why? Tell me, Olivia.

  Olivia Dealey : They only spoke of temptations, traps, abysses opening before us. A lie, even a careless one, meant moral and spiritual death. No good deeds, good sentiments or sacrifices could save us, save the Grace of the Eternal. I could hardly count on it, coming from a family of free spirits.

• Olivia Dealey : Laura, do you love her?

  Laura Thomson : Who? Shelley?

  Olivia Dealey : No, Mademoiselle Julie.

  Laura Thomson : Strange question! I owe her everything. My father is so busy. She showed me what is most beautiful in life.

  Olivia Dealey : Yes, but tell me, Laura, does your heart beat when you see her? Does it stop when your hands touch? Does your throat close up when you speak to her?

  Laura Thomson : Really, Olivia, I feel none of that at all.

  Olivia Dealey : Then what?

  Laura Thomson : There's nothing else. I love her is all.

• Mlle. Julie : What are you reading so late?

  Olivia Dealey : "The Lake"

  Mlle. Julie : To learn it by heart?

  Olivia Dealey : I wanted to hear the sound of your voice.

  Mlle. Julie : "Stay thy flight, O time! And happy hours, Tread by slowly, Let us savor the swift pleasures, Of our fairest days" There. Now get some rest. Shut your eyes.

  [Mlle. Julie kisses Olivia's shut eye, Olivia grabs her hand and kisses it multiple times] 

  Mlle. Julie : Come now, Olivia! You're too passionate, my dear. Good night.

• Olivia Dealey : What are hearts for?