Guiding Light (1952–2009)

Gina Tognoni: Dinah Marler, Dinah Marler Mallet, Dinah Marler Lewis, Dinah Marler Marler, Kathy Roberts Holden, Self, Susan Douglas

Quotes 

• Dinah : Do you know how sick and twisted I am? I'd just like to explain it to you. I have played Princess Cassie for so long that I actually started to believe I was her. That everything she had should be mine. And at the same time, I hated her for taking everything, everything that should be mine in my dream. So being her and hating her is what my life has become. That's who I am. And I didn't see that until last night. And I am nothing without Cassie.

  Bill : Stop it. Listen to me. Listen to me. That's the whiskey talking. That is not you.

  Dinah : No. It is.

  Bill : No, it isn't.

  Dinah : Bill, I saw it in your eyes and I saw it in Daddy's eyes when you guys did not care, you were very excited to pack me off to Italy, so you could keep me away from Cassie and she could go on with her life.

  Bill : You know what? This is what it's all about. It's you getting a fresh start. That's what you need. That's all you need, Dinah.

  Dinah : She has everything that I have ever wanted, and I have needed that to stay alive.

• Dinah : Well, don't you want to hear my tale of woe?

  Edmund : Dinah, I don't have time to hear it right now.

  Dinah : Oh, okay. Well, just kick me to the kerb, like everybody else has. It's cool.

  Edmund : Look, Dinah, I've been where you are, wanting to live someone else's life, willing to do just about anything to have it. It's no good. It doesn't work. My obsession with my brother Richard cost me everything I cared about. I hate to see you make the same mistake.

  Dinah : My whole life's been a mistake, Eddie.

  Edmund : It's not a mistake, Dinah. Take it from someone who's been there. Your life hasn't even begun yet.

• A.C. Mallet : A joke, not that funny. See, that was a joke. Come here. Come here. I asked you to move in with me because I like you. And I like being around you. And I kind of like myself when I'm around you. And I asked you to move in with me because, um... I'm kind of selfish, I just don't want to share you with anybody else. And I asked you to move in with me because I've been alone for a long time, and I'm starting to realize I don't have to be alone. I can share my life with someone. And I would like that someone to be you. I mean, you know, share my life-- it's not much. I do have a cell phone that works. And if yours doesn't, I'll put you on my friends and family plan. And as far as Harley goes, I don't want her on my family plan, as great as she is. And, believe it or not, I don't think she had a play in this, not in the slightest. So please, please say yes. Because if you don't, it's going to kill me. And then I'm going to have to kill you.

  Dinah : [Laughing]  Yes.

  [Screams] 

  A.C. Mallet : Oh, oh. Okay, I'm going to go back to hiding my feelings now, okay?

  Dinah : No, don't you dare. No!