The Whales of August (1987)

Ann Sothern: Tisha Doughty

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• Tisha Doughty : Well, I've been thinking for a long time, you should ask Anna to take Libby.

  Sarah Webber : [shaking her head]  She wouldn't.

  Tisha Doughty : Oh, why not? She has plenty of money. She'll see that her mother is well cared for.

  [long pause by Sarah] 

  Tisha Doughty : [sighing]  Well Sarah, you know what Harry Truman said.

  Sarah Webber : What.

  Tisha Doughty : Well, if the buck is going to be passed, it may as well be passed to somebody with plenty of them.

  Sarah Webber : He never said that.

  Tisha Doughty : [laughing]  Of course he didn't.

• Sarah Webber : Oh, I couldn't burden you with my troubles.

  Tisha Doughty : [scoffs]  Half of life is troubles, Sarah. The other half's gettin' over 'em.