Lone Star (1952)

Ava Gardner: Martha Ronda

Quotes 

• Devereaux Burke : You're a strange woman.

  Martha Ronda : Am I?

  Devereaux Burke : Yeah. But, still a lot of woman.

• Martha Ronda : We've had enough fighting and killing. There isn't a family here that didn't lose kin at the Alamo and we don't want it to happen again. With Mexico waiting to be our friend, we can live in peace!

• Devereaux Burke : Is that - honesty or modesty?

  Martha Ronda : Conversation.

• Martha Ronda : [singing]  Moonlight was meant for lovers, Breezes were meant to sigh, To sigh for unhappy lovers, Lovers were meant to cry...

• Devereaux Burke : It's convenient to have a woman you can take for granted. Not very exciting, but, convenient. I've never been that lucky.

  Martha Ronda : Would you want that sort of woman?

  Devereaux Burke : Frankly, no. And I'll tell you something else, I don't think you're that sort of woman. Are you? - Are you?

  Martha Ronda : Am I?

  Devereaux Burke : Come here.

  [kiss] 

• Martha Ronda : Dev...

  Devereaux Burke : Why pretend the truth isn't the truth? I've known ever since that night on the patio. You'll never kiss another man like that. Some women might; but not you.

  [kiss] 

• Martha Ronda : You know, you're a strange man; but, quite a lot of man.