Anne of Avonlea (1987)

Wendy Hiller: Mrs. Margaret Harris

Quotes 

• Mrs. Harris : [Anne is taking Mrs. Harris out for a picnic]  I don't eat my lunch outside! I'm not a raggle taggle gypsy! Take me in! Take me in!

  Anne Shirley : Hush, Mrs. Harris! Some of these girls are Pringles.

  Mrs. Harris : Pringles?

  Anne Shirley : Yes, and you don't want them running home and telling tales.

  Mrs. Harris : You'll pay for this.

• Anne Shirley : Good morning, Mrs. Harris.

  Mrs. Harris : Walking as if we owned the world, are we?

  Anne Shirley : So I do.

• Mrs. Harris : Oh. Remember your manners. And don't forget to cross your ankles decently when you sit down. And don't sit in a draft, either. And don't slide down the banisters.

  Pauline Harris : Mama!

  Mrs. Harris : Well, you did at Nancy Pringle's wedding.

  Pauline Harris : Mama, that was 25 years ago! What do you think I am ?

• Anne Shirley : Babies are never common. Each one is a miracle.

  Mrs. Harris : Well I had two of them. I didn't see much that was miraculous about either of THEM.

• Mrs. Harris : Yes, he was the handsomest man in Kingsport. And he adored me. We consulted each other about absolutely everything. Mind you, we didn't always agree. No. He had his fits of temper. Oh, yes. And so did I.

  [laughs] 

  Mrs. Harris : Do you know what he did when I bought a daycap he didn't like?

  Anne Shirley : I can't imagine.

  Mrs. Harris : He ate it. It gave him a terrible stomach pain. Yes, serves him right. He was so irked that I had neglected to consult him.

  [laughs/cries] 

  Mrs. Harris : How could he go away and leave me alone and crippled like this? Dying was the only thing that he ever dared to do without consulting me. Won't be long before we're together again. There's no one - no man like him. No. This is a degenerate age, Miss Shirley.

• Anne Shirley : [meeting Mrs. Harris for the 1st time]  How do you do, Mrs. Harris?

  Mrs. Harris : Far from well.

• Mrs. Harris : [to Pauline]  And if I'm not here when you come back just lay me out in my wedding dress and mind my hair is crimped.

• Mrs. Harris : What's the meaning of this outrage? I've had enough of your monkey shine!

• Mrs. Harris : My husband never ate anyone, dead or alive.