Cecelia Burgess Quotes in Sweet Liberty (1986)

Michael Burgess: Hi Mom. I brought you your groceries

Cecelia Burgess: Put them on the TV.

Michael Burgess: Mom, why do you always put your groceries on the TV?

Cecelia Burgess: I always put them there and keep them there for a week. The radiation kills the poison that they put in them.

Michael Burgess: Mom, there's no poison in your groceries. Why don't you put them in the kitchen?

Cecelia Burgess: You know why.

[whispers]

Cecelia Burgess: Because "he's" in there.

Michael Burgess: Who, Mom? The Devil?

[Cecelia nods]

Michael Burgess: Mom, the Devil is not in your kitchen.

Gretchen: I'll tell you what, Mrs. Burgess, why don't I make you some lunch?

Cecelia Burgess: Sure! Some poisoned food would just finish me off!

Michael Burgess: Well, they were all out of poisoned food today. We got the other kind.

Cecelia Burgess: I don't eat anything that hasn't been sitting on the TV for 24 hours. The radiation kills whatever poison they put in there.