Cecily Quotes in The Importance of Being Earnest (2002)

Algy: Do you mean you couldn't love me if I had a different name?

Cecily: But what name?

Algy: Well... Algy, for instance.

Cecily: I might respect you, Earnest, I might admire your character, but I feel that I could never give you my undivided attention.

Cecily: What a charming boy, I like his hair so much!

Algy: I don't seem to care about anything anymore... I only care for you. I love you Cecily. Will you marry me?

Cecily: Why, of course! We've been engaged for the past 3 months!

Algy: ...3 months?

Cecily: You must not laugh at me, darling, but it has always been a girlish dream of mine to love a man named Ernest.

Cecily, Gwendolyn: [speaking together] Your Christian names are still an insuperable barrier! That is all.

Miss Prism: Do you mind if I take your picture?

Cecily: No, I often like to be looked at.

Gwendolyn: Let us preserve a dignified silence.

Cecily: Certainly. It is the only thing to do now.

[Jack and Algernon begin serenading them]

Gwendolyn: This dignified silence seems to produce an unpleasant effect.