Digby Popham Quotes in Summer Magic (1963)

Gilly Carey: [Gilly startles Lallie Joy, making her drop the bags she was carrying] Gee, I'm sorry!

[Picks up the bags for her]

Gilly Carey: They're too heavy for a girl. Allow me.

[Gilly holds open the door and smiles at her]

Digby Popham: [Irritated] You don't have to be *nice* or nothin', she's my *sister*.

[Rolls his eyes at Gilly and goes into the house]

Digby Popham: I remember the night before I left Beulah, I was talking to Pa about seein' the city and the gals and all, and he said: "Amid pleasures and palaces, wherever you may roam, be it ever so humble there's no place like home."

Gilly Carey: He sang it?

Digby Popham: No, he said it. He made it right up! You know, if he ever wanted to I think Pa could've made a great poet.

Gilly Carey: We're out in the sticks, all right.

Nancy Carey: The sticks? It's lovely! Land of promise, land of opportunity!

Gilly Carey: Opportunity for what?

Digby Popham: Well, you got something there. You're the first folks to move into Beulah in more than five years. Most people move away to the city. That's where I'm gonna get as soon as I can.

Digby Popham: Pa, do you realize the furthest I've ever been from Beulah is Four Corners and I was too young to even remember?

Osh Popham: Whatcha gettin' at, son?

Digby Popham: Pa, you realize I ain't never seen nothin' or done nothin'? You yourself said a fella never gets anywhere just standin' in one place.

Osh Popham: How much am I payin' you, Digby?

Digby Popham: Three dollars a week. But a fella can make that much in one day in the city! Ain'tcha gonna stop me, Pa?

Osh Popham: Might as well get it out of your system. It seems to be comin' 'bout the right time, too. That boy Gilly seems like he oughta be able to handle your job.

Lallie Joy Popham: That Gilly boy, he's awful nice, Pa.

Osh Popham: He's all right, Lallie Joy. I have a feeling the money might come in handy for the Careys, too. Wonderful folks, even if they ain't got the rickets.

Gilly Carey: Gee, Dig, you liked the city, didn't you?

Digby Popham: It's like Pa always said. Cities are for city folk. The minute I got there, I got to wishin' I was back in Beulah.

Gilly Carey: Why?

Digby Popham: Well, I was just standin' on the street, lookin' at all the people rushin' by me. They looked like ants, and I could no more talk to them than I could talk to an ant.