Griet Quotes in Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003)

[after bringing meat for the birth feast]

Pieter: Not even a smile for my pains?

Griet: Not today.

Pieter: Come on.

[she refuses]

Pieter: I shall put it in the book, then: "Owed by Griet: one smile."

[Griet gives in and smiles]

[to Vermeer, after seeing her own portrait for the first time]

Griet: You looked inside me...

Griet: [enters the room, where Maria Thins and Catharina sit quietly by the fireplace, and curtsies]

Catharina: Yes?

Griet: Madam, shall I wash the windows?

Catharina: [Scoffs] You don't need to ask me about such matters.

Griet: It's just...it may change the light.

[both Catharina and Maria Thins stare at Griet questioningly]

Griet: Good morning, madam.

[curtsies]

Catharina: Don't speak until you are spoken to.

Pieter: Don't get caught up in his world.

Griet: I may only be a maid, but I would NEVER give in to Master Van Ruijven!

Pieter: I wasn't talking about Van Ruijven...