Hester Quotes in The Golden Compass (2007)

Lee Scoresby: That's a mighty fancy clockwork you got there.

Lyra Belacqua: [puts away the alethiometer] It's just a toy.

Lee Scoresby: Well, then, it's a mighty fancy toy. How'd you come by somethin' like that.

Hester: Oh, Lord, Lee when you gonna learn to mind your own business?

Hester: Whoa, boy.

Hester: Young man, would you like to get married?

Refuses to Marry: Who me?

Hester: It won't take a minute. It's perfectly simple. All you've got to do is marry the girl and I'll pay you well.

Refuses to Marry: Not on my life. My wife would skin me alive!

[Jim is pretending to be Hester's nephew Hezekiah and wed Dorothy in a marriage of convenience]

Hester: Hezzy has agreed to help us out. Don't you think he's just wonderful?

Dorothy Horton: Yes, I suppose so.

Hester: I do