Jen-Ai Quotes in The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958)

Jen-Ai: I like China the way it is.

Capt. Lin Nan: Filthy? Ignorant? Backward?

Jen-Ai: No, but if your house is dirty you can clean it.

[last lines]

Jen-Ai: Dr. Robinson, do you remember me? My name used to be Gladys Aylward.

Dr. Robinson: Yes, I remember you. Gladys Aylward, who wasn't qualified to come to China. Will you come with us to our children's village? I can think of no one who would be more valuable.

Jen-Ai: Thank you, but I'm going back to Yang Cheng. I'm going home.

Capt. Lin Nan: [after Jen-ai adopts a baby girl] Don't you see how stupid and pointless this is? What are you going to do with her?

Jen-Ai: Call her Six-Pence I think. Do you like it?

Capt. Lin Nan: I said what are you going to do with her? What do you know about babies?

Jen-Ai: What is there to know? When they're dirty you wash them, when they're hungry you feed them.