Liza Quotes in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)

Rev. Elcott: [after rounding up the girls] We're all fathers here and we love you, so don't be afraid to answer. A while back I heard a wee babe crying in the house. Whose is it?

[girls look at one another]

Rev. Elcott: Whose is it, don't be afraid to tell?

Dorcas, Alice, Sarah, Liza, Ruth, Martha: [all at once and smiling] Mine!

Liza: Doesn't it do anything but snow up here? We've had a blizzard every day for the past two months. I'm going crazy, shut up in this house!

Dorcas: [upon seeing the Pontipee brothers arrive at the barn raising] Who are they? I don't recall ever seeing them before.

Liza: They're strangers to me.

Ruth: Seven of them.

Martha: And all as tall as church steeples.

Alice: It's Milly! Milly!

Rachel: It's not an affair. Theresa never had sex with him, they just kissed.

Katie Jordan: A kiss is an affair.

Liza: You think so?

Katie Jordan: Absolutely. Once you establish anything truly intimate with another person, even talking, it has to affect the person you're supposed to be the most intimate with.

Liza: But the crazy thing is that Theresa could fuck her husband. She just couldn't kiss him, I mean really kiss him.

Rachel: It's not so crazy. There have been times when I'm so angry at Stan that I could fuck him but I don't want that count on anyone near me.

Katie Jordan: A kiss can be so much more intimate than sex.

Liza: Yeah. Why is that?

Rachel: Because fucking means "yeah, yeah, I love you" but a kiss, a kiss means "I like you".

Andrew: I just wanted to get to know you better, that's all.

Liza: Nice try, Andrew, but now is not the right moment.

Andrew: Well, I suppose watching my videotape of monkeys fucking is totally out of the question?

Jay: What's your name?

Liza: What do you want it to be?

Liza: It's okay to look.

Addison: Hush. The devil will hear you.

Liza: My brother killed the devil. He saved me from hell, and I am forever thankful.

Liza: [Drunkenly kisses a reluctant Jay] It's okay. We can pretend.

Liza, Jay: I'm not pretending.

[Kisses her back]

[first lines]

Addison: What would home look like? I don't know. A farmhouse in the valley, I guess, like the one we grew up in, Liza and I. I remember hiding in the Orchard at night, looking down at the lighted windows, and waiting for our daddy to fall asleep just so we could go back inside. Do you remember that, Liza? Hmm, do you remember that?

Liza: [nodding smile]

Eve: [Opens the door to find Liza] You came.

Liza: My mother made me.

Eve: Is she making you stay?

Liza: Do you want me to leave?

Eve: Do you want to leave?

Liza: Are you asking me to go home?

Eve: Do you always answer questions with questions?

Liza: Do you?

Liza: I guess I should go find out where everyone else is.

Todd: Or we could bone.

Liza: I'm gonna go get dressed.

Todd: Can I watch?

Eve: I'll be cool if you're cool.

Liza: I'm cool.

Chapin Wright: [to Liza] Look, I know you're about to like, wet your pants right about now, but I'm not gonna ruin Eve's birthday. So you don't have to run home, you can stay. But we're not gonna be down until I get an apology.

Liza: Then I guess we're not gonna be down. I know all about you, Chapin.

[Chapin walks away, Sarah walks up]

Sarah: My mom says she probably needs Ritalin.

Chapin Wright: [Rules of Triple Dog. Everyone has put all their money and their most prized possession into the 'pot'] Rule one, everyone gets and dare and gives a dare. Rule two, you must complete the dare that's given to you, and if you don't

[Turns clippers on and off]

Chapin Wright: you get your head shaved.

Sarah: Like, no hair, bald?

Chapin Wright: That's the game.

Nina: [laughing] Cool.

[Cecily looks at her in disbelief]

Nina: What?

Chapin Wright: Now, if you know there's a dare you can't do, you can challenge the person who dared you, and they have to do it. But if they do it, you get shaved. So, don't go daring people to do thing you wouldn't do, because it backfires.

Liza: What kind of dares?

Chapin Wright: Anything goes. But you can't dare someone to shave their head.

Liza: Why not?

Chapin Wright: Because that's against the rules!

Chapin Wright: [Stephan is throwing gummy bears at Liza, who is sitting alone at a nearby table] If you're just gonna throw those, can I have one?

[He takes another from the bag and gives the rest to Chapin. He throws the bear at Liza, who turns around and glares at the group]

Chapin Wright: Okay. Plural noun.

[She notices Liza]

Chapin Wright: What, you mad-doggin' me, Rat Girl?

Liza: Why dot you tell everybody why you got kicked out of Sacred heart, Chapin?

Chapin Wright: [Sits up straight] What was that?

Study Hall Teacher: Quiet down. Get back to work.

Whisper: Chapin, chillax. Come on.

Chapin Wright: [Stands up] What did you say to me, Rat Girl?

Study Hall Teacher: Sit down, young lady.

Chapin Wright: [Walks over to Liza] What the fuck did you just say to me?

[Liza says nothing, so Chapin grabs her by her hair and pulls her out of her seat. Chapin punches her twice in the face, until Whisper grabs her]

Principal Scalco: You're not still carrying that rat around, are you?

Liza: [Grips her bag tighter] No.

Principal Scalco: You know, I've heard that they're almost as smart as dogs. Does he like doughnuts?

[Rips a piece off a doughnut on his desk and hands it to Liza]

Liza: She.

[Opens her bag and gives it to the rat]

Eve: You're Liza, right?

Liza: Left.

Chapin Wright: Al I know is that we were at a party. Stacy was depressed. And then she ran off.

Eve: Just like that?

Chapin Wright: Just like that.

Eve: She wasn't stoned or seeing butterflies?

Chapin Wright: Look, people who are depressed do crazy things. Maybe her mom hit her. Maybe her dog died. Maybe she was pregnant. Or maybe she was just a coked-out junkie who lost her will to live. I don't know. I didn't ask her. All I know is that she jumped, okay?

Liza: Then why'd you get expelled?

Chapin Wright: Because I was there! Just like that 'lesbonaut' Mallory Silvers.

Liza: That's not what I heard, Chapin.

Liza: [Comes out of a room, hair and clothes askew. Sees everyone chasing Eve] What's going on?

Chapin Wright: [Todd walks out of the room, also looking disheveled] I was just about to ask you the same thing. Slut up.

Eve: [Chapin has resurfaced, unharmed] You moron!

Chapin Wright: Look, if we're not cool anymore, then I can just walk home.

Eve: The walk yourself home!

Chapin Wright: Fine, I will, bitch!

Eve: How could you be so selfish?

Chapin Wright: [Starts crying] I just needed to see for myself because it was my fault, so fuck you for not understanding that!

[Starts to walk away, but stops. Starts sobbing]

Chapin Wright: I shouldn't have done it. I should've just kept my big mouth shut! The current was really, really rough. I didn't know. I shouldn't have dared her.

Eve: That wasn't your fault, Chapin.

Chapin Wright: Yes, it was.

Eve: No, it wasn't.

Chapin Wright: I didn't know about the current, I just... I just... I didn't know.

Liza: It was an accident, Chapin.

Chapin Wright: God, I totally suck.

Eve: Yeah, ya kinda do. Are you okay?

Chapin Wright: Yeah, I think I'll be alright.

Sarah: [Liza has dared Sarah to streak. She's standing outside in only a towel] I don't think this is fair.

Chapin Wright: Okay, if you don't wanna do it, then challenge Liza. But if she does it, I'm shaving your head.

Liza: [looks at Sarah] I can tell you, I have no problem streaking.

Liza: [Talking about jobs] What do you do?

Harvey: I drink a lot.

Liza: What a coincidence, me too.