Mrs. Salinas Quotes in Mahogany Sunrise (2014)

Mrs. Salinas: When are you going to get it together and find a better job?

[Mercedes rolls her eyes, she's heard it all before]

Mrs. Salinas: You need to be a better mother and start thinking about your daughter.

Mercedes Salinas: That's what I'm doing. That's why I work at that place. So, I can make the money for her to be in that school.

Mrs. Salinas: Who is this guy? Where did you meet him... at the club?

Mercedes Salinas: Yes. It's not like that. Mom, you see him, he's in there reading to Melissa. He's a good guy.

Mrs. Salinas: [coming over to sit next Mercedes on the couch] Why do you always do this? You meet these guys. What makes you think he's different?

Mercedes Salinas: Well. He's not from this town. He's not in a gang...

Mrs. Salinas: But he's going to hurt you. All men do. They lie and they take, take till there's nothing left. And then they leave.

Mercedes Salinas: Ma, just because father left

[beat]

Mercedes Salinas: doesn't make every man like him

Mrs. Salinas: What if he comes back? What am I supposed to tell him?

Mercedes Salinas: [With Melissa in tow, she turns back before she leaves] Tell him I've left.

[beat]

Mercedes Salinas: Tell him I never want to see him again.