Peggy Ramsay Quotes in Prick Up Your Ears (1987)

Peggy Ramsay: Ken was the first wife. He did all the work and the waiting and then...

John Lahr: Well, first wives don't usually beat their husbands' heads in.

Peggy Ramsay: No. Though why I can't think.

John Lahr: So what does that make you? The second wife?

Peggy Ramsay: Better than that, dear. The widow.

Peggy Ramsay: Prison gives a writer credentials.

John Lahr: Everyone else, it takes them away.

Leonie Orton: [Mingling Joe's and Ken's ashes] I think I'm putting in more of Joe than I am of Kenneth.

Peggy Ramsay: It's a gesture dear, not a recipe.

Peggy Ramsay: At moments of triumph, men can do without their wives... But sharing is what wives want.