Richie Vecchio Quotes in Lovers and Other Strangers (1970)

Richie Vecchio: Don't you understand, Joan and I are just not happy together.

Frank Vecchio: You hear that, Beatrice? They're not happy together.

Bea: I heard, Frank.

Frank Vecchio: So who's happy?

Bea: Who's happy?

Frank Vecchio: What, do you see me running around dancing in the streets?

Bea: Do you see your father running around dancing in the streets?

Frank Vecchio: What are you, better than me? You think your mother and I are happy?

Richie Vecchio: You mean you and mom aren't happy?

Frank Vecchio: [together with Bea] No!

Richie Vecchio: Then why did you stay together?

Frank Vecchio: [pause] We're content.

Bea: We're content.

Frank Vecchio: These kids today, all they're looking for is happiness.

Bea: Don't look for happiness, Richie. It will only make you miserable.

Frank Vecchio: So, what's the story Ritchie?

Richie Vecchio: We're just not compatible.

Frank Vecchio: You hear that Beatrice, they're not compatible.

Bea: I heard, but I'm not listening, Frank.

Frank Vecchio: They're married for six years, all of a sudden they're looking to be compatible.

Bea: It's a phase they're going through.

Frank Vecchio: You stupid kids today, they don't know what to do with themselves, they get a divorce, for kicks.

Bea: That's what it is, Frank, kicks.

Richie Vecchio: Look, it's 1970, it happens to a lot of couples, there's nothing you can do about it.

Frank Vecchio: It's never happened in our family!

Bea: We don't believe in it.

Frank Vecchio: It happens to people who don't give a damn.

Bea: You think the king and queen of England would get a divorce?

Frank Vecchio: Of course not.

Bea: They don't believe in it.

Frank Vecchio: That's why they're together all these years.

Bea: They know what would happen to England if they broke up.

Frank Vecchio: Yeah, but our son believes in it.

Bea: He doesn't care what happens to England, he doesn't care what happens to anybody, it's 1970, so he's getting a divorce.