Sister Bessie Quotes in Tobacco Road (1941)

Clerk: Look here, son, what do you mean to marry a woman that old? You ought marry a girl your own age.

Sister Bessie: You're trying talk him out of it and I'll start a service right here now.

Dude Lester: Dunno, Sister Bessie there, she sweet-talked me into it.

Clerk: How's that boy gonna support you?

Sister Bessie: The Lord will provide.

Clerk: I'm afraid that ain't gonna be soon, because he ain't gonna get married through this office!