Susan Fields Quotes in The Paper Chase (1973)

[last lines]

Susan Fields: Here's your mail.

[hands Hart an envelope marked "GRADES ENCLOSED"]

Susan Fields: I just got a letter from my father, something very interesting. My divorce is final. A piece of paper, and I'm free.

[pauses]

Susan Fields: Aren't you going to open your grades?

Susan Fields: I know there's a lot of things to say, but it really isn't worth saying them, so please just get out.

Susan Fields: They finally got you, Hart, they sucked all that Midwestern charm right out of you. Look, he's got you scared to death. You're going to pass, because you're the kind the law school wants. You'll get your little diploma. Your piece of paper that's no different than this

[toilet paper roll]

Susan Fields: and you can stick it in your silver box with all the other paper in your life. Your birth certificate, driver's license, marriage license, your stock certificates, and your will... I wish you would flunk, there might be some hope for you.

James T. Hart: Hi.

Susan Fields: Hello.

James T. Hart: I was just walking by, and I saw your light.

Susan Fields: How nice. Come in.

James T. Hart: Why didn't you tell me you were Kingsfield's daughter?

Susan Fields: Well, I'm not his daughter very much. Why didn't you call me?

James T. Hart: Wait a minute. You were the one who left me in the park. Why didn't you call me?

Susan Fields: I knew I'd see you here today.

James T. Hart: You lied to me, Susan. You said that your last name was Fields.

Susan Fields: My last name is Fields. I'm married.