Susie Waggoner Quotes in Miami Blues (1990)

Susie Waggoner: I had to give him the benefit of the doubt. He always ate everything I ever gave him and he never hit me.

Susie Waggoner: ...And you save your money... and buy a nice little house, with a white picket fence, and live happily ever after.

Frederick J. Frenger Jr.: Tell you what. Let's go straight to the "happily ever after" part, OK?

Edna Damrosch: I nursed my husband for three years before he died. But you're not gonna die.

[Hands Junior a glass of gin]

Edna Damrosch: Here, drink this.

Susie Waggoner: It's gin, Junior.

Edna Damrosch: Drink it! Now you move and you're a blind man.

[Begins sewing up Junior's eyebrow]

Edna Damrosch: Scissors!

Susie Waggoner: [Feeling sick] You're doing real good, Junior. I think I'm gonna lie down a little bit.

Edna Damrosch: [after she finishes off] There you go!

Frederick J. Frenger Jr.: Your husband must've been glad to die...

Susie Waggoner: Thanks...

Frederick J. Frenger Jr.: Yeah you got a real nice touch there lady.

Susie Waggoner: So... are you gonna tell me about it?

Frederick J. Frenger Jr.: Yeah, I'm gonna tell you about it. This *straight* life we've been living gave me a false sense of security. For a second I thought I was some kind of solid citizen or something.

Susie Waggoner: All I wanna know is what happened to you.

Frederick J. Frenger Jr.: Some guy in a blue Toyota pickup ran me over.

Susie Waggoner: I thought it must've been something like that...

Frederick J. Frenger Jr.: I wrote two, heh.

Susie Waggoner: Well, maybe I get extra credit.

[Notices pork chops in kitchen sink]

Susie Waggoner: Hey! Where did you get these?

Frederick J. Frenger Jr.: Dumb question. Are you a nosy rosy?

[Doorbell rings]

Frederick J. Frenger Jr.: What the hell was that man?

Susie Waggoner: The doorbell. Talking about dumb questions.