Sarah, Plain and Tall (1991 TV Movie)
Christopher Bell: Caleb Witting
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Quotes
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Anna Witting : [playfully] I thought when you were born, I said you were homely and plain. And you had terrible holler and a horrid smell.
Caleb Witting : [sadly] And that it was my fault mama died the next morning?
Anna Witting : [walks over to Caleb and hugs him] I never thought that Caleb. Never. I forgot to say good night to her, that's all I could think about.
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Caleb Witting : What color is the sea when it storms?
Sarah Wheaton : Blue and gray and green.
Caleb Witting : Now I know what's missing from your drawing. Colors. Colors of the sea, blue and gray and green.
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Caleb Witting : Go after her papa!
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Caleb Witting : Seal was worried. The house is too small, we thought, and I am loud and pesky.
Anna Witting : We thought you might be leaving us because you miss the sea.
Sarah Wheaton : Well, I'll always miss my old home, but the truth of it is, I'd miss you more.
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Caleb Witting : [after dancing with Sarah] Papa! Jess took Sarah away!
Jacob Witting : It's called cutting in, Caleb.
Caleb Witting : You cut in! Take Sarah back!
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Caleb Witting : What colors are seen in storms?
Sarah Wheaton : Blue and gray and green. Why?
Caleb Witting : Now I know what's missing from your drawing.
Sarah Wheaton : What do you mean?
Caleb Witting : Colors. Colors of our sea. Blue and gray and green.
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Caleb Witting : We thought you might be leaving us because you missed the sea.
Sarah Wheaton : Well, I'll always miss my old home, but the truth of it is I'd miss you more.
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Caleb Witting : Do you remember Mama's songs, Anna?
Anna Witting : Kind of. Some of them.
Caleb Witting : Maybe if you could remember her songs I could remember her, too.
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Caleb Witting : God, thank you for all the food except the turnip.
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Caleb Witting : Do you miss the sea a lot, Sarah?
Sarah Wheaton : Yeah. Yeah, I do... but the land here rolls a little like the sea and when the wind ripples over the grass... it looks just like the wind on the sea.
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Caleb Witting : And that it was my fault Mama died the next morning?
Anna Witting : I never thought that, Caleb-- never. I forgot to say good night to her. That's all I could think about.
Caleb Witting : And Papa didn't sing anymore?