Anne Revere credited as playing...
Mrs. Araminty Brown
- Mrs. Brown: That'll be a dispute to the end of time, Mr. Brown: whether it's better to do the right thing for the wrong reason or the wrong thing for the right reason.
- [Mrs. Brown is talking with Velvet in the attic]
- Mrs. Brown: We're alike. I, too, believe that everyone should have a chance at a breathtaking piece of folly once in his life. I was twenty when they said a woman couldn't swim the Channel. You're twelve; you think a horse of yours can win the Grand National. Your dream has come early; but remember, Velvet, it will have to last you all the rest of your life.
- Donald Brown: I was sick all night!
- Mr. Herbert Brown: Donald, you told a story, didn't you?
- Donald Brown: Yes, sir, it was a story.
- Mr. Herbert Brown: Well, you know what to do.
- Donald Brown: What?
- Mr. Herbert Brown: You say you're sorry.
- [Donald puts his head on his hand]
- Mr. Herbert Brown: Well?
- Mrs. Brown: He's thinking.
- Mr. Herbert Brown: [to Donald] Well, make up your mind.
- Donald Brown: Alright, I'm sorry.
- [continues eating his dinner]
- Mr. Herbert Brown: Well, go on. Sorry for what?
- Donald Brown: For being sick all night!
- Mr. Herbert Brown: That boy will make a lawyer.
- Mrs. Brown: Win or lose, it's all the same. It's how you take it that counts, and knowing when to let go; knowing when it's over and time to go on to the next thing.
- Velvet Brown: The next thing?
- Mrs. Brown: Things come suitable to the time, Velvet. Enjoy each thing, then forget it and go on to the next. There's a time for everything. There's a time for having a horse in the Grand National, being in love, having children; yes, even for dying. All in proper order at the proper time.
- Mr. Herbert Brown: It's one thing to out-think a man, quite another to outsmart him.
- Mrs. Brown: And who will say which is which?