Clarissa (1991)

Hermione Norris: Anna Howe

Quotes 

• Clarissa : I cannot admire a man with no morals.

  Anna : Clarry, men put on their morals as we put on our stays!

• [after Clarissa has fled from home, her family are trying to find her. Her brother goes to see her best friend] 

  Anna : Even if I knew where she was, which I don't, my mother has forbidden me to write.

  James : Surely you do not mean to frustrate any hopes we have of a reconciliation?

  Anna : On whose terms?

  James : [to Anna's mother]  Is it a daughter's place to bandy terms?

  Anna : Or a brother's to impose them? If my friend wishes to be reconciled, I'm sure she remembers your address.

• Anna : Now mother, what workman throws away a sharp tool because it may prick his finger.

• Anna : How cruel of you to rob Bella of the only lover she ever had.

  Clarissa : Me? It wasn't me. She refused him.

• [Talking about Lovelace] 

  Anna : Don't you like him at all? Not even a teeny bit? He's so handsome.

  Clarissa : So wild!

  Anna : So vain!

• Anna : Men are all such nasty schoolboys.

• Anna : What a choice. Soames, the grubby little sneakthief or Lovelace, the schoolyard bully.

• Anna : Your swains follow you everywhere!