Quotes

Other

Ryzhova: When a woman is told that she is a good girl, does it mean that she's an utter fool? Kalougina: I have such an unstained reputation, it's high time to compromise me.

Dialogue

Kalougina: You have stated that I am tough... Novoseltsev: Why, you are tender... Kalougina: inhuman... Novoseltsev: Human! Kalougina: heartless... Novoseltsev: Hearty! Kalougina: dry... Novoseltsev: Wet!

Dialogue

Novoseltsev: Now let's sort it out with you. When will you stop being making mischief? Why is everyone always complaining about you? Novoseltsev: Why don't they complain about the other children, eh? And why have you been eating plasticine? Vova: But I ate it with sugar! Novoseltsev: You're a big boy, you know perfectly well that we don't eat play dough. And what did you guys lock Masha in a closet for? Vova: You see, I locked her in, but the key got lost... Novoseltsev: March! And don't even think of smearing glue on the teacher's chair, you hear!

Dialogue

Kalougina: Wait, it dawned upon me... Are you drunk? Novoseltsev: No, when I am drunk I am violent. (gives a neighing laugh) But right now I am quiet. Kalougina: I am lucky!

Dialogue

Kalougina: I hope you're not going to play music now. Novoseltsev: Yeah... I want to... sing! Kalougina: What a misfortune! Novoseltsev: Why? My friends say that I have a beautiful baritonal... descant!

Dialogue

Novoseltsev: We love you... In the bottom of our souls... Somewhere very deep... Kalougina: So deep that I don't even notice it!

Dialogue

You want us to have a baby? But I can't now.. There are two hours left till the end of the workday, and Kalougina is here... I can't go off...

Dialogue

Kalougina: I made a ruin of myself... And I am only thirty-six... Kalougina: Yes, I am younger than you. How old do I look? Novoseltsev: You look... thirty... five! Kalougina: You are lying again!

Dialogue

Verochka: Breast forward! Kalougina: Breast? Vera, you're flattering me! Verochka: Everyone is flattering you.

Dialogue

Shoura: Boublikov died! <...> Donate 50 copecks for a wreath! Novoseltsev: If someone else is born or dead today I will be left without a lunch...

Dialogue

Novoseltsev: Don't hit me on my head, it's my vulnerable spot! Kalougina: It's your hollow spot!

Dialogue

Kalougina: You are a real contemporary man! Novoseltsev: How dare you insult me like this?!

Dialogue

Kalougina: Were you bad at school? I knew that you're a former dunce! Novoseltsev: Let's leave my shadowy past alone.