Icey Spoon:
[about sex in marriage] A woman's a fool to marry for that. That's somethin' for a man. The Good Lord never meant for a decent woman to want that. Not really want it. It's all just a fake and a pipe dream.
--Evelyn Varden (as Icey Spoon) in The Night of the Hunter
--Evelyn Varden (as Icey Spoon) in The Night of the Hunter
Icey Spoon:
[about the conjugal bed] When you've been married to a man for forty years you know all that don't amount to a hill of beans. I've been married to Walt that long and I swear in all that time I just lie there thinkin' about my canning.
--Evelyn Varden (as Icey Spoon) in The Night of the Hunter
--Evelyn Varden (as Icey Spoon) in The Night of the Hunter
Icey Spoon:
A husband's one piece of store goods you never know 'til you get it home and take the paper off.
--Evelyn Varden (as Icey Spoon) in The Night of the Hunter
--Evelyn Varden (as Icey Spoon) in The Night of the Hunter
Monica Breedlove:
You sound like Fred Astaire tap tap tapping across the floor .
--Evelyn Varden (as Monica Breedlove) in The Bad Seed
--Evelyn Varden (as Monica Breedlove) in The Bad Seed