Leroy:
You ask me and I say you don't even feel sorry for what happened to that little boy.
Rhoda: Why should I feel sorry? It was Claude Daigle who got drowned, not me!
--Patty McCormack (as Rhoda Penmark) in The Bad Seed
Rhoda: Why should I feel sorry? It was Claude Daigle who got drowned, not me!
--Patty McCormack (as Rhoda Penmark) in The Bad Seed
Christine Penmark:
Rhoda, what happened to old Mrs. Post in Witchita?
Rhoda: There was ice on the steps and I slipped and fell against her, and that was all.
Christine Penmark: That was all?
Rhoda: No. I slipped on purpose.
--Patty McCormack (as Rhoda Penmark) in The Bad Seed
Rhoda: There was ice on the steps and I slipped and fell against her, and that was all.
Christine Penmark: That was all?
Rhoda: No. I slipped on purpose.
--Patty McCormack (as Rhoda Penmark) in The Bad Seed
Rhoda:
Claude was dead. He wouldn't know if he had the medal pinned on him or not.
--Patty McCormack (as Rhoda Penmark) in The Bad Seed
--Patty McCormack (as Rhoda Penmark) in The Bad Seed
Rhoda:
I like apricot juice, it doesn't even need ice.
--Patty McCormack (as Rhoda Penmark) in The Bad Seed
--Patty McCormack (as Rhoda Penmark) in The Bad Seed
Rhoda:
You figured out something that never happened and so it's all lies!
--Patty McCormack (as Rhoda Penmark) in The Bad Seed
--Patty McCormack (as Rhoda Penmark) in The Bad Seed
Rhoda:
You tell lies like that, you won't go to Heaven when you die!
--Patty McCormack (as Rhoda Penmark) in The Bad Seed
--Patty McCormack (as Rhoda Penmark) in The Bad Seed
Mrs. Katie Sommers:
What do you mean "prove" your love?
Janet Sommers: Well if you don't know, maybe you'd better ask DAD!
--Patty McCormack (as ) in The Explosive Generation
Janet Sommers: Well if you don't know, maybe you'd better ask DAD!
--Patty McCormack (as ) in The Explosive Generation