Clarissa (1991)
Saskia Wickham: Clarissa Harlowe
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Quotes
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Clarissa : I could have loved him.
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Clarissa : Do not be sad. I am not sad. Rejoice with me that all my worldly troubles are so near an end.
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[refusing Lovelace's marriage proposal]
Clarissa : I would not bind myself in covenant with you for a thousand, thousand worlds.
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Clarissa : I have always heard that you prefer not to confine your pleasure to more than one lady entirely.
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Clarissa : [writing to Anna] You once told me adversity was my shining time, and so I think it is.
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Clarissa : Dig a hole deep enough to conceal this unhappy body for I fear that those who would not stir to protect me living will move heaven and earth to defend me dead.
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Clarissa : I should as soon die here as anywhere.
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Clarissa : You tell me that my uncle, a man I never knew to lie, now requires me to pretend I am already married?
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Clarissa : Look at me sir, not at him.
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Clarissa : My soul is above you, man. Do not urge me to tell you how much I know my soul is above you.
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Clarissa : Kindness, Bella, would suit you better.
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[after Lovelace has raped Clarissa]
Clarissa : What further evils are reserved for me? I find I am your prisoner.
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Clarissa : Do you think to make me your whore?