Far from the Madding Crowd (2015)
Carey Mulligan: Bathsheba Everdene
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Quotes
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Bathsheba Everdene : It is difficult for a woman to define her feelings in a language chiefly made by men to express theirs.
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Bathsheba Everdene : Mr Oak, I don't want a husband. I'd hate to be some man's property. I shouldn't mind being a bride at a wedding if I could be one without getting a husband!
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[last lines]
Bathsheba Everdene : Wasn't I your first sweetheart? Weren't you mine? And now I'd have to go on without you.
Gabriel Oak : If I knew... If I knew that you would let me love you and marry you...
Bathsheba Everdene : But you will never know.
Gabriel Oak : Why not?
Bathsheba Everdene : Because you never ask!
Gabriel Oak : Would you say no again?
Bathsheba Everdene : I don't know. Probably. So why don't you? Ask me. Ask me. Ask me, Gabriel.
Gabriel Oak : [lunges and kisses her]
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Bathsheba Everdene : From now on, you have a mistress, not a master. I don't yet know my talents in farming, but I shall do my best. Don't suppose, because I'm a woman, I don't know the difference between bad goings-on and good. I shall be up before you're awake. I shall be a-field before you are up. It is my intention to astonish you all. Back to work, please.
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[first lines]
Bathsheba Everdene : [narrating] "Bathsheba Everdene." "Bathsheba." The name has always sounded strange to me. I don't like to hear it said out loud. My parents died when I was very young, so there's no one to ask where it came from. I've grown accustomed to being on my own. Some say even too accustomed. Too independent.
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Liddy : [about the rich bachelor] It's said, when he was young, his sweetheart jilted him.
Bathsheba Everdene : People always say that. Women don't jilt men. Men jilt us.
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William Boldwood : You must at least admire my persistence.
Bathsheba Everdene : I do.
William Boldwood : And like me?
Bathsheba Everdene : Yes.
William Boldwood : And respect me?
Bathsheba Everdene : Yes. Very much.
William Boldwood : Which is it? Like or respect?