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The Little Foxes
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"The Little Foxes" Quotes

A Southern family's greed and manipulation threaten to tear them apart in this drama set in the early 20th century.

Quotes

There are people who eat the earth and eat all the people on it, and other people who just stand around and watch them do it.

Lillian Hellman

societyinjustice

I hope you die! I hope you die soon! I'll be at the funeral laughing!

Lillian Hellman

hatredvengeance

There are people who eat the earth and eat all the people on it like in the Bible with the locusts. And other people who stand around and watch them eat.

Lillian Hellman

observationhuman nature

I don't have to be nice to you. I paid you a dollar, didn't I?

Lillian Hellman

greedselfishness

You can't make a race horse out of a pig.

Lillian Hellman

ambitionimprovement

I'm not good at love. I'm not good at anything.

Lillian Hellman

self-doubt

I hope it spoils the way you look at me. I hope it makes you sick and rotten inside. I hope you never have a moment's peace from it as long as you live.

Lillian Hellman

vengeancehatred

Some people just can't feel other people's troubles. And I'm many of that kind.

Lillian Hellman

empathyselfishness

I never had an organ that wasn't a luxury.

Lillian Hellman

wealthluxury

You can't make a man respect you. You can't even make him respect himself.

Lillian Hellman

respectself-worth