Strangers May Kiss (1931)

Irene Rich: Celia

Quotes 

• Celia : Steve will be like that after you two have been married a year or so.

  Steve : Us married? Haven' t you heard? There's a goof named Alan.

  Celia : Who is he?

  Steve : He's the fly in the ointment. In fact, the ointment is practically all flies.

  Celia : Well, what is he?

  Lisbeth Corbin : Well, your honor, it's this way. You see, he writes.

  Steve : A foreign correspondent.

  Lisbeth Corbin : In a big way!

  Steve : One of those guys who's always horning in on revolutions. Having breakfast with Mussolini.

  Lisbeth Corbin : Wherever there's trouble in the world, he goes sits among it.

  Steve : And no more home ties than a floating kidney.

• Celia : Oh, but, seriously, I don't mean to be prying, but if your mother was still alive.

  Lisbeth Corbin : Dear Aunt Celia, I'm free, white and twenty-one.

  Steve : Sound in wind and limb.

  Lisbeth Corbin : Shut up. And I know my own mind.

  Steve : Oh, New York's ruined her. She has a mind of her own.