Anne of Green Gables (1985)

Richard Farnsworth: Matthew Cuthbert

Quotes 

• Anne Shirley : Please, Matthew. You need help. We've got to get a doctor.

  Matthew Cuthbert : I've worked hard all my life. I'd rather just drop in the harness. I got old; I never noticed.

  Anne Shirley : If I'd been the boy you sent for, I could have spared you in so many ways.

  Matthew Cuthbert : I never wanted a boy. I only wanted you from the first day. Don't ever change. I love my little girl. I'm so proud of my little girl.

• Marilla Cuthbert : I'm afraid for her, Matthew. She'll be gone so long. She'll get terrible lonesome.

  Matthew Cuthbert : You mean, we'll get terrible lonesome.

  Marilla Cuthbert : I can't help wishing that she'd stayed a little girl.

  Matthew Cuthbert : Mrs. Spencer made a lucky mistake, I guess.

  Marilla Cuthbert : It wasn't luck; it was Providence. He knew we needed her.

  Matthew Cuthbert : Even with her queer little ways.

  Marilla Cuthbert : I loved her for them.

• Matthew Cuthbert : [Anne has come into the barn to thank Matthew for her dress]  Puffed sleeves.

  Anne Shirley : The puffiest!

• Matthew Cuthbert : She?

  Station Master : Don't worry, I don't think she'll bite, Matthew.

• Matthew Cuthbert : You can talk all you like; I don't mind.

• Matthew Cuthbert : It's a girl.

  Marilla Cuthbert : Well, I can see that.