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  • Nora is willing to put up with Cathleen's choice to be a nun, although she doesn't understand or approve. But when she finds Cathleen miserable and starving herself, she storms straight into the Mother Superior's office and throws down:

    Nora. Are you blind? Have you seen her lately? She looks like she's dying!
    Mother Marie. Honestly, Mrs. Harris, with all due respect, in a sense, you did bring your daughter here to die. You brought her here to die to the outside world and be born again in Christ's love... For what it's worth, I do understand how difficult it can be for a parent to give their child to God.
    Nora. And that's because you have children of your own?
    Mother Marie. No, I don't. But neither do you any more.
    Nora. Okay, well, just so you know, and with all due respect to you, Miss Whatever the FUCK you want to be called, I didn't bring my daughter here. I didn't bring her here at all. But if I ever come here and see her like this again, I will take her out of here!

  • The naked nun's speech about change.
    There’s a new era coming, a new wind blowing in here. There will come a time very soon, when all your cathedrals will finally crumble — all these trappings and clothing, falling away to the ground. And it’ll be us, all of us. Standing here, naked before God!

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