Memorable Quotes from Piper Laurie
9 quotesConflict Over Power and Control
Margaret White
You must renounce this power, you must give it up, you must never use it.
Carrie White
I'm going momma, you can't stop me, and I don't wanna talk about it anymore.
Fundraising for Faith in Troubling Times
Margaret White
I'm here on the Lord's work, Mrs. Snell; spreadin the gospel of ]'s salvation through ]'s ]!
[[God; [Christ; [blood]
Mrs. Snell
Yes, of course.
Margaret White
These are godless times, Mrs. Snell.
Mrs. Snell
I'll drink to that, Mrs. White, I like to contribute five... ten dollars.
Margaret White
I see. I pray you find ].
[[Jesus]
A Mother's Revelation to Her Daughter
Margaret White
I know you're listening, Carrie, come on downstairs!
Carrie White
Momma, who is that? Who called?
[''Coming down from upstairs or closing the door, Margaret has called her down after the phone call she received'']
Margaret White
So, you’re a ] now.
[[woman]
Carrie White
Why didn't you tell me, Momma? I...
[''Margaret slaps Carrie's face begins to read a verse from [[w:The Woman's Bible|The Woman's Bible]
Margaret White
And ] made ] from the rib of ], and Eve was weak and loosed the ] on the ], and the raven was called sin. (pause) Say it, the raven was called sin.
[''Reading from religious manual''; [God; [Eve; [Adam; [raven; [world]
Carrie White
Why didn't you tell me, Momma?
Margaret White
Say it. The raven was called sin.
[''Hits Carrie in the face''; ''Hits her again'']
Carrie White
No, Momma. And the raven was called sin!
[''Margaret hits her again'']
Margaret White
And ] was ], the first sin was intercourse.
[[w:Original sin|the first sin; [w:Sexual intercourse|intercourse]
Carrie White
I didn't sin, Momma.
Margaret White
Say it.
[''Hits her again'']
Carrie White
I didn't sin, Momma!
Margaret White
The first sin was intercourse, the first sin was intercourse, the first sin was intercourse.
Carrie White
And the first sin was intercourse, momma, I was so scared, I thought I was dying, and the girls... they all (everyone) laughed at me and threw tampons at me, momma.
Margaret White
And Eve was weak, say it, Carrie!
[''Hits her again'']
Carrie White
No!
Margaret White
Eve was weak!
Carrie White
NO!
Margaret White
Eve was weak, say it, woman!
Carrie White
NO, NO, MOMMA!
Margaret White
Say it!
Carrie White
And Eve was weak... Eve was weak!
Margaret White
And the Lord visited Eve with the curse, and the curse was the curse of the Christ's blood!
Carrie White
You should have told me, momma, You should've told me.
Margaret White
Oh, Lord, help this sinning woman see the sin of her days and ways, show her that if she had remained sinless, this curse of the Christ's blood would never have come down on her! She may have been tempted by the Antichrist and she may have been conceived by the son of lustful gods.
[''Kneels down and grabs Carrie's hands'']
Carrie White
No, momma, no...!
Margaret White
Don't lie to me, Carrieta, don't you know by now that I can see the inside of you?
Carrie White
No...
Margaret White
I can see the sin as surely as God can!
Carrie White
Let me go, Momma, please, you're hurting me.
Margaret White
We'll pray.
Carrie White
No! No, Momma! No! NO! NO, NO,...LET ME GO! God, NO...! NO...!
[''Margaret puts Carrie in the closet and locks the closet door'']
Carrie White
] OW, AH, GET OFF ME, MOMMA...! LET ME GOOOOO, LET ME GOOOOO! LET ME OU...T! MOMMA, LET ME OUT, please, momma, please, help me, MOMMA, GOD!
[''Bangs on the door; ''Bangs on the door''; ''Immediately calms down, lights a candle, clasps hands in before a Jesus statue'']
Fear of Judgment and Mockery
Margaret White
He's going to laugh at you, they're all going to laugh at you!
[''To Carrie, about Tommy Ross and everyone else'']
Mother and Daughter Discuss Changes in Appearance
Margaret White
Red. I might have known it would be red.
[''Referring to Carrie's prom gown'']
Carrie White
It's pink, Momma. Look what Tommy gave me, Mama, aren't they ]?
[''Presenting her corsage''; [beautiful]
Margaret White
I can see ], everyone will.
[[w:Breast|your dirty pillows]
Carrie White
Breasts, Mama. They're called breasts, and every woman has them.
Election Night Tensions Among Shareholders
Bea Sullivan
Oh! I've been looking for you. Anytime you're ready. You okay?
Andre Jorgensen
Yeah. Just going over in my mind what I want to say.
Bea Sullivan
Look at these people outside! I think every shareholder within driving distance is coming! I feel as if we're Harry and Bess on election night!
Andrew Jorgensen
Harry Truman was a better man than me. He slept on election night. I haven't slept in days.
Bea Sullivan
Talk to me. Tell me.
Andrew Jorgensen
I'm scared. I'm scared that time has passed us by. I'm scared I don't know this new environment. I'm scared that what I do know doesn't count for anything anymore. Things have changed. Whatever happened to people serving each other? I don't want this man to win.
Bea Sullivan
I'm not scared. I'm just proud. I'm proud of the business we've built. I'm so proud of you. And if what we are counts for nothing anymore, then, that's their failing, not ours. We'll be all right. Just go out and tell the truth. ].
[[Harry S. Truman|Go give 'em hell, Harry]
A Mother's Conflicted Relationship with Faith
Carrie White
It was bad, Mama, they ] at me, hold me, Momma, please hold me.
[[laughed]
Margaret White
I should've killed myself when he put it in me. After the first time, before we were married, Ralph promised never again. He promised and I believed him, but sin never dies,... sin never dies, at first it was all right, we lived sinlessly. We slept in the same bed, but we never did it. And then, that night, I saw him looking down at me that way. We got down on our knees to pray for strength. I smelled the whiskey on his breath. Then he took me. He took me, with the filthy roadhouse whiskey on his breath, and I liked it. I liked it, with all that dirty touching of his hands all over me. I should've given you to God when you were born, but I was weak and backsliding, and now the devil has come home. We'll pray.
Carrie White
Yes.
Margaret White
We'll pray. we'll pray. we'll pray for the last time, we'll pray.
Chastisement and Choices in Mother-Daughter Dynamics
Margaret White
Carrie, you haven't touched your apple cake.
Carrie White
It gives me pimples, Momma.
Margaret White
Pimples are the Lord's way of chastising you.
Carrie White
Momma?
[''After long pause'']
Margaret White
Yeah.
Carrie White
Momma, please say that I've to try and get along with people better.
Margaret White
What are you going on about, Carrie?
[''Giggles'']
Carrie White
I've been invited to the prom.
Margaret White
Prom?
[''Long pause, then looking sternly at Carrie'']
Carrie White
Yeah, the prom... everyone's goin'.
Margaret White
It was that teacher that called, wasn't it?
Carrie White
Please see that I'm not like you, Momma, I'm funny... I mean, all the kids think I'm funny I don't wanna be. I wanna be normal. I wanna start to try me, a whole person before it's too late for me!
Carrie White
His (Carrie's boyfriend's) name is Tommy Ross, and he's a very nice boy, Momma...
Margaret White
No.
Carrie White
and he promised to come in and meet you--
Carrie White
and he'd have me home by midnight and--
Margaret White
No. No, no, no!
[''Carrie bangs the table'']
Margaret White
Go to your closet!
Carrie White
No.
Margaret White
After all, you've been taught, Carrie!
[''Pause'']
Carrie White
Everyone ain't bad, Momma. Everything ain't no sin!
Margaret White
Go to your closet and pray, ask to be forgiven.
Carrie White
He's a nice boy, momma, We like you, mama, You'll like him.
Margaret White
Boys? The boys, the boys? Yes, the boys. After the blood, comes the boys like sniffing dogs, grinning and slobbering and trying to find out where that smell comes from!
[''Laughs and claps''; ''The thunderstorm is heard'']
Carrie White
Momma, momma, make it stop, momma.
Margaret White
Where that smell has that smell! Listen, I know where they take them, because I've seen it all right! Well, you're not going.
Carrie White
Already said I would.
Margaret White
Tell that boy you're not going, or we're gonna move from here!
Carrie White
No.
Margaret White
We're gonna move from here and you'll never see that boy again. The rain's coming in. I'm gonna close the window.
Carrie White
Please sit and talk with me. momma, I'll get him, PLEASE, SIT DOWN AND TALK TO ME! I'm going, momma, things are gonna change around here.
[''Crying''; ''Carrie's telekenetic powers make shades/windows/doors closed and the thunderstorm is heard again'']
Margaret White
], ].
[[Witch; [w:Spirit possession|Got Satan's Power]
Carrie White
There's nothing to do with ], Momma, it's me, me, if I concentrate hard enough, I can move things.
[''Crying''; [w:Satan|Satan]