“I wish that I could stop feeling that I want to be an Irish girl in...” – Eilis, Brooklyn ... Movie Quotes Database

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A scene from Brooklyn 2015

Eilis

I wish that I could stop feeling that I want to be an Irish girl in Ireland.

Father Flood

It will pass. Homesickness is like most sicknesses. It will make you feel wretched, and then it will move on to someone else.

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Father Flood Jim Broadbent

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Tony OK, so while you're being amenable. Can we go see a movie this week? When you're not at night classes? Eilis I'll sign up for two movies. Tony Really? Eilis Yes. Even if the first date is a disaster, I'll give it another chance. Diana It's not politics, to talk about eye operations. Mrs. Keogh It is if the eyes belong to a politician. Eilis Lacey I'd forgotten what this town is like. What were you planning to do, Miss Kelly? Keep me away from Jim? Stop me from going back to America? Perhaps you didn't even know. Perhaps it was enough for you to know that you could ruin me. My name is Eilis Fiorello.