A scene from Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 1958
Dixie

Why were you jumpin' hurdles?

Brick

Because I used to jump them, and people like to do what they used to do after they've stopped being able to do it.

Maggie

That's right, and that's your answer. Now go away little girl. [Dixie fires her cap pistol at Maggie] Stop it! You little no-neck monster.

Dixie

You're just jealous 'cause you can't have babies!

Maggie

[Dixie cruelly sticks her tongue out at Maggie and sashays past her with her stomach stuck out.]

See? They and Gooper gloat over us being childless - even in front of their little no-neck monsters. Brick. I went to a doctor in Memphis, a gynecologist. He-he says there's no reason why we can't have a child whenever we want. Brick? Are you listening?

Brick

Yes, Maggie, I hear you. But how in hell on earth do you imagine you're gonna have a child by a man who cannot stand you?

Maggie

That, boy of mine, is a problem I'll just have to work out.

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