Idgie quotes from Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)

Did I ever tell you about the oysters?

Oysters?

I didn't tell you bout the oysters? Think about all the millions of oysters lying around on the bottom of the ocean. Then one day, God comes along and he says, "I think I'm gonna make that one different." and you know what he does? he puts a little piece of sand in it. and guess what it can do that the others can't.

What?

It can make a beautiful pearl.

What if God made a mistake?

Well, the way I figure it, he never makes mistakes. I mean, he made sure we got together. He made sure you got the best-looking most charming brother in the world!

It's a boy!

I think a little prayer of thanksgiving would be in order.

God damn it to hell, son of a bitch, she did it! Here's to Ruth.

He won't even sit in the same room and have a meal today.

Oh, it don't make no kind of sense. A big old ox like Grady won't sit next to a coloured child, but he eats eggs which shoot right out of a chicken's ass.

I can't believe he swore on the bible.

Not really. If that judge had looked any closer, he'd have seen it was really a copy of Moby Dick.

I love your stories. Tell me a story, Idgie. Go on, you old bee charmer. Tell me a good tall tale. Tell me the one about the lake.

What lake?

The one that use to be here.

Well, that was just a lie.

I know that, fool. Tell me anyway. Tell me a story.

Uh. One time... there was this lake... And it was right outside of town. We used to go fishing and swimming and canoeing in it. And, uh, see, one November, this big flock of ducks came in and landed on that lake. And then the temperature dropped so fast that the lake just froze right there. And they... er... the ducks... they... flew off, you see, and they took that lake right with them. Now they say that lake is somewhere over in Georgia. Can you imagine that?