Liesl I'm Liesl. I'm sixteen years old and I don't need a governess.
Played by Charmian Carr 
The Sound of Music (1965) · 71 quotes
The Sound of Music (1965) · 71 quotes
Tied for 6th most-quoted character in The Sound of Music (1965): in 7 of its 71 quotes
Most scenes with: Maria (4)
Scenes with Liesl
7 scenes Liesl Liesl [after Rolfe kisses her]
Wheeeeeee!
Rolfe
[singing]
You are sixteen, going on seventeen, baby it's time to think.
Better beware, be canny and careful, baby you're on the brink.
You are sixteen, going on seventeen, fellows will fall in line...
Totally unprepared are you, to face a world of men.
Timid and shy and scared are you, of things beyond your ken.
You need someone older and wiser, telling you what to do.
I am seventeen, going on eighteen. I'll take care of you...
Liesl [singing]
I am sixteen, going on seventeen. I know that I'm naive.
Fellows I meet may tell me I'm sweet, and willingly I believe.
I am sixteen, going on seventeen, innocent as a rose...
Totally unprepared am I, to face a world of men.
Timid and shy and scared am I, of things beyond my ken.
I need someone older and wiser telling me what to do.
You are seventeen, going on eighteen. I'll depend on you.
Liesl How else are we supposed to get Father's attention?
Brigitta
Yes.
Well, we'll have to think about that one.
Liesl What happens when a person stops loving you?
You cry a little and then you wait for the sun to come out. It always does.
Dear Father, now I know why You sent me here. To help these children prepare for a new mother. And I pray this will become a happy family in Thy sight. God bless the captain. God bless Liesl and Friedrich. God bless Louisa, Brigitta, Marta and little Gretl. And I forgot the other boy. What's his name? Well, God bless what's-his-name. God bless the Reverend Mother and Sister Margaretta and everybody at the abbey. And now, dear God, about Liesl. Help her know that I'm her friend and help her tell me what she's been up to...
Liesl [a rain-soaked Liesl enters through Maria's window]
You are not going to tell father are you?
Shh, help me to be understanding so that I may guide her footsteps. In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, Amen.
Liesl I was out walking and somebody locked the doors early. I didn't want to wake everybody, so when I saw your window open. You're not going to tell Father, are you?
How in the world did you climb up here?
Liesl It's how we always got in to play tricks on the governess. Louisa can make it with a whole jar of spiders in her hand.
Spiders? Liesl, were you out walking all by yourself? If we wash that dress tonight, nobody would notice it tomorrow. You could put this on. Take your dress and put it to soak in the bathtub. Come back here and sit on the bed, and we'll have a talk.
Liesl I told you today I didn't need a governess. Well, maybe I do.
Liesl [after Ralf rejects her]
Mother?
That sounds so nice.
Liesl I like calling you "Mother."
I like hearing it.
Liesl You love Father very much. I can tell you do.
Very much.
Liesl Mother, what do you do when you think you love someone? I mean, when you stop loving someone or he stops loving you?
Well, you cry a little. Then you wait for the sun to come out. It always does.
Liesl There are so many things I think I should know but I don't. I really don't.
How can you?
Liesl Sometimes I feel the world is ending.
Then you feel it's just beginning?
Liesl [looks up, astonished and smiling]
Yes!
It was that way with me. And for you it will be just as wonderful.
Liesl [her smile widens]
Do you really think so?
