Daily Dialogue — May 15, 2010

“Don’t you think that everyone looks back on their childhood with a certain amount of bitterness and regret about something? You’re a big girl now. Aren’t you tired of it all? Bore, bore. It doesn’t have to ruin your life, darling. Life marches by, Chels. I suggest you get on with it.”

 — Ethel Thayer (Katherine Hepburn) to adult daughter Chelsea (Jane Fonda), On Golden Pond (1981), screenplay by Ernest Thompson, based on his play

Daily Dialogue theme for the week is notable mother-child (young or adult) conversations.