Wild Oranges Quotes
1924 films, 1920s American films, Romantic drama films, Survival films, Films set on islands, Silent films
Top Quotes
“Charles A. Post as Iscah Nicholas.”
“Gimme a kiss, Millie. Gimme a kiss, or I'll put you in the swamp!”
“Please be nice to me, Millie. Something terrible will happen if you're not.”
“Don't you feel any response at all in your heart... the slightest return for my longing?”
“From across the still water came the languorous perfume of oleanders and orange blossoms.”
“Wikipedia: Wild Oranges”
“Life is so dreadfully in the dark. There are maps to guide us to strange places, but none for souls.”
“Ford Sterling as Paul Halvard.”
“Virginia Valli as Millie Stope.”
“Frank Mayo as John Woolfolk.”
“Nigel De Brulier as Lichfield Stope.”
“Mystery, the insidious scents of earth, the veiled lure of sex. Life's traps were set with just such treacheries...!”
“Wild Oranges, at first surprisingly bitter, but after a moment pungent and zestful with a never-to-be-forgotten flavor.”
“[to Paul] If anything happens to me, the boat and a sum of money belong to you. Everything else that I own will go to Miss Stope.”
“Thrust unwillingly into the horror of the Civil War, Litchfield Stope had been stricken with the curse of fear, and the obsession had descended upon his granddaughter Millie.”
“[to John] You remind me of the cast-iron dog that used to stand on our lawn. I talked to it by the hour, but it just rusted away... cold and indifferent to the last.”
“John Woolfolk's loss of his young bride turned him against the world. He dreaded to be ensnared again by love, lest the cup of happiness once more be dashed from his lips, and for three years he had found a haven of solitude upon the vast wastes of the sea. Paul Halvard, cook and sailor, was his only companion.”