Lyon Burke: Do you realize, Miss Wells, that you are the most beautiful girl that ever left lipstick in my office?
Anne Welles: You like women, don't you?
Lyon Burke: I like career girls. We're compatible.
Anne Welles: There's a rumor they don't make very good wives.
Lyon Burke: Well, I'm not looking for a wife.
Anne Welles: You're fortunate you know yourself. I don't know who I am, or what I want.


--Barbara Parkins (as Anne Welles) in Valley of the Dolls

Anne Welles: You've got to climb Mount Everest to reach the Valley of the Dolls.


--Barbara Parkins (as Anne Welles) in Valley of the Dolls