Daisy Heath: Well what are they doing? throwing sugar cubes at one another?


--Margaret Sullavan (as ) in The Shopworn Angel

Judy Linden: Hannah's quoting the bible again. One of these days we're going to put her in all the hotel rooms.


--Margaret Sullavan (as ) in The Shining Hour

Judy Linden: Oh, and if they show any immediate tendency to break an important commandment, whistle, will you?


--Margaret Sullavan (as ) in The Shining Hour

Klara Novak (Miss Novak): [In her letter to Alfred] : Oh, my Dear Friend, my heart was trembling as I walked into the post office, and there you were, lying in Box 237. I took you out of your envelope and read you, read you right there.


--Margaret Sullavan (as Klara Novak) in The Shop Around the Corner

Klara Novak (Miss Novak): All my knowledge came from books, and I'd just finished a novel about a glamorous French actress from the Comedie Francaise. That's the theater in France. When she wanted to arouse a man's interest, she treated him like a dog.
Alfred Kralik: Yes, well, you treated me like a dog.
Klara Novak (Miss Novak): Yes, but instead of licking my hand, you barked.


--Margaret Sullavan (as Klara Novak) in The Shop Around the Corner

Luisa: [In an energetic telling of a fairy tale for the other orphans] Wampa wampa, Wumpa wumpa, Eenie meenie minie mo; Sweet and faithful Rosalinda, Take me where I want to go.


--Margaret Sullavan (as Luisa 'Lu' Ginglebuscher) in The Good Fairy

Alfred Kralik: There might be a lot we don't know about each other. You know, people seldom go to the trouble of scratching the surface of things to find the inner truth.
Klara Novak (Miss Novak): Well I really wouldn't care to scratch your surface, Mr. Kralik, because I know exactly what I'd find. Instead of a heart, a hand-bag. Instead of a soul, a suitcase. And instead of an intellect, a cigarette lighter... which doesn't work.


--Margaret Sullavan (as Klara Novak) in The Shop Around the Corner

Dr. Schultz: Would you like to be an usherette, Luisa?
Luisa: Oh, yes, ma'am.
Dr. Schultz: Do you know what an usherette is?
Luisa: N-n-no, ma'am.


--Margaret Sullavan (as Luisa 'Lu' Ginglebuscher) in The Good Fairy

[Alfred Kralik has just disclosed to Klara Novak that he is her anonymous pen pal]
Alfred Kralik: Are you disappointed?
Klara Novak (Miss Novak): Psychologically, I'm very confused... But personally, I don't feel bad at all.


--Margaret Sullavan (as Klara Novak) in The Shop Around the Corner