Quotes from "Hester Street"

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Mrs. Kavarsky: You can't pee up my back and make me think it's rain.

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Bernstein: What if she'd say no?

Gitl: What if she would say yes?

Bernstein: [Gitl cuts the arrangements Bernstein was preparing for his books as he was about to leave the house] Mrs... mrs, what are you doing?

Gitl: I'm saying yes.

Bernstein: Thank you.

Gitl: You're welcome.

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Jake: Gitl, you are in America now. In America they don't wear wigs.

Gitl: No, I have a kerchief.

Jake: They don't wear kerchiefs either!

Gitl: Yankel, I can't go around in my own hair. I'm a married woman.

Jake: Alright, put on the kerchief.

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Gitl: You and your Polish whore can jump out of your skins!

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Jake: [on his mistress Mamie] Uh... she used to work in my shop. She's looking for a job, that's all.

Gitl: The way she looked, I thought she was nobility.

Jake: Gitl, stop being a greenhorn. In America, anyone can dress like that!

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Mamie: Bring me my 25 dollars... or you'll see.

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