Svetlana Efremova: Mrs. Vjorka

Quotes 

• Alan Shore : [to Mrs. Vjorka]  You see nothing wrong with forcing Anna to be married? Or to be raped?

  Mrs. Vjorka : If she doesn't consent to consummating the marriage, Mr. Shore, then sex shouldn't happen.

  Alan Shore : But Mrs. Viorka, come on. If her 15-year-old husband overpowers her, in the name of religious consummation, he's not going to be prosecuted, is he?

  Mrs. Vjorka : First of all, how dare you presume Roma boys to be rapists?

  Alan Shore : Because consummating the marriage is part of Roma tradition.

  Mrs. Vjorka : Consummation is traditional in America as well, but if the bride says, "no," we don't assume rape.

  Alan Shore : We assume capacity to give consent. We can't do that with a 12-year-old.

  Mrs. Vjorka : You don't know our culture.

  Alan Shore : I know this is an archaic practice that has no place in this child's life today. I know persecution, Mrs. Viorka. I know crime. I...

  Mrs. Vjorka : In this country, you take newborn babies and snip off the ends of their penises. I imagine some other cultures would object to that. The United States believes in executing human beings while every other westernized country finds that barbaric.

  Alan Shore : Yes. I'm sure we could exchange cultural barbs ad nauseam. It wouldn't change the fact you're this girl's mother, and...

  Mrs. Vjorka : And I love her deeply. And perhaps you would entertain the radical idea that a mother might know what's best for her daughter.

  Alan Shore : And perhaps you could allow for the not-so-radical reality this girl is a child.

  Mrs. Vjorka : Whose parents deserve the right to raise her according to their culture, even should it have the audacity to vary from the United States of America.