To Each His Own (1946)

Roland Culver: Lord Desham

Quotes 

• Lord Desham : We're cut from the same strip of cloth, you know, you and I? The sort of forlorn people that do extra duty on the holidays... so someone else can celebrate.

  Miss Josephine 'Jody' Norris : Hah! Maybe you're forlorn.

  Lord Desham : Where'd you spend Christmas?

  Miss Josephine 'Jody' Norris : On another roof.

  [On London's night time bombing watch] 

• Lord Desham : In case of accident or death, notify whom?

  Miss Josephine 'Jody' Norris : My lawyer.

  Lord Desham : Mmmm. Same here. Freaks! That's what we are, a tad of freaks.

  Miss Josephine 'Jody' Norris : Nonsense!

  Lord Desham : Halfway through life and the warmest high we can produce is a paid fellow that does our business for us.

• Lord Desham : You see, we forlorn middle-aged people come in two varieties. The ones who never care, and the ones who care much too much. The others - the wise ones, are hard to compromise. They're very happy with their second wife or third husband or someone.

• Miss Josephine 'Jody' Norris : And we're alone.

  Lord Desham : Oh, one does make a choice, of course. One slams the door on one's mind - at least I did. Slammed it and shut all the bolts.

• Lord Desham : I suppose you cared a hang for anyone in your life?

  Miss Josephine 'Jody' Norris : Do you indeed?

  Lord Desham : Ah! Gotcha that time.