Nellie quotes from Little House on the Prairie

Nellie

[to Laura and Mary] Country Girls!

Nellie

I'm too tall!

Well, don't blame me! It's your father's fault. Everybody's tall on his side of the family.

Your mother's right. Her side is just fat.

How dare you!

Nellie

[to Percival] I have something to tell you. I love you. I love you.

I don't know what to say.

Nellie

Well...do you?

Yes. I love you, too. But what about....I'm not going to get any taller.

Nellie

And I'm not gonna get any shorter!

Will you marry me?

Nellie

Yes. Oh, yes!

Nellie

And this must be Nancy! Oh, Mother, you're absolutely right! Why, she's just a picture of me at that age.

Nancy

I've seen pictures of you when you were my age. We don't look at all alike. I'm way prettier.

Nellie

[to Laura] Look at you, you're all grown up!

Well, so are you.

Nellie

I've missed you.

Oh, I've missed you, too.

Nellie

I can't believe we're saying this to each other! Remember how we used to fight?

I sure do!

Nellie

I wonder if you can still beat me up.

I don't know. Wanna fight?

Nellie

I can't get over that essay. Nancy truly views herself as a helpless victim, surrounded by people who hate her.

Nels

Every day, we prove to her the exact opposite. How could she possibly think that?

Nellie

I don't know, but Mother's always saying how much Nancy looks like me.

Nels

It's true.

Nellie

Well, maybe she thinks that's the only reason you adopted her.

Nels

Well, I admit it started out that way, but it's not true anymore.

Nellie

Then I think you need to prove it to her.

Nels

How?

Nellie

I'm not sure, but she did get ignored a lot since I've arrived.

Nels

She did?

Nellie

Think about it. I guess it was a time when we should have made an extra effort to pay more attention to her.