Mother Abagail quotes from The Stand ... TV Quotes Database

Played by Ruby Dee

8th most-quoted character in The Stand: in 7 of its 57 quotes
Most scenes with: Ralph Bretner (2), Frannie Goldsmith (2)

Lines by Mother Abagail 1

[Abagail Freemantle talks to God as she works around Hemingford Home.]

Mother Abagail

I hear ya, Lord, and I'm in the way o' doin' your will… but I don't much like it!

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Mother Abagail

Oh, I'll do what you say, Lord — don't I always? But even your own Son prayed that the cup be taken from his lips, and I'm… prayin' the same thing. Heh heh. Probably… get about the same answer, too! [laughs]

Part II: The Dreams

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Scenes with Mother Abagail 6

NANick Andros

Who are you, ma'am?

Mother Abagail

Abagail Freemantle. But folks 'round these parts just call me Mother Abagail. I'm a hundred and six years old, and I still make my own bread!

Part I: The Plague

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[Mother Abagail talks to Ralph and Nick about what God has told her. Ralph reads Nick's response.]

Ralph Bretner

Uh, Nick says that… he says he don't believe in God.

[Mother Abagail laughs.]

Mother Abagail

God bless ya, Nick! But it don't matter! He believes in you.

Part II: The Dreams

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[Nadine, her back turned to Mother Abagail, is next in the new arrivals' greeting line.]

Mother Abagail

[Sharply] Who's this woman who comes?!

[Nadine turns to look at the old woman.]

Randall Flagg

[in Nadine's mind] Go to her!

Nadine Cross

My name is Nadine Cross.

Mother Abagail

[Warily] Mayhap it is, and mayhap it ain't!

Nadine Cross

I'm from New York.

Mother Abagail

Mayhap you are…

Nadine Cross

[muttering] Mayhap I ain't.

[She looks up.]

Nadine Cross

I won't keep you long.

[She slowly climbs the steps toward Abagail.]

Nadine Cross

You look so tired. Of course, anyone your age is bound to tire easily, isn't that so?

[She holds out her hand, but Joe rushes past her to hug Mother Abagail.]

Mother Abagail

Hello, Joe, what'd'ya know? [laughs]

Part III: The Betrayal

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[After being blown violently across the yard by the explosion, Frannie and the rest of the main cast is talking to Mother Abagail.]

Mother Abagail

You're not to go. Only these four: Stuart, Ralph, Larry, and Glen. You'll abide—

Frannie Goldsmith

No, Stuart's not going anywhere! He's gonna stay with me when I have my baby! Neither one of us is going to have any more to do with your killer god!

Mother Abagail

The Devil's imp has called his bride to put her with child. Will he let your child live, little girl?

[Frannie collapses, sobbing.]

Mother Abagail

Father, mother, wife, husband. Set against them… the Prince o' High Places! I have sinned in pride! So have you all! That's passed now. It's time now… to give over your will… to the will o' God. It's time to make your stand.

Part III: The Betrayal

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[Mother Abagail's last (living) words.]

Mother Abagail

You… your four men… are to go west… to take no food or water, but to go this very day in the clothes you now wear. You are to go on foot. I'm in the way of knowin' one will fall by the way, but I don't know which it will be. I'm in the way of knowin' the others will be taken before this Flagg, who isn't a man, but a creature from beyond the world. I don't know… if you will defeat him. I only know… God wants you to go, and with God's help, you will stand, and be true.

Frannie Goldsmith

And what if we say no?!

Stu Redman

Frannie, come on—

Frannie Goldsmith

What?!

Stu Redman

Come on, shhh.

Mother Abagail

Your will is as free as that of Eve in the Garden, child. "Go where ye list" has always been God's way, but… this is what God wants of you. Be true! Stand.

Part III: The Betrayal

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[As Lloyd tries to deal with Trashcan Man and his nuclear missile, Flagg's energy bolt suddenly rises from the two bodies and begins to transform.]

Mother Abagail

[voiceover] The promise has been kept as God has willed it. Amen.

RBRalph Brentner

Larry! Do you see it?