- Shugfoot Rainey: Baby Doll doesn't care about money, she just loves her Uncle Shug. Why, even when she was a child...
- Linda: Oh, yes, she's mentioned that you were the first!
- Baby Doll: You got what you wanted, so go on, run home to Mama. You want your Mama? Go on, love your mother, but don't come running back to me.
- Linda: Do you remember the night you picked me up in that crummy cafe? And you remember the Wayfarer Motel? Take a look at this.
- [brandishes a receipt]
- Shugfoot Rainey: Huh. "Mr. and Mrs. Shugfoot Rainey". So? We registered in a hotel together. Who hasn't?
- Linda: As man and wife!
- Shugfoot Rainey: So what? They didn't take you for my mother.
- Linda: So in this state, that made us man and wife. Mr. Rainey, meet Mrs. Rainey. No bell, book and candle, but just as tight a knot. I'm your common law wife, dear common law husband!