Brothers & Sisters (TV Series)

Book Burning (2008)

Sally Field: Nora Walker

Quotes 

• Nora Walker : [reading from book cover]  "A Family in Politics," by Kitty Walker.

  Justin Walker : Did she write that?

  Nora Walker : Oh yes, she wrote it. We all come off like a bunch of ridiculous caricatures. Okay, listen. "My mother, easily a blue-stater, claims to be 'socially progressive.' She's even got an arrest for possession of marihuana under her belt." My criminal record is now public knowledge?

  Justin Walker : You know, it's a misdemeanor, Mom.

  Nora Walker : Says the drug addict!

• Nora Walker : Robert, I understand you're feeling protective. But this is between Kitty and us.

  Robert McCallister : No, tonight is about Kitty and me. It's not about anybody else. All you needed to do was keep your opinions to yourself for two hours!

  Nora Walker : We tried.

  Robert McCallister : Well, you didn't try hard enough. Look, I spend all my time dealing with spoiled, self-centered politicians, and tonight I feel like I never left D.C.!

  Nora Walker : Well, we aren't politicians, Robert, we're human beings, and we don't know how to hide our feelings and pretend everything is hunky-dory!

  Robert McCallister : It's not pretending, it's being considerate.

  Nora Walker : I am considerate. I consider all my children all the time, and you don't know what it's like to feel that you've been betrayed by one of them.

  Robert McCallister : No, I know how you feel. I know how all of you feel, because the minute you have a feeling you start spewing with complete disregard for anybody else like a bunch of children. You're adults, get a filter!