Pygmalion Eliza Doolittle Quotes

Eliza Doolittle

Quote 19

LIZA. No: I don't want no gold and no diamonds. I'm a good girl, I am. [She sits down again, with an attempt at dignity]. (2.145)

Throughout the play, Eliza insists that she does not want the usual things: gold, diamonds, fancy dresses. She wants to maintain her dignity and achieve her original goal.

Eliza Doolittle

Quote 20

LIZA [much troubled] I want a little kindness. I know I'm a common ignorant girl, and you a book-learned gentleman; but I'm not dirt under your feet. What I done [correcting herself] what I did was not for the dresses and the taxis: I did it because we were pleasant together and I come—came—to care for you; not to want you to make love to me, and not forgetting the difference between us, but more friendly like. (5.248)

Ultimately, Eliza wants support and love instead of money and stature; she wants to be a good girl, and be appreciated for being one.

Eliza Doolittle

Quote 21

I'll marry Freddy, I will, as soon as he's able to support me. (5.252)

Eliza says this to threaten Higgins after he suggests she marry a rich man, perhaps even Pickering. Whether or not her statement is sincere, it represents a more conventional dream than her original plan, and certainly one more realistic than Higgins's.