- I want to stay with Miss Honey.
- Miss Honey doesn't want you. Why would she want some snotty, disobedient kid?
- Because she's a spectacularly wonderful child, and I love her.
— Zinnia Wormwood (Rhea Perlman), Miss Honey (Embeth Davidtz), Matilda Wormwood (Mara Wilson)
9 seconds sound clip from the Matilda (1996) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:29:24.075 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Daddy's not going to be in the oil business anymore.
- But we're going on a permanent vacation!
- Yeah, and we gotta beat the speedboat salesmen to the airport.
- I love it here. I love my school. It isn't fair.
- Miss Honey, please don't let them take me.
- Matilda.
- I want to stay with Miss Honey.
- Miss Honey doesn't want you. Why would she want some snotty, disobedient kid?
- Because she's a spectacularly wonderful child, and I love her.
- Adopt me, Miss Honey. You can adopt me.
- Look, I don't have time for all these legalities.
- One second, Dad, I have the adoption papers.
- What? Where'd you get those?
- From a book in the library. I've had them since I was big enough to xerox.
- Are you hearing this, Harry?
[...]