Memorable Quotes from Abigail Breslin
11 quotesNim Reflects on Her Actions
Nim Rusoe
Did I do that?
[steam violently spurts out from volcano]
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Journey and Skills in Unexpected Situations
Alexandra Rover
I took a plane, I took a helicopter, I stole a boat!
Nim Rusoe
You came here all the way from San Francisco and you don't know how to do anything.
[to Alexandra]
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Questioning Life Changes as Mrs. Claus
Carol
All right, class, if a reindeer leaves Elfsburg flying west at 20 miles per hour, and another reindeer flies east traveling at 50 miles per hour, how many hours does it take for them to be 210 miles apart? Anyone? Anyone? Trish.
[one elf raises her hand]
Trish
How come we can't learn the things we want to learn?
Carol
Like what?
Trish
Like, wasn't it weird when you married Santa, and had to move all the way up to the Pole and give up your old life, Mrs. Claus?
Carol
Weirder than you can possibly imagine. But then something so gigantic happened that it changed Santa and me forever.
Trish
Like what?
Carol
Okay.
[smiles]
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Unity in Unexpected Company
Kit Kittredge
We are one.
[very serious]
Stirling Howard
One with a monkey! Don't tell my mother!
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Loyalty and Defiance in Friendship Clubs
Kit Kittredge
Do you swear allegiance to the Treehouse Club?
[very serious]
Florence Stone
I do.
[solemn]
Kit Kittredge
And if the Ninth Street Club asks you to join their club?
Florence Stone
I will laugh in their faces.
Frances Stone
Florence! You're *supposed* to say, I will decline'!
[whispering]
Florence Stone
Oh. I will decline... and laugh.
[very seriously]
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Unexpected Encounter with a Comedy Legend
Bill Murray
Is that how you say hello where you come from?
[after Columbus shoots him]
Columbus
Oh, my God. Oh, my God, I can't believe I shot Bill Murray.
[realizing]
Tallahassee
Mr. Murray?
Bill Murray
I'm just Bill, I think, now.
Tallahassee
Bill?
Bill Murray
Yeah?
Tallahassee
I don't think we're gonna be able to stitch this.
[pokes at Bill's wound]
Bill Murray
Ah. That's still tender.
Tallahassee
You think you might pull through?
Bill Murray
No.
Columbus
If it means anything now, I am so sorry. It was just instinctive.
Bill Murray
It was my bad. I was never a very good practical joker.
Little Rock
So do you have any regrets?
Bill Murray
], maybe.
[[w:Garfield: The Movie|Garfield; gives a long exhale, like a death rattle...then inhales and does another one before he dies]
Wichita
I'm sorry, he just gets me...but it's very sad.
[suddenly starts snorting and laughing softly, everyone looks at her]
Columbus
Yeah.
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Defending the Island and the Unknown Story
Nim Rusoe
Nobody invades my island and gets away with it.
Nim Rusoe
The writer, and the scientist. That's how their story began. How it ends, exactly? Nobody knows.
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Twinkies and Regrets in Zombieland
Little Rock
No Twinkies.
Tallahassee
Shit! Fuck!
Wichita
See, I told you we should've gone to Russell Crowe's, but nobody ever listens to me!
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Home Schooling Perspective in Nim's Island
Nim Rusoe
I don't have to go to school, I'm home schooled.
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A Mother's Influence on Her Child
Jack
You got so much of your mother in you, you know that?
Nim Rusoe
That's a good thing, right?
Jack
Yeah, good. Sure. Unfortunately, I could never win a fight with her, either.
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Magical Moments of Santa's Delivery
Carol
And then the most magical thing of all is that I got to deliver just before Santa had to deliver.
Scott
Are you tellin stories again?
[walks in with a baby boy]
Elves
Awww. So cute.
[seeing Scott's baby boy]
Scott
Make sure you get to the part about Santa changin a mean diaper.
Trish
So, who got to pick out the name?
Carol
That was easy. We named him after his grandpa.
Scott
That's right. Say hello to... Buddy Claus.
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