Memorable Quotes from Alison Pill
7 quotesMisunderstandings About Flirting in Family Dynamics
Jane
Dad, Lily just asked me why you were flirting with Marie.
Dan
I wasn't flirting.
Jane
Don't worry, I covered for you. I told her it was nothing.
Dan
Because it was!
Jane
Dad, I'm Seventeen. You were so flirting. And besides, it's not like she's the least bit interested in you anyway.
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The Struggle of Creative Aspirations
Zelda Fitzgerald
I know, I could be one of the great writers of musical lyrics, not that I can write melodies and I try. And then I hear the songs he writes and I realize I’ll never write a great lyric and my real talent lies in drinking.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Sure does.
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Writers Introduce Themselves in a Bar
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Greetings and salutations. You’ll forgive me, I’ve been mixing grain and grappa. Now this is a writer, Gil, yes?
Gil
Gil Pender.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Gil Pender.
Ernest Hemingway
Hemingway.
Gil
Hemingway?
Hemingway
You like my book.
Gil
Liked? I loved, all your work.
Hemingway
Yes, it was a good book because it was an honest book, and that’s what war does to men. And there’s nothing fine and noble about dying in the mud unless you die gracefully, and then it’s not only noble but brave.
Zelda Fitzgerald
Did you read my story? What’d you think?
Hemingway
There was some fine writing in it, but it was unfulfilled.
Zelda Fitzgerald
I might have known you’d hate it.
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The Balance of Safety and Learning to Drive
Dan
Look, you're a fine driver, but the other hundred million--
Jane
If you never let me, I'll never learn.
Dan
But if I let you, you may not live.
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Family Road Trip Planning Conversation
Dan
So, the plan.
Jane
The plan! Hey Cara, Dad's about to reveal the plan!
Dan
I'll pack up the car and pick you up after school, and then we'll drive straight through.
Lily
Sounds good.
Cara
Does not!
[slams fridge]
Dan
What now?
Cara
Well, wasn't like, the whole point to go to school? And now you're forcing us to miss school when we should like, be in school. Right, I mean what about my studies? Why are you smiling?
Dan
I just never thought I'd hear you say "what about my studies?" It makes me, like, smile.
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Discussing Opportunities and Experiences in Life
Mr. Burns
So a little bird told me you're going to be syndicated.
Dan
Lily. They're looking at a bunch of columnists, it's a long shot at best.
Jane
She's amazing! Name a place and she's either lived there or visited. Tibet, Chile, Berlin when there was the walls, she's...gah!
Mr. Burns
Well, Mitch certainly made out.
Dan
Yup.
Mr. Burns
And what about you?
Dan
Oh, Dad...
Mr. Burns
Come on, you always say that with Suzanne you won the lottery and to try again would feel greedy...But it's been 4 years!
Dan
Can we just walk please?
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Grounded Conversations Among Family Members
Dan
Sorry to interrupt your "studies" with your "friend.
Cara
Well we can't all be monks like you.
Dan
And by the way, you're grounded.
Cara
Oh yeah? For how long?
Dan
For life.
Jane
Dad, come on.
Cara
Yeah, this is humiliating!
Dan
Alright, you're grounded for a month.
Cara
A month?! But that's worse than forever! Okay, dad, why?
Dan
You lied to me.
Cara
Well you can't handle the truth.
Dan
Maybe you should try me next time.
Cara
but but but but--
Dan
no no no no.
Cara
Okay, dad, I, I love Marty.
Dan
Oh please.
Cara
Dad, dad, dad! Stop, listen! I didn't know right away! It took me a while!
Dan
How long is a while?
Cara
Well, I, I, I've known him for three weeks but I knew in three days.
Dan
Three days?! You can't know in three days!
Cara
Yes you can!
Dan
No! No. But the feeling, it is not love. It is young--
Cara
But I love him dad!
Dan
--and reckless--
Cara
I love him I love him I love him!
Dan
--and not thought out--
Cara
I love him!
Dan
--and you may think it's love, but it's not!
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