Memorable Quotes from Charles Lane
3 quotesConcerns About Temporary Happiness and Health
Liz
You're worried.
Pete
It's a wonderful ]. Can't last ].
[[dream; [forever]
Dr. Shapiro
It's too early for the chemotherapy to take affect.
Pete
The virus is bound to wear off sometime.
Liz
Of course it will, darling. But it's been more than a dream. It's been a new ] for us. And no matter what happens we've got to remember that and cling to it.
[[life]
J. Gardner Monroe
What did you put in that spray? Saccharine?
[sarcastically]
Liz
] that if the ] came out only once in a thousand years men would look at them differently.
[[Ralph Waldo Emerson#Nature .281836.29|Someone once said; [stars]
J. Gardner Monroe
Are you sure this the right channel? It sounds like a soap opera to me.
Liz
We've been warmed by the glow of ] and ], touched by ] and ]. We've felt ] and ]. We've finally seen the ] of the stars.
[[kindness; [laughter; [goodness; [humanity; [compassion; [love; [glory]
J. Gardner Monroe
And love is what makes the world go round. Roses are red, violets are blue. If my wife talked to me like that, I'd smack her in the mouth.
[derisively]
Dr. Witter
It's sentimental, yes, but that's ]. Unfortunately most people repress tenderness, suffocate it with ] and …
[[healthy; [cynicism]
J. Gardner Monroe
Let me tell you something. Our glorious and dynamic country did not get that way by the glow of kindness and ], no sir, it was built by ], the ] of the fittest. During the gold rush men beat each others ] out with pickaxes, and because of that, the great state of ] was born. What is wrong with you?
[[laughter; [competition; [survival; [brains; [California; notices Murgatroyd]
Murgatroyd
Oh, oh. I was just trying to see, It's getting interesting. If they had a series like this on TV, wow.
[the rest of the room watches the monitor]
J. Gardner Monroe
Shapiro, I thought you said that stuff was going to make him mean and irritable.
Dr. Shapiro
Well, a situation such as this, spray or no spray, you can hardly expect him to kick her out of bed.
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Concerns Over Euphoria-Inducing Virus
Dr. Shapiro
What this particular virus evidently does is cause changes in our behavior patterns. ] infected become euphoric, have a sense of well-being.
[[People]
The Mayor
Well, I'm not going to order the Police Commissioner to call out twenty-eight thousand cops to find some ] that makes people ] ].
[[bird; [feel; [good]
Dr. Shapiro
But we have no way of knowing what it may lead to. ] could feel so good they'd quit their ], fly kites in Times Square, block traffic, uh... stop ]...
[[People; [jobs; [voting]
The Mayor
Stop voting? Get me the Police Commissioner!
[picks up the phone]
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The Virus and Its Effects on Emotions
The Mayor
Have you found out anymore of the effect of the virus?
Dr. Shapiro
Well, it frees people from hostile feelings.
The Mayor
You mean like tranquilizers?
Dr. Shapiro
No, they merely suppress and diminish hostility. The virus seems to do away with it entirely. People become uh, ], more ], stop brooding.
[[friendly; [hopeful]
Aide
Mister Mayor, eighty-two percent not only stop brooding, they stop smoking. Ninety-three percent stop drinking.
The Mayor
What's wrong with that?
Aide
In terms of dollars and cents, it's disastrous. Our city is facing a drastic loss in income from sales tax.
The Mayor
That's ridiculous. Forty-seven people? A drop in the bucket.
Aide
But if this goes unchecked for a month, by mathematical progression, half of New York will have the virus. You know what that means? It means a loss in cigarette and liquor taxes more than one hundred and eighty million dollars.
The Mayor
A hundred and eighty million... Brady, what are you sitting there for? Get that bird!
[hoarsely]
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