Memorable Quotes from Dana Delany
3 quotesGrowing Up and Taking Responsibility
Sister Terry
Joshua, why do you feel the need to do these things?
Mrs. Beal
Joshua. Joshua. Joshua, please, you're a 5th grader today, you're almost a man.
[waking him]
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A Conversation About Unusual Inventions
Susan Barnes
It's all right.
Amy Alden
This house is full of contraptions!
[sobbing]
Susan Barnes
I know. You're right.
Amy Alden
HE'S SO WEIRD!
Susan Barnes
You're right. He is.
Amy Alden
I miss my friends and my room! Who was that guy?
Susan Barnes
Oh, he's just a guy, and he didn't see you.
Amy Alden
He did too!
Susan Barnes
No, he didn't.
Amy Alden
He did!
Susan Barnes
No.
Amy Alden
And why did he bring that other guy here to chop their wings off?!
Susan Barnes
Your father didn't know. Nobody knew he was going to do that.
Amy Alden
He did too, and he's coming back!
Susan Barnes
No, he isn't.
Amy Alden
HE SAID HE WAS!! NO!! NO!!
Susan Barnes
Amy! Amy| Amy, listen to me. I know I can never replace your mother. No one can. But if you let me, I can be your friend. And the first rule about friends is they have to trust each other, right? I promise you, nothing is going to happen to those geese. I won't let it and neither will your dad.
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Confrontation Over Geese Ownership Rights
Amy Alden
Excuse me, sir, please leave him alone.
Glen Seifert
Your name's Amy, isn't it? Well, Amy, these geese belong to the Crown.
Amy Alden
What crown?
Glen Seifert
That's the Queen of England.
Thomas Alden
Pinioning?
Susan Barnes
I have no idea.
Glen Seifert
She made rules for us to follow. It's for the good of the goose, it's for the good of the people. Now what you do is you take the wing and you just shave a bit off the cuticle here--
[prepares to cut the tip off Igor's wing with a fingernail clipper]
Amy Alden
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! STOP IT!! STOP IT!! STOP IT!! STOP IT!!
[utterly enraged; shoots up from her chair and hits Seifert on the head repeatedly with a bowl of popcorn]
Thomas Alden
What the hell are you doing?!
[indignantly grabs Seifert and hauls him to the door; Susan grabs Igor from Seifert's hand while Amy takes the flock in the bathroom]
Susan Barnes
Watch out!
Glen Seifert
Jeez! What are you doing?!
Thomas Alden
What the hell do you think you're doing, huh?!
[throws Seifert down the stairs]
Glen Seifert
What is wrong with you? I'm trying to help! What happens when your birds start to fly? What happens in two months when they start to migrate? They're gonna end up zapped in power lines or dead on the highway, except--
Thomas Alden
GET OFF MY LAND!!
[shoves Seifert by force]
Glen Seifert
LISTEN TO ME!! Your birds could be carrying parasites and disease! If they infect while they want--
Thomas Alden
STAY OFF OF MY PLACE!!!
Glen Seifert
Your birds are gonna get clipped, no matter what! If your birds fly, I'm gonna have to confiscate them!
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