Memorable Quotes from Robyn Elwell
4 quotesPeeled Like a Snake Request
Martha
Please. Please, can you peel it like a snake?
[''Referring to peeling [[w:orange (fruit)|an orange]
Young Leda
What?
Martha
Please, can you peel it like a snake? Please?
Bianca
Can you peel it all?
Young Leda
I can.
Bianca
Don't let anything break.
Young Leda
No, I won't let anything break.
Martha
Do you think that's a land or a sea monster? A sea snake. Yeah.
Bianca
Don't let it break. Peel it like a snake. Don't let it break.
Martha
That's quite a long one.
Bianca
It's longer than ever. Hiss. Can it curl itself up? Little curly.
[''Leda hands peel to Martha''; ''Martha dangles and jiggles orange peel'']
Bianca
Mama, where are you going? Where are you going, Mummy? Mama? Are you coming back? When are you coming back? Mama? Where are you going? Mama!
[''Leda is putting on her jacket''; ''Repeatedly''; ''Leda goes out door and shuts it'']
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A Child's Desire for Affection
Young Joe
Hey.
Young Leda
Hi. Hmm.
[''Joe kisses her on cheek'']
Young Joe
What are you doing? Say hello to Mummy. Martha. Go on. Say hello. It's okay.
[''Guides her head'']
Young Leda
Can I get a hug?
Young Joe
Go on.
Young Leda
Oh! Mmm.
[''Martha runs into Leda's chest'']
Martha
Are you home now, Mummy?
Young Leda
I'm home today.
Martha
Can you wash my hair after dinner?
Young Leda
Mm-mmm. I can't stay for dinner, baby. I've got to get on a plane.
Martha
Oh, okay.
Young Leda
But I brought you presents, okay? And fancy dresses. These. Hi. Yours!
Young Leda
You awoke the tickle monster. There's a tickle monster in town. Bianca? Do you want me to help you do up your buttons in the back?
Bianca
No.
Young Leda
Okay. Show me your dress. Oh! So pretty. Mwah!
[''Kisses Bianca on lips'']
Young Joe
Leda. Can I talk to you?
[''Appears in door'']
Young Leda
Sure.
Young Joe
Please. Please. Don't do this. What do you need? Do you need me on my fucking knees? Do you need me to ]? What do you need? Tell me. Have you got his cock in your mouth? You can't answer me?
[''Gets down on knees''; [w:castration|cut my balls off]
Young Leda
Joe, this has nothing to do with that.
Young Joe
Oh, fuck me? Fuck me?
Young Leda
I left him.
Young Joe
You left him? Congratulations, baby. You're an expert now, huh?
Young Leda
I don't see why not?
Young Joe
Do you think I'm a fucking idiot? Huh? Am I an arsehole? Please. Come on. They're little fucking girls. How am I supposed to do this?
[''Repeatedly'']
Young Leda
Joe, I'm feeling dizzy.
[''Walks off'']
Young Joe
I'm taking them to your mum's. I can't handle this.
Young Leda
No you're not.
Young Joe
Yeah.
Young Leda
You're threatening me?! That is revenge! That's fuck... lazy. You bring them back there, and they're going to sink back into that black shithole. All that fucking... SHIT...! that I came from. I do think you're an arsehole.
[''Walks away'']
Young Joe
My mother didn't finish school.
Young Leda
Oh, fucking so what?
[''Disappears under door drape'']
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Unexpected Discovery During a Casual Moment
Bianca
What are you watching?! ]?!
[''Noticing mother is fixated at window''; [w:Making out|Snoggies]
Young Leda
Oh, my God!
Young Joe
Hikers!
Bianca
Hikers!
Young Joe
Hikers! Stay there! They must be doing ]!
[[w:Catamount Trail|the Catamount Trail]
Martha
Hey, what are hikers?
Young Joe
Are you kidding me?! To ]! They don't have food!
[[w:Quebec|Quebec]
Young Leda
Joe, it's not 1985! What's wrong with you?!
Young Joe
They're wet!
Young Leda
Joe, don't bring them in here!
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A Conversation Among Hikers and Young Leda
Young Joe
You guys, uh, look like you've been going a while.
Male Hiker
Yes. Since April. Amazing.
Female Hiker
Grazie. (Thanks)
Young Joe
Can I ask, how old are you?
Male Hiker
Forty-two.
Young Joe
Oh, my God. Life is so different without kids.
[''Chuckles'']
Male Hiker
I have kids. I have three kids. Twelve, nine and seven. They are in ] with their mother.
[[w:London|London]
Young Leda
So you ran away together?
Male Hiker
I guess we did.
Female Hiker
Yes, we did. Hmm. We are obliged to do so many stupid things. From childhood, even.
Young Leda
Obliged?
Female Hiker
Yes. What happened to us is the only thing that's happened to me since I was born that makes sense.
Young Leda and Female Hiker
E prima di uscire (and before going out) da questa santa porta (from this holy door) proviama un'altra volta (try it another time) su e giu per il (up and down the...) cammin...! (...path)
[''[[w:Italian|Singing in Italian; ''Leda sustains note''; ''Female hiker chuckles and clinks glass with Young Leda with Young Joe clapping'']
Female Hiker
Brava, brava! (good, good) Your Italian is so beautiful!
[''Young Leda reaches over to hug the female hiker hug and kisses her'']
Young Leda
Oh.
Female Hiker
So feminine!
Young Joe
Leda's the most extraordinary scholar of modern Italian literature.
Young Leda
Jesus, Joe. I studied translation, yeah. And comparative literature.
Female Hiker
What are you working on?
Young Leda
Uh... I'm barely working.
Young Joe
Uh, she's working on a ]
[[w:W. B. Yeats|Yeats translation]
Male Hiker
Yeats?!
Young Leda
No.
Male Hiker
In Italian? That's... that is like chocolate on chocolate!
[''gestures using Bianca's hands'']
Young Joe
Huh?
Bianca
Il gelo dell'ala sorta cade lungo il mio corpo
[''Clandestinely'']
Female Hiker
Wow. Wow.
[''Bianca plays with female hiker's hair'']
Male Hiker
What is that?
Bianca
Don't know.
Young Leda
It's Auden. "Chill of the crooked wing falls down along my body". It's ridiculous. It's just something I taught them.
Female Hiker
È bello. Brava. Wow.
[''Extends hand to Young Leda who embraces it''; ''Chuckles'']
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