13 quotes
Encouragement for a Child's First Words
T. S. Garp
Don't be a baby, Duncan! Say da-da!
[to his infant son in baby carriage; Duncan blows raspberry at Garp]
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Gender Restrictions After a Tragic Incident
Roberta Muldoon
They're not going to allow any men. A man killed her! They're very upset!
[telling Garp he cannot go to his mother's feminist memorial]
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Choosing Safety in Uncertain Times
T. S. Garp
We'll take the house. Honey, the chances of another plane hitting this house are astronomical. It's been pre-disastered. We're going to be safe here.
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Seeking Connection Amidst Personal Grief
T. S. Garp
I will grieve alone for the rest of my life, but right now I want to be around people who loved her.
[after being told he shouldn't go to his Mom's feminist memorial]
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The Complexity of Desire and Sacrifice
Roberta
I mean, I had mine removed surgically under general anesthesia. But to have it bitten off in a Buick...
Jenny Fields
It's lust!
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Confrontation in a Mental Health Setting
Randy
Hey you! Dildo. Is this the nut house where you're keeping my Laurel?
Roberta
Laurel's here but we're not exactly keeping her.
Randy
Bullshit, ya big dyke.
Roberta
I'm not a dyke. Is Laurel expecting you?
Randy
I'll kill you douchebag.
Roberta
That's all you men understand is violence.
Randy
Now look. I know what sort of freaks hang around here. It's a big lesbian scene.
Randy
Ooooh, oooh, what are you the man of the house or the court eunuch. Laurel, you in there you bitch?!
Jenny Fields
Hello.
Randy
Oh, I know who you are. My Laurel's not your type sweetie.
Jenny Fields
Perhaps she's not your type either.
Randy
Listen, goddammit. If you don't get Laurel's ass out here I'm gonna...
Laurel
Randy!
Jenny Fields
Are you alright?
Laurel
Baby, you found me.
Randy
Oh, I don't think I can drive the fuckin car.
Laurel
That's alright. I can drive you just never let me. I guess Randy needs me.
[to Jenny]
Randy
Easy!
Laurel
Sorry baby, I'm sorry.
Randy
Crazy dyke blind-sided me.
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Fashion and Professions in Dialogue
Jenny Fields
Is that the latest fashion?
[noticing scantily clad prostitutes]
T. S. Garp
No, Mom, that's the oldest profession.
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Embracing Life Amidst Mortality
Jenny Fields
You know, everybody dies. My parents died. Your father died. Everybody dies. I'm going to die too. So will you. The thing is, to have a life before we die. It can be a real adventure having a life.
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A Reminder of Shared Memories
T. S. Garp
Remember, Helen.
Helen Holm
What, my love?
T. S. Garp
Everything.
Helen Holm
Yes, my love.
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Contemplating Weird Thoughts at Night
Jenny Fields
Are you gonna go to sleep or you gonna stay up and think your weird thoughts?
Young Garp
I'll stay up and think weird thoughts for a while.
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Controversial Choices in Unconventional Motherhood
Jenny Fields
Where was I?
[while telling Dean Bodger and her son about his father, who was a brain damaged WW2 veteran with spontaneous erections she was the nurse of]
T. S. Garp
He kept having erections.
Jenny Fields
Thank you. He was dying. I wanted a child. It was a good way to have one without the bother of a husband around... who had legal rights to my body. So, one night at work... when the wounded and maimed were all asleep, I went to him. He was asleep. But his erection was there, as always. I removed my undergarments and climbed on top of him. He woke up then. He said the only word other than his name that I ever heard him utter. He said, "good." It didn't take very long, and that once was all that was needed.
Dean Bodger
You raped him! You raped a dying man!
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Family Mortality in T. S. Garp's Life
T. S. Garp
Men die young in my family, Helen!
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Understanding Gradual School Through Dialogue
Walt
Daddy what's gradual school?
T. S. Garp
What?
Walt
Gradual school. Mommy say's she teaches at gradual school.
T. S. Garp
Oh Gradual school is where you go to school and you gradually find out you don't want to go to school anymore.
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