Little Children

Mary Ann: He should just be castrated. Just snip, quick and easy. Sarah Pierce: [sarcastically] You know what else you should do? Nail his penis above the entrance to the elementary school. That'd really teach him a lesson.

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Brad Adamson: Go ahead and ask. Sarah Pierce: What? Brad Adamson: You know, what the person who wears the pants in the family does for a living.

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Sarah Pierce: You know what they call you? Brad Adamson: What? Sarah Pierce: The prom king. Brad Adamson: Oh God, really? Sarah Pierce: Yeah, they mean it as a compliment. You're a big character in their fantasy lives.

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Aaron Adamson: Why you hugging that lady? Brad Adamson: Well, that's what I'm trying to show you with Bozo. Sometimes it's a game that adults play to show that they're friends. You say, "Hi, I'm your friend." Narrator: Aaron was skeptical.

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May McGorvey: There are four whole columns of lonely women here, and only a handful of men. The odds are on our side. Why wouldn't one of these women want to meet a nice person like you? Ronald James McGorvey: I'm not a nice person. May McGorvey: You did a bad thing. But that doesn't mean you're a bad person. Ronald James McGorvey: I have a psychosexual disorder. May McGorvey: You're better now. They wouldn't have let you out if you weren't. Ronald James McGorvey: They let me out because they had to. May McGorvey: Well, maybe if you found a girlfriend closer to your own age, you wouldn't have the bad urges so often. Ronald James McGorvey: I don't want a girlfriend my own age, Mommy. I wish I did. May McGorvey: What are you going to do when I'm gone? Who's going to take care of you? Ronald James McGorvey: What's the matter, Mommy? Are you sick or something? May McGorvey: I'm an old woman. I'm not going to live forever. Who's going to cook for you? Who's going to wash the dishes? Ronald

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Sarah Pierce: I think I understand your feelings about this book. I used to have some problems with it myself. When I read it in grad school, Madame Bovary just seemed like a fool. She marries the wrong man, makes one foolish mistake after another. But when I read it this time, I just fell in love with her. She's trapped. She has a choice. She can either accept a life of misery or she can struggle against it. And she chooses to struggle. Mary Kay: Some struggle! Hop into bed with every guy who says hello. Sarah Pierce: Well, she fails in the end, but there's something beautiful and even heroic in her rebellion. My professors would kill me for even thinking this, but... in her own strange way, Emma Bovary is a feminist. Mary Kay: Oh, that's nice. So now cheating on your husband makes you a feminist? Sarah Pierce: No no no. It's not the cheating. It's the hunger. The hunger for an alternative, and the refusal to accept a life of unhappiness. Mary Kay: Maybe I didn't understand the book!

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