Briony Tallis, aged 13: Cee?
Cecilia Tallis: Yes?
Briony Tallis, aged 13: Why don't you talk to Robbie anymore?
Cecilia Tallis: I do. We just move in different circles, that's all.
Briony Tallis, aged 13: How can you hate plays?
Briony Tallis, aged 13: Yes. I saw him. I saw him with my own eyes.
Briony Tallis, aged 13: Prologue.
Briony Tallis, aged 13: This is the tale of spontaneous Arabella,.
Briony Tallis, aged 13: Who ran away with an extrinsic fellow.
Briony Tallis, aged 13: It grieved her parents to see their firstborn.
Briony Tallis, aged 13: Evanesce from her home to go to Eastbourne.
Eilis: I wish that I could stop feeling that I want to be an Irish girl in Ireland.
Father Flood: Homesickness is like most sicknesses. It will pass.
Eleanor: My mother did three things for me. One, she spared my life the day that I was born. Two, she paid for my upkeep on her knees and on her back. And three, she gave me the story I can never tell.
Lina Mayfleet: Lizzie! Where'd you get that food?
Lizzie Bisco: All right. I got it from my boyfriend.
Lina Mayfleet: You don't have a boyfriend.
Lizzie Bisco: It's not official, but there's this guy who really likes me. He explores the storerooms, especially the ones on the edges. They're marked empty in the ledger, but they're not all empty. I'll give you a bite if you promise not to tell.
Lina Mayfleet: Whatever it is, granny, I'll figure it out.
Doon Harrow: My dad made this.
Lina Mayfleet: It doesn't look very safe.
Doon Harrow: That's my dad.
Sugarman: I have seen him this crazy since his mother died.
Benji McGarvie: That's not "crazy," Mr. Sugarman. That's love.
Christine 'Lady Bird' McPherson: People go by the names their parents give them, but they don't believe in God.
Kyle Scheible: I didn't lose my virginity to you.
Christine 'Lady Bird' McPherson: Wait, what?
Kyle Scheible: I lost my virginity to Cassie Duvall.
Christine 'Lady Bird' McPherson: Excuse me? You said you were a virgin.
Kyle Scheible: No I didn't. Cause I'm not. And I haven't lied in 2 years.
Christine 'Lady Bird' McPherson: The only thing exciting about 2002 is that it's a palindrome.
Danny O'Neill: Your mom is crazy, I'm scared of her.
Christine 'Lady Bird' McPherson: She's not crazy she just, you know, she has a big heart. She's very warm.
Danny O'Neill: I don't find your mother warm.
Christine 'Lady Bird' McPherson: You don't?
Danny O'Neill: No. No, she's warm, yeah but she's also kind of scary.
Christine 'Lady Bird' McPherson: Well you can't be scary and warm.
Danny O'Neill: I think you can, your mom is.
Christine 'Lady Bird' McPherson: You're gay.
Christine 'Lady Bird' McPherson: I was on top! Who the fuck is on top their first time.
Kyle Scheible: What you do is very baller. You're very anarchist.
Christine 'Lady Bird' McPherson: Yeah. Fuck'em.
Kyle Scheible: Don't worry, I'm not gonna snitch on you.
Christine 'Lady Bird' McPherson: Well, I hope not 'cause I'd fucking kill your family.
Kyle Scheible: What?
Christine 'Lady Bird' McPherson: Sorry. I... that was an exaggeration.
Kyle Scheible: It's okay. My dad has cancer, so I guess God's doing that for us.
Julie Steffans: What about terrorism?
Christine 'Lady Bird' McPherson: Don't be republican.
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