"When so I ponder, here apart, what shallow boons suffice my heart, what dust-bound trivia capture me,
I marvel at my normalcy."--Dorothy Parker

Monday, February 20, 2012

notable quotes 4.0




Violet is eating her birthday lollipop.
Steve: Violet, are you in Heaven?
Violet: You mean, am I dead?


"In three months, I am going to get a poodle. No, eight poodles. Big, strong ones. They are going to be girls, and I am going to put bows in their hair. You can help me!"


"When I grow up I am going to be a writer. And a teacher. And a ballet teacher." Not that she couldn't be an astronaut or a fireman...


Violet: Mom, did you ever want a pet?  You know, a real one?
Me: Well, once a long time ago I told Daddy that maybe we should get a puppy, but he thought we should have a little girl instead.
Violet: Because you knew that she would sometimes act like a puppy?


"What do they mean he died and was buried? Oh, I know! When he died, all his children and brothers and sisters got together and fed him berries. That made him feel better!"


Violet: Can Davis and I do more flips?
Kai: Well, maybe one more...
Violet: One more each. No, two more each.
Kai: Two more each would be four.  That's kind of...
Violet: Okay, four more each.
Kai: No, that's eight. That's too many.
Violet: Okay, two more each. Let's go.

"Can you get my line on?"  (get me online)
"But is it rock n' roll?"
"That is not fancy!" (always said with emphatically folded arms and a frown)


Steve: You can't eat that in here. It will make a mess.
Violet: No. It's just cheese. It doesn't mess around.


Describing a Looney Tunes episode in a way that may forever curtail her dvd viewing priveleges:
"There was this Eskimo girl, and Bugs was in love with her because she had lots of makeup on and she walked like this." She swivels her hips. "And then Bugs put on lipstick." Laughs hysterically.


"When I grow up I am going to marry Townsey.  Or Grandpa."


"I think you should wear the sparkly purple one. You will look certainly cute...You look fab-ee-lous!"


"Know how the brakes on my scooter work? There's a little person inside the brake, and when I push down it crushes his head and he yells, 'Stop!!!'"

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

love scenes

(not pictured:  Our romantic dinner at Ici in Brooklyn, a double date with Sara & Willis...and my breastfeeding baby hidden under a long pashmina scarf)

Monday, February 6, 2012