"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

Sunday, August 5, 2012

notable quotes 4.5


I love you, Townsie. You smell like sweet, sweet cheese.

V: This flower is laughing.
D: How do you know?
V: Because I'm tickling it.

The wind is so sticky that it's sticking my hair and my face together.

S: What should I bring you from Italy? 
V: An eye.
S: An "I" like "Italy"?
V: No. A human eye.

What ARE we going to do with me? [after doing something naughty, before her parents can say it]

Townsie is magical. Have you noticed that? He can do magic. I'm magical too.

V: I think we should move to Vermont forever.
D: Why?
V: So we can have a fireplace.
D: That would be fun. But I don't think we can move to Vermont.
V: Maybe we could just build a fireplace right here in my room instead.

[in song]
Hey Town-sie
Give me all your
Mon-ey

[looking at the tiny corner shower in our house in Italy] Maybe we could talk to the instruction [construction] guy and ask him to move this shower to our apartment in New York. Or if he can't do that, maybe he could just put in a hand shower like this one and paint the tiles exactly like these.

Are we going to move to HAMsterdam?

Townsie, do you like buffaloes? Townsie, answer me! DO...YOU...LIKE...BUFFALOES?

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