Mary Quote #249
Quote from Mary in Dick Soup for the Soul
Mary: Well, what I've learned from this book is that "On the Ferris wheel of life, I am the carny holding the throttle." I choose not to break up with you.
Dick: Really? Can you do that?
Mary: Yeah. Yeah. I think you have a tendency to underestimate the--the sickness of the co-dependent relationship. And we're in one, mister, and you're not going anywhere.
Dick: In that case, I need to, uh, uh... "Step off the desperation treadmill and frolic through the forest of solitude with my self elf."
Mary: Self elf? What the hell is that?
Dick: For your information, it is the sprightly inner happiness that you achieve when you spend time with your loving and supportive self, but you would know that if you had read the book.
Mary: I'm at the helm. I'm at the helm.
Dick: Calm, calm, happy, happy.
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‘Dick Soup for the Soul’ Quotes
Quote from Dick
Dick: What is this obsession with Claire Volk and her signature? It can't be healthy. It can't be healthy!
Mary: Claire Volk's first book taught me to love myself during some really rough times. She's a fully actualized person with so much to share.
Dick: There are two things I'm certain about: she is not fully actualized, and I don't know what that means.
Nina: There isn't a human being alive that couldn't benefit from this book.
Dick: Here, let me see it. A Road Map for Permanent Happiness. I'll give the intro a skim and get back to you with my thoughts. Baloney. Crap. Nonsense. More crap. Interesting. Hmm.
Claire Volk: Next?
Mary: Hi. I'm Mary Albright, and I have been waiting a long time-
Dick: [pushes Mary out of the way] Miss Volk, in the last few feet of this line, you have changed my life forever!
Claire Volk: Would you like me to sign your book?
Dick: Book nothing! Sign my breast! And see if you can use the nipple to dot the "I."
Quote from Harry
Harry: Well, it's not every day Dick gives me an assignment, and I want to put my heart and soul into it, make it a labor of love.
Nina: Harry, it's a ceiling. Pick a color and slap it on.
Harry: I can't just pick and color! It has to speak to me. It has to reflect the golden rays of sunlight off my Cheerios in the morning. Or stir my interest as I stare up at it while Dick's talking.
Quote from Dick
Dick: Mary, you'll be happy to know that I'm deep into Step 2. I have successfully eliminated all the negative relationships in my life: Judith, Strudwick, the Chancellor. I've even stopped yelling at the little voice that comes out of the clown's head when I'm at the drive-through.