Norm Quote #224
Quote from Norm in Peterson Crusoe
Norm: Evening, Sammy.
Sam: Hey, Norm. Norm?! Why aren't you in Bora Bora?
Norm: Funniest thing. I chickened out, just like everybody said I would. Never even got on the damn boat. [laughs] These are getting stale, though. Do you have any beer nuts in here?
Sam: You... You've been hiding in here?
Norm: Just for a week.
Sam: Why?
Norm: You kidding? I made such a flaming jackass out of myself, I'd be a laughing stock if I went out there.
Sam: So you plan to stay in here forever?
Norm: Yeah, is that a problem? Because the way I figure it, Sam, you can just let me in in the morning when you come to work, and then, at night, when everyone's gone home, just let me out.
Sam: Just like I always did.
Norm: "Just like I always did." You! Ha ha, no. You get a bar stool, right? You set it up right nice and close like this. Every now and then you slip me a beer. Come on, it'll be just like it used to be! Come on.
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Quote from Coach
Diane: You know, it took a great deal of courage for Norman to do what he did. I admire and envy him. He has heeded Thoreau who admonished us that, quote, "Life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify."
Coach: Why didn't he just say one 'simplify'?
Quote from Coach
Coach: Norm, do you want to hear a crazy, hopeless dream? I wanted to play baseball and maybe coach a little, you know. And then afterwards tend a bar in a nice place. And look what happened to me.
Sam: Coach, that's exactly what happened to you.
Coach: Oh, yeah. No wonder I'm such a happy guy.
Sam: Good try, Coach, good try.
Quote from Norm
[Norm enters Cheers with a small bird perched on his finger]
Norm: This is that bar that I was telling you about. These people sit in here night after night, wasting their lives away. But, no, don't hate them. Pity them, as I do. You see, they're chained here, unable to soar free like you and me. [goes outside] Soar, little guy, soar.
Sam: You want to sit down and have a beer or something?
Norm: Oh, no. No time for that. I just stopped in to say goodbye. You see, I'm sailing for Bora Bora.
Sam: Bora Bora?
Norm: Yeah. Ever since I was a boy, the South Pacific has been calling, "Come to me, Norm. This is where you belong." I've always ignored that call, till now. So I'm going to go to the beach and build a hut, send for Vera, and live there the rest of our lives.
Sam: Isn't that nice?
Norm: Yeah, I booked passage on one of those cargo ships where you just work light duties. We shove off at midnight, so...