Malcolm Quote #648
Quote from Malcolm in Butterflies
Malcolm: Wait. How long's "a while?"
Norm: Three years... in January. I was going to move over to foot care, but once you get unpacked, it's...
Malcolm: You've been living in this store for three years? Are you crazy?
Norm: I don't know. I just... [whispers] Malcolm, I had this super high-pressure job. People were constantly hounding me for answers, decisions, budgets, signatures. My- My nerves were a total wreck. I was wandering around here waiting for my Xanax refill, my- my cell phone and BlackBerry both going off, and I saw this crack. And I decided to hide in there, just for a few minutes, and... it was fantastic. I didn't want to leave. And then I didn't, and no one noticed, so I just stayed.
Malcolm: You never left the store in all that time?
Norm: You guys are pretty well-stocked here. Lots of canned goods, toiletries... Every day I clean a different third of my body in the bathroom sink.
Malcolm: But you can't just live here.
Norm: Why not? I-I pay for everything I use, I help out whenever I can. I clean spills, I change light bulbs. I have saved Craig's life at least five times.
Malcolm in the Middle Quotes
‘Butterflies’ Quotes
Quote from Lois
Lois: [over P.A.] Attention, Lucky Aide trespasser. You do not get to do this. You do not get to live off the grid. If anyone on the planet was entitled to hide from all the aggravation, it would be me, but I don't, do you understand? No one gets to shirk their share of the misery. Everyone has to be stuck in this together. That's what's fair. Those are the rules. Now, you obviously know me, so you know what I'm willing to do to find you. So save us both the time and come out now.
[Norm emerges from an aisle]
Craig: Let me handle this. [to Norm] Do you know anything about a guy living in the store?
Quote from Malcolm
Lois: All right, what's in this bag?
Malcolm: Nothing. I'm restocking.
Lois: Fresh fruit? A package of all-cotton underwear? A decent book? We don't sell this stuff.
Malcolm: Okay, fine. If you must know, I was restocking my locker. I've been having intense stomach problems, and that's what the fruit is for, and the underwear, and sadly, the book, too. And now that you've publicly humiliated me, can I go about my business? [to camera] Okay, not bad. It's plausible, embarrassing enough for the outburst, and essentially unprovable. I just have to stand my ground.
Quote from Craig
Malcolm: That's weird. Did you see anyone?
Lois: What?
Malcolm: Someone left a candy wrapper and change on the counter here, but nobody's been in the store for hours.
Craig: It was probably a mouse.
Malcolm: A mouse that left the exact change?
Craig: I played tic-tac-toe with a chicken at the county fair, and it beat me eight times in a row. Don't shortchange animals.