Brick Quote #574
Quote from Brick in Major Anxiety
Brick: Mom, Dad, I've decided I'd like to be popular.
Frankie: Okay.
Mike: Not sure that's really couch-worthy.
Brick: I've noticed lately that all of the other boys seem to get picked up together. I don't know where they're going, but they laugh and slap each other on the back and treat each other with a lot of camaraderie and bonhomie.
Mike: Well... Bonhomie does not grow on trees.
Brick: It looks very enjoyable. And I'm thinking I might want to participate in that kind of thing. I know I'm not very good at the social stuff, so I would appreciate any tips you could offer.
Frankie: Okay. I know you love your books, but maybe you should put them down once in a while and talk to people... You know, like at lunch or parties or at that class we send you to to teach you how to... talk to people.
Brick: The thing is, I've always enjoyed reading by myself at lunch, but lately, when I do it, it feels... Lonely.
Frankie: Aw, Brick. I'm sorry. But here's the thing... it's never too late. You know, maybe if you tried just a little small talk with... [Brick walks off] Brick. [Mike unmutes the TV] Mike!
Mike: He left. I thought we were done.
The Middle Quotes
‘Major Anxiety’ Quotes
Quote from Axl
Sue: Axl. What are you doing up here?
Axl: Sometimes I come up here to think... And occasionally throw things.
Sue: Wait a second. Do you ever throw...
Axl: Acorns at your head? Yes. All the time. [groans] What am I doing with my life? It was so much easier when I wanted to be a fireman or a superhero. God! I wish I was still 17.
Quote from Axl
Frankie: Axl, I said you couldn't wash your clothes here anymore.
Axl: But you didn't say I couldn't dry them. Uh, please sign here. You've just been Ax'd! Oh, by the way, good news... I picked my major. Sue, dork roll, please. [imitates drum roll, cymbal crash] Buddhist studies! Booyah! Or should I say "Buddha-yah."
Mike: Really? You're a Buddhist now?
Axl: No, I'm not a Buddhist. I'm studying them. It's Buddhist studies.
Frankie: What did you do? Look at an alphabetical list of majors and stop at "B"?
Axl: What? It's perfect for me. There's no class on Fridays, doesn't meet before 11:00, half the time, we meet under a tree... 'cause I guess Buddha was into that. And Buddhism is about rebirth, so I'll learn how my coolness will live on forever. In your face, death!
Quote from Sue
Brick: Sue? Are you in here?
Sue: Brick! [talks rapidly] I was just organizing everything under my bed, and I found all this old stuff... beanie babies, sticker albums, glittery pinecones. It's a real mess down there. Everything is covered with dust bunnies. Even the dust bunnies have dust bunnies. Ha! Get it? [gasps] Did you need something?
Brick: I just wondered if you can talk...
Sue: Talk? [gasps] We should have coffee.
Brick: Why?
Sue: Because that's what people do when they talk. They have coffee. I love coffee. I mean, I already had coffee, but what's a conversation without coffee? Of course, you're too young for coffee. You can have cocoa. So I'll just go get us some coffee and cocoa, 'cause I can have coffee and you can't.
Brick: Uh, n-no, thank you.
Sue: Oh. But then we can hold our mugs of coffee and sip our coffee. You can have cocoa, and we can sit here by the window... Or on the bed... Or on the chair. This is my favorite chair! Oh, my God! My fifth-grade yearbook!