Mike Quote #771
Quote from Mike in The Waiting Game
Mike: It's not like I go around singing all the time. It was just a stress reliever, something to blow off some steam. This whole Sue college thing is making me nuts.
Frankie: Aha! I knew it! You're going around, acting like you're Mr. "Oh, I'm a big tree with no feelings," and you are just as nervous as I am.
Mike: A rejection and a wait list? That's not good, Frankie. [Frankie sighs] Why can't it be good news? She doesn't deserve this.
Frankie: Hey, the next one's gonna be yes. [sighs] It's got to be, right?
Mike: I don't know. [sighs] It's a lot harder than when we were trying to get into school. Colleges get a lot more applications now.
Frankie: Ugh. That's true.
Mike: And they might take a kid that doesn't need financial aid over one that does.
Frankie: Oh, my God. I didn't even think about that.
Mike: Mm-hmm.
Frankie: Ugh. Thanks for not telling me before. I really would have lost it.
Mike: That was you not losing it? I just really want this for her.
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Quote from Brick
Brick: Phew! Done. You know, there's an expression that writers hate writing but love having written, and, boy, do I get that now. Would you like to hear it?
Frankie: Of course...
Axl: Not.
Brick: [clears throat] "As his eyes fluttered open, the boy saw the sun had already gently nudged awake its captives, yesterday's mistakes vanished to wispy nothings, and the father he thought long dead was standing at his door." Well? What do you think?
Frankie: Wha... That's awesome, Brick.
Axl: You wrote that?
Frankie: Keep going.
Brick: What do you mean?
Axl: Keep reading. What happens next?
Brick: Oh, that's all I got.
Axl: Oh, my God. You write nonstop for days, and you only got one sentence? I can write like a whole 10-page paper in 5 minutes... 3 if you don't care how good it is.
Frankie: Axl, he's gonna do more. You're gonna do more, right, Brick?
Brick: What are you, my editor?
Quote from Brick
Brick: Well, I did it.
Frankie: You finished the book?
Brick: No, I've got a second sentence. "The floorboard creaked as he stepped in the room, sending up a cloud of dust sparkling in the sunlight." [folder thuds] Oh, who am I kidding? It's crap. This sentence is just a cheap imitation of the first one. Now I'm questioning my first sentence. I think I need to take a sabbatical, just step back from both sentences and clear my head. Perhaps backpack through Europe for a year.
Quote from Brad
Sue: So, h-how are you doing with the whole waiting thing? 'Cause I know that for some people, it's starting to get a little bit stressful.
Brad: Actually, I have some good news, but I wasn't gonna tell it if you're not in a place to hear it.
Sue: Oh, no, I'm in a place, a perfectly good place. Spill it.
Brad: Okay. I've decided, instead of going to college next year, I'm gonna do a year of service to my country.
Sue: You joined the army?
Brad: Oh, no. Although I always thought I'd look pretty cute in the costumes. I signed up for Americorps.
Sue: Oh, my God! That is so great! I love you. I love America. What could go better together than the two things I love?! What is Americorps?
Brad: It's kind of like the peace corps, but for America. Not sure what I'll be doing for them yet... Maybe teaching kids, maybe building houses. Hey, that could bring me and my dad closer. I'll ask him how a hammer works.