Frankie Quote #1666
Quote from Frankie in A Tough Pill to Swallow
Frankie: [sighs] Look. My dad barked at me when I was learning to parallel park, and it was very tense, and it's something I never mastered, okay?
Brick: I get it. Just seems like something you should have gotten over by now. Why can't you just do it?
Frankie: [sighs] Okay. Fine. Fine. You know what? I'm gonna do it. I'm gonna parallel park and you're gonna swallow that pill.
Brick: But...
Frankie: Hey. If I'm doing it, you're doing it. Okay. Bumper even at the front. Now gently, gently turn. Ooh. Hey. [laughs] This is pretty good.
[When Frankie hits the car behind her, Brick chokes on the pill]
Frankie: Oh, crap.
Brick: Hey! I did it! I swallowed a pill! I am a man!
Frankie: Who cares? I dinged that guy's license plate. Let's get out of here.
Brick: Uh, Mom, I think we just lost our side mirror.
Frankie: Don't bark at me! I told you I wasn't good at this!
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Quote from Sue
Sue: Professor Balio? Hi. Sue Heck. I just wanted to introduce myself on the first day of class. College can be so impersonal. [chuckles] I just wanted to say I'm very excited to be here. Or am I here? [laughs] Philosophy joke.
Professor Balio: I'm sorry. Did you say Sue Heck? Are you sure you're in the right class? I-I don't see you on my list.
Sue: You know what? I would be shocked if you did. No prob. Happens all the time. I get dropped from lists or people don't remember me or they think I'm someone else. You'll see.
Quote from Brick
Frankie: Look, if I'm gonna sneak out of work in the middle of the day, it better involve a margarita or a Cinnabon. Not a sick kid who won't take a pill.
Brick: I told the nurse not to call you. I'm fine. Besides, with my hearing getting worse, all my other senses are getting stronger. [sniffs] You did have Cinnabon, didn't you?
Quote from Brick
Frankie: Sherpa's home. [sighs] All right. Construction paper, thermos, electrical tape, washer fluid, dog treats, people treats. Picked your medicine, and chicken sub, no pickles. I know, they don't have the seeded bun anymore, so they gave it to you on wheat. I am done. My day is over. Goodbye.
Brick: Uh, I wouldn't take that off just yet. Tiny problem. You brought me pills instead of my usual medicine. Sadly, I cannot swallow pills.
Frankie: Well, sadly, I will not be going back. You're in high school now. I'm not gonna get you a razor and the New York Review of Books and then buy you raspberry-flavored squirty medicine.
Brick: Look, I'm more than flexible. I'd prefer the teddy bear shot glass, but I'm more than willing to accept the plain plastic syringe if it's slightly warmed in the microwave.
Frankie: Sorry. Pills are what we got. If you want your ear infection to get better, you got to take a pill. Remember how scared you were of Scotch tape? And now you can be in the same room with it.
Brick: Wow. Are you seriously telling me that you're unwilling to go back out and get your son the medicine in the form that he requires? [Frankie takes her bra off through her sleeve]