Frankie Quote #1410
Quote from Frankie in Siblings and Sombreros
Sue: "Relentless"? You think I am relentless?!
Frankie: What are you talking about?
Sue: Axl said you said I'm relentless! Is that true? Did you say that, Mom? Did you really say that?
Frankie: W-w-well... Yes, but I was said it in a completely positive way, like "relentless" being strong and never giving up. There are so many people who are relentless... Hillary Clinton is relentless, Eleanor Roosevelt, relentless, that girl who got her arm bit off by a shark and is still surfing. How relentless is that? I mean, there are so many relentless heroes.
Sue: But there are better words to use than "relentless." There's "driven," there's "tenacious"...
Frankie: Really? You think "tenacious" is better than "relentless"? My grandma used to call me relentless all the time. "I love you, you're so relentless." I liked it. Oh, we'd laugh and have hot chocolate together. You want some hot chocolate?
Sue: Well, then how come you never said it to me, but you said it to Axl?
Frankie: 'Cause I say all kinds of things about you guys to each other. Did he also say I love you? 'Cause I also said I love you. Mwah! Mwah! Mwah!
The Middle Quotes
‘Siblings and Sombreros’ Quotes
Quote from Brad
Sue: [to a bird] Hey, no, no, no! Shh! Shh! Get out of here! Hey! Shoo! Woof, woof! Woof, woof! What are crows scared of?
Brad: [gasps] Scarecrows!
Sue: Ooh. Right, right, right.
Brad: [clears throat] [sings] I could wile away the hours, conferring with the flowers Consulting with the rain [drumming] And my head, I'd be scratching While my thoughts were busy hatching If I only had a brain
Quote from Brick
Mike: All right. Get your stuff out. Let's do this. Let's have some fun. [Brick opens his bag] What are those?
Brick: Oh, books about tennis. I've got the Arthur Ashe biography, So You Want to Play Tennis, and The Grapes of Wrath in case these are boring.
Mike: W-where's your racket?
Brick: I'm sorry. What do you mean?
Mike: Uh, I said, "we're gonna go out and hit."
Brick: Yeah, hit the books. I don't do anything without reading about it first.
Mike: I... can't believe you didn't bring a racket. I know I saw you put a can of balls in there.
Brick: Oh, no. This is Pringles, in case we get hungry from reading and need a snack.
Quote from Brick
Mike: Let me ask you something, Brick. Is this kid Tobolski a good athlete?
Brick: Oh, yeah. When we run the mile, he's definitely in front of the pack. I usually just run a few feet and then disappear in the bushes, where I've hidden a book. Smart, huh?
Mike: Mm-hmm, and what did your teacher say about you wearing each others' shorts?
Brick: Well, he doesn't really know us, so he just shouts out whatever name's on our shorts.
Mike: Aha. So he calls you...?
Brick: Tobolski.
Mike: And he calls Tobolski...?
Brick: Heck, I guess. Again, I'm not always around to see it 'cause I'm frequently faking a leg cramp to get a banana from the nurse's office.
Mike: [clicks tongue] Brick, don't you get it?
Brick: Oh. So you're saying...
Mike: That's right. You didn't win that medal. Your shorts did.
Brick: Wow. So I did that whole jumping jack for nothing? [Mike nods] Hmm.