Lillian Quote #35
Quote from Lillian in Lads and Ladies and Us
Lillian: Dorothy. [chuckles] Do you mind if I ask you a question? Vivian was telling me about a luncheon, and I hadn't heard anything about it. Is it an official event? Because if so, I'd hate to miss it.
Dorothy: Oh. It's on a weekday and I didn't think you'd be able to attend. I imagine you have so much on your plate with all your numbers and meetings and things.
Lillian: Thank you for your concern, but I would find the time.
Dorothy: Oh, I would never ask you to do that! But a lot of our meetings and get-togethers do happen during the afternoon, and I'd imagine that participating would be difficult for someone with a career.
Lillian: Well, I would find a way to contribute. Just like the other working mothers of Lads and Ladies.
Dorothy: We don't... Haven't had many like you in our chapter.
Lillian: Well, I hope this won't affect your decision on membership. When it comes to doing what's good for my family, I always find a way to work things out.
Dorothy: I'm sure you do your best. We won't decide about membership until after the spring gala. It's at night, so I'm sure you'll be able to make it.
Adult Dean: It would be a few decades before I learned the name for it, but outside that planetarium was the first time I witnessed the phenomenon known as "shade."
The Wonder Years Quotes
‘Lads and Ladies and Us’ Quotes
Quote from Cory
Cory: Hey, I'm not gonna lie. I felt a little left out last time, so I spent all night studying up on the planets. Did you know that Pluto is so far out there that from there, the sun just looks like a regular star? Also, did you know that we have a library by where we live?
Adult Dean: Wait a minute, Cory's an astronomer all of a sudden?
Dean: Hey, you know how sports is your thing?
Cory: Mm-hmm.
Dean: Maybe leave the planets to me.
Cory: Okay. Unless there's a cute girl out there. Then the Pluto thing's coming back out.
Adult Dean: Cory was probably the only kid in the world who could make a pick-up line about Pluto work.
Quote from Lillian
Lillian: Did you hear what she said about "good hair"? Like anybody's hair could stay good out in this type of humidity for hours.
Vivian: I did. It was right after she said, "We only take a certain type of family into Lads and Ladies." I see a whole lot of milk chocolate out here and not a lot of dark chocolate.
Lillian: Mm-hmm.
Quote from Adult Dean
Adult Dean: One of the great things about my mom was how much she invested in us when we were little. She was like that for all of us. But she and Kim had things in common that she didn't have with me and my brother Bruce. A few years later, Bruce and I destroyed that tea set wrestling around in the family room. Kim adored mama. She wanted to be just like her. And mama loved the special bond they shared. Then the teen years hit.
Kim: You think I'm gonna wear this? Am I moving to a convent?
Lillian: No.
Adult Dean: It started out as fights about clothes. Then makeup, then curfew. Pretty soon it felt like they were fighting about everything. My dad understood this was a typical pattern for girls and their moms. Unfortunately, I didn't.
Dean: This is so crazy. They argue so much 'cause they're just alike.
[Lillian and Kim stop arguing and glare at Dean]
Bill: [sighs]
[fantasy: Bill escapes from kitchen on a jet pack]
Adult Dean: Like my dad, I eventually learned to stay out of it. That's just the way things were.