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EITHER: (13)If I Were An Ice Cream Sundae

Do you believe in re-incarnation? I do. I always think about what I would want to be if I were re-incarnated. Of all the things in the world I think I would want to be an ice cream sundae. Not just any ice cream sundae, a perfect one. Everyone would want to eat me. I would be a royal ice cream sundae, with only the finest vanilla ice cream, three scoops instead of two. The most chocolaty, thick, and delectable chocolate syrup would serve as my royal robe, completely encircling me. Then I would have the creamiest home-made whipped cream, sitting like a bubble on top of me. My next layer would be nuts - whole walnuts and almonds. Finally, a bright red maraschino cherry would be my crown. I think I will go make myself an ice cream sundae now!

Being Weird

Before we are born, we find out the meaning of life. But, as we are being born, that is all erased. So we have to figure it all out on our own with no help at all. Can you tell me this? How fair is that? If we knew everything, life would be SO easy. But every once in awhile, a child is born that does not forget. So they can see the future. Not all the time, but every so often, they will catch a glimpse of the future or hear an answer. Answers to the questions everyone asks but no one knows the answers for sureexcept these special few. Why are these few chosen? I guess it's just a freak coincidence. There areI think 100 in the world. For all we know, Mother Teresa could have been one. Many won't believe me when I tell them. But, I swear to you, what I am telling you is true. How, you may ask, do I know all this? I am one of those few. I am one of those "freaks". Being weirdfun, huh?

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HARDENED

I'm not hardened, Mother. You see, it's all real to me. I've suffered it. I've been shoved and bullied. I've had my arms twisted. I've been made to scream with pain in other ways. I've been flung into a filthy cell with a lot of other poor wretches as if I were a sack of coals being emptied into a cellar. And the only difference between me and the others was that I hit back. Yes I did. And I did worse. I wasn't nice or polite. I cursed. I called names. I heard words that I didn't even know that I knew, coming out of my mouth. The policeman repeated them in court. The magistrate said he could hardly believe it. I said it was all right; that I remembered myself using those words. I wouldn't tell who I was, of course, for your sakes at home here; and I wouldn't say I was sorry, or apologize, or anything of that sort. I wasn't sorry. So the judge reported that I seemed hardened. Then I was sentenced to a day in jailOh, if they'd all fought as I fought we'd have beaten them.

ITS OBVIOUS

You want to know why I do all that... why I can't be normal and have a clean life. Well its because I had no clean life, my mom drinks, my dad does drugs and he is abusive. You look so surprised. I wouldn't if I were you. I do all the things they do. I learned from them! So why don't you call them in and see what they have to say about that! I know what they'll say, they'll say, "we never did any of that... she's making that up so she can get attention. But, I have proof that they do! Call them at 9 tonightI dare you to call at 9 tonight..then tomorrow you'll call me back in and you will apologize for everything. But you'll say why am I drinking and doing drugs? I'll tell you, it's so I can have a real family, the druggies and drunks everyone hates are the ones that hangout with me every night Goodbye.

THE CONSPIRACY

Today's my anniversary. Four years ago, I began a new life - a life of torture. I got.....braces. Well, I can deal with wax and rubber bands. I can deal with aching teeth. I can even deal with the headgear, but NOTHING comes close to my biggest enemy: Wonder Bread sandwiches. Have you ever noticed that when you eat Wonder Bread sandwiches, they get, well, sticky. Add in metal brackets, and you can raise the sticky factor to the 20th power. So you're sitting there, when you realize, you've got a Wonder Bread sandwich particle stuck in your braces and you just want to die. My dad says it will all be worth it when my teeth are straight and perfect, but who wants to be perfect anyway? Yeah, me too. WORMS

Excuse me? Mr. Lee, sir? Could I talk to you? Thank you, sir. Ive, uh, Ive got a bit ofproblem. Its my locker, sir. Uh, its, well, its full of...worms, sir, big brown ones. No, sir, I didnt put them there. No, sir, Im not really sure where they came from. Just opened up my locker this morning before class and well, um, it was like...How you doing? Very strange,sir. No, sir, no one else has them. Just me. Yes, sir, big brown ones; fat too, all over my calculus book and my copy of Crime and Punishment and winding all through my gym clothes. No, sir. No ideas. Im kinda stumped on this one. Could we flame out my locker?

CHOCOLATE NIGHT

I dont know why I dreamed that. I guess because I ate so many Hersheys kisses before I went to bed. But, still, to dream about a chocolate sundae coming to life and chasing you... is a little strange. And whats stranger, was when I started to slide down a chocolate fudge mountain. Well, I mean, its sounds fun, but not if youre wearing a white suit. And then, when I got to the bottom, all sticky and gross, I fell into the hot fudge and thought it would be worse. Instead, when I came out, I was clean. Suddenly, I was walking through a dense forest. It was real creepy. And then I smelled fries. Not just any fries; it was the fries. The fry guys!

RE-FRIED BEANS

I think the most traumatic experience of my younger life was being forced to eat foods that I was sure were going to kill me. Like broccoli or my mothers specialty...re-fried beans. I was very creative with her beans. Sometimes I would purposely do something bad so my parents would send me into the dining room to eat. Then Id wrap the beans up in a napkin and put them under the rug. Later on Id go get them and throw them away. UnlessI forgot. Then theyd sit under the rug until the next time we had beans. Not a pretty sight. When my parents stopped sending me into the dining room to eat, I had to come up with some new ideas.

THE ADOLESCENT FUGUE

I hate my brothers so much! They always make fun of my zits. I do have acne, but do they have to remind me? I always call them zits because they dont deserve better names. Why did God make zits? I mean, he could have just never invented them and everyone would do just fine. I tell myself not to eat chocolate, but I do anyway- I love chocolate! Thats like with my braces... I cant chew gum! Do you know how boaring life would be without chocolate and gum? Id rather not think about it.

THE WOODS

Once I got really mad at my sister, and my mom and dad were gone, so I couldnt run to them. I ran outside with my cat and started off into the woods. It was winter and everything was quiet except for the sounds of my walking. There was snow everywhere and a huge tree that towered over me, and I was alone. Thats what was nice. It reminded me of a postcard with an Indian on it instead of me. I really wish sometimes that I was an Indian and there were no factories and cars and pollution. Lifes a lot simpler like that. Its just finding food, eating, and just living with no time to worry about what other people think of you. No one cares if you not as (girl) pretty (boy) handsome or as good as someone else. You just have to worry about whats going on right now.

STARS

Looking up ... all those stars ... theyre like pinpricks in black construction paper with

a spotlight behind them. So many of them. And theres a patch that looks like a cloud at first, but then you see that its just stars so packed together that they start to run together.Like salt. Its a clich, I guess, but it really does make you think. Consider it all. Maybe we really dont matter. All our stuff, all the Coke and Big Macs that weve got stored up ... theyre about as important as ... one breath. And all this is a lifetime. I mean we could all be snuffed out, just like that! Were gone, and ... this is the good part ... it would all go on. No change. Nice night, huh?

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HOT ICE CREAM

Its not really fair that things have to change. I mean, you have something really good, like an ice cream cone. Its going great, and then suddenly things start to change; the ice cream starts to melt. And if you cant change and eat the ice cream fast enough, it melts and all you have left is hot, runny ice cream. Like before my parents got divorced. My life was great. I was a pampered little kid, with what I thought was a great family. Well, I guess my parents didnt realize how hot it was getting. The ice cream was melting. Andt they didnt even think about me. They didnt even care. But thats how life is; our ice cream just melted and we couldnt stop it... I dont know... maybe it is better.

FEMALE: (35)ALICE IN WONDERLAND: CHASING THE WHITE RABBIT

Why, how impolite of him. I asked him a civil question, and he pretended not to hear me. That's not at all nice. Theres no need to be rude! I say, Mr. White Rabbit, where are you going? Mr. Rabbit? Mr. Rabbit?!? Hmmm. He won't answer me. And I do so want to know what he is late for. I wonder if I might follow him. Why not? There's no rule that I can't go anywhere I please. I--I will follow him. Oh! Mr. Rabbit please wait! Dont leave me here. If you please, sir-- No! Come back. You dropped yourDear, dear! How peculiar everything is today. Oh wellwait, Mr. Rabbit. I'm coming, too!

ALICE IN WONDERLAND: DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE

How curious. I never realized that rabbit holes were so dark . . . and so long . . . and so empty. I believe I have been falling for five minutes, and I still can't see the bottom! Hmph! After such a fall as this, I shall think nothing of tumbling downstairs. How brave they'll all think me at home. Why, I wouldn't say anything about it even if I fell off the top of the house! I wonder how many miles I've fallen by this time. I must be getting somewhere near the center of the earth. I wonder if I shall fall right through the earth! How funny that would be. Oh, I think I see the bottom. Yes, I'm sure I see the bottom. I shall hit the bottom, hit it very hard, and oh, how it will hurt!

SLEEPING BEAUTY

Hello. My name is Rose, but you may know me better as "Sleeping Beauty." I just have a few things I want to get out in the open. You know, ever since that stupid prince woke me up, I have been getting a lot of grief from people who have no right sticking their noses into my business. Everyone seems to think that just because some guy kissed me and woke me up, I should marry him. I barely know him. I'm not going to marry someone I hardly know. And, of course, we mustn't forget the fact that I'm already betrothed. I know it's been a hundred years. I know he's dead, but he does have descendants. I can just marry someone down the line. I must stay true to my parents promise. Well, I'd better get going. I've got to go find a younger branch on my fiance's family tree. But before I go, just because someone breaks a spell that doesn't give them any claim to your future.

GOLDILOCKS

Hi. My name is Goldilocks and I've been the victim of a bad rap all these years. Mothers always tell their children: "Don't be like Goldilocks. Well, I'd like you to hear my side of the story. I did walk into the Bears' house when they weren't home. I readily admit that, but they had this sign on the door that said "Welcome". I'm no fool. I know what that word means. And about that porridge. Porridge? Wallpaper paste with a few raisins in it. That stuff was awful! Now, I did break a chair. One chair! One cheap little chair that wouldn't even make it in a yard sale! And then there were the beds. No wonder those bears were always off walking in the woods, they were looking for a soft place to lay their heads and take a nap. So sue me! Im not such a bad kid. It's all the media's fault.

CINDERELLA

I have very little to tell you. I have little to tell because I didnt go to the ball. Yes, my work was complete and my dress was lovely, but it was torn and thrown into the fire. My step sisters were at fault. They claimed that it was an accident. Im sorry to disappoint you so. If I tell you a secret, do you promise not to tell a soul? Well, I did go to the ball. Shhhhh! No one must know! I arrived in a grand coach made of ivory and gold with a Coachman and a groom and four white horses! My gown was the most beautiful gown Id ever seen. And the slippers were made of glass. It was all so wonderful. The prince? He was . . . Oh, well, he was wonderful too!

FAIRY GODMOTHER 1

You'll excuse me for not doing the whole "appearing in a cloud of stardust" routine, but my back is killing me. Besides, stardust is expensive, and our budget just got cut. Whenever there are cutbacks in the Fairy Tale World, the magic department always feels it first. Now I can't even afford a new wand. My old one has been in the shop twice in the past week. Its not because of cutbacks Cinderella overloaded it! That girl really cracks my crystals! All I hear is whine, whine, whine:"I need a coach. I need footmen and a groom. I need a dress." And just when I think it's all over: "I need shoes." So I gave her those glass slippers and I hope she has to walk over some rocky terrain! Well, I better go. I just have one request. Please write a letter to the Queen of Hearts and ask her to give us a little slack in the magic department. I speak not only for myself. The genies are running out of bottles.

FAIRY GODMOTHER 2

Hey, uh, Cinderella, I kind of need those slippers. Im trying to get my security deposit backLook, I was just doing my job. You meet some rich kid and fall in love, not my problem. Just give me back the slippers and Ill be on my wayWhat?!? What do you mean you dont have the slippers? You have to have the slippers! I gave them to you for only one nightjust for the Princes ballYou took them off? At the castle? And you left them there when the clock struck midnight? Why? Dont you know how much those shoes cost me? What about the dress? Did you leave that at the castle as well? YouYouYoure driving me crazy! Im going toWellNo But you just wait, CinderellaWell settle this! Remember, you owe me!

WICKED QUEEN

I am so sick of being called the Wicked Queen! I am not wicked, I'm obsessive. There's a big difference. All I ever wanted was to be the fairest in the land. Maybe attempted homicide was a bit extreme, but that doesn't make me evil. Do you have any idea what it's like to constantly be around someone you know looks better than you? It's terrible! Besides, I was doing a favor for all of humankind. That girl is just too happy for her own good! I was so sick of the blue birds flying around the castle all the time. Who do you think cleaned that up? It wasn't Snow White, I'll tell you that. All I'm saying is that it wasn't completely my fault, but I'm still destined to go down in fairy tale history as "the wicked queen."

THE BIRTHDAY

I awoke with the sensation that I was not alone in the room. My hands were shaking and I felt a cold drop of sweat roll down my face. My eyes peeled open and surveyed every corner of the room. Nothing looked different or the least bit suspicious, but I still felt the presence of someone. I heard a creaking coming from my bathroom door. I soon realized that it was the same sound I had heard every night. I glanced at the clock. It was 10:30. It was a Thursday night, exactly two days after my 14th birthday. As I began to tuck myself back into my bed, I was distracted by a bright red Converse shoe sticking out of my closet. And, it was still on someone's foot! I reached over and turned on my bedside lamp. As the light flicked on, my closet doors, bathroom and bedroom doors all flew open to display my best friend Megan and seven of my other friends, clad in birthday decorations yelling, "surprise!!" I unclenched my fists, sighed with relief and laughed along with my friends. DRIVING

It's like this, see. You guys don't do it right. No, just hear me out. You don't. In America you treat driving like it's a responsibility. In Italy, driving is an expression of your personality. Okay, some of you do it okay, but mostly it's the brain-dead teenage boys who're trying to prove what big men they are -- they drive recklessly and call it brave. In Italy, we don't think about brave or chicken, we think about owning the road. Yeah, I know it's just an expression here, but there it's a lifestyle. If we drive like lunatics, honking and yelling, that means we're alive and loving it. You Americans dent a fender and you fall to pieces, worrying about insurance and lost time. In Italy a car without war wounds is a showpiece in a garage. You want to live? Walk away from a five car pile-up with a smile on your face.

RUNNING GUYS OVER

I used to worry that I would never have a boyfriend. I was so scared that I'd go through life pitifully alone. But you know, when I finally gave up searching for one, he kind of just fell into my lap. Raphael has been my best friend for all my high school years. He's sweet, caring, and he's always been there when I needed him. It was like destiny that we were friends. Then something horrible, something stupid, happened. Rafe got run over. I was going home with him. My brother offered us a ride down to Rafe's car, at the other end of the parking lot, but instead of getting in the car, we got on the hood. Yeah I know it's stupid. I keep seeing him slide off, the look on his face when the tire went over his leg. It was horrible! Anyway, about three weeks after the accident, after going to see him every day after school, I think it clicked. He asked me to our school's dance, and that was that. Maybe we needed the accident.GAIN THE PAIN

What were you going to say? Let me guess... you're just a kid. That's what it always boils down to, isn't it? But, just like any other human on this planet, I do have feelings. Yes, I do. I feel pain. I feel sadness and sometimes like my life's not worth anything. But, I'm too young to understand right? Then tell me, when are my feelings going to count for something? If us "kids" really are just kidding ourselves, and we just don't experience any true emotions, then how is it that so many adult are screwed up because their childhood was a mess? You know why? Because they did feel something. It happened to you, so what are you letting it happen to me? Youre no different than everyone else, continuing this... this vicious cycle! Where's it going to stop Mom?

GETTING THERE

My English teacher once told me that he didn't think of God as a spirit or anything, he thought of God as a part of every human being. God is innocence and the supposed "Satan" was whatever evil we contained inside ourselves. Anyways, what I'm trying to say is that if Satan or evil was a part of me, it would be a big part. I've been trying to fit in some kind of innocence but it like there's no room left in my body. Today I tried thinking of ways to exploit myself or abuse myself. I tried so hard to degrade myself but a large part of me liked it. I want a certain life. In no way is this life sick or sadistic. It's pure. It's beautiful. I want that deeply. So much so that I would want to die if I couldn't have itbut I don't think I can have it. That place is heaven and I don't deserve heaven. But I'm trying, I'm trying real hard to make it to heaven and that leaves me with hope.

THE DUTCHMAN

It took my uncle seven years to drink himself to death. First he lost his job, then his wife and finally his drivers license. He retreated to his house and had everything delivered. One night he tried to go downstairs to the basement--and he flew down the stairs. They found him at the bottom of the stairsJust steps away from his room. Sometimes I think of my uncle as a kind of Flying Dutchman. In the opera, the Dutchman is doomed to wander the sea; but every seven years he can come ashore--and if he finds a maiden who will love him of her own free will--he will be released. And I see Uncle Peck in my mind, in his Chevy '56, a spirit driving up and down the roads of Carolina--looking for a girl who, of her own free will, will love him.

I DONT KNOW

Sure, I'm a clown. I'm a joke a minute! See, I used to have a great group of friends. We did everything together. But something changed. I don't know what I did or what I said. But one day I walked up to my friends in front of the school. They were laughing and talking like we always did. But they were standing in this tight little circle, and when I tried to stand next to somebody, they wouldn't let me in! Well, they didn't really push me out.. They just sort of acted like I wasnt there. I wanted to cry, but instead I just started laughing. Thats the way it has been ever since. I still have no idea of what changed what I did what I said whatever I started laughing then. What a joke! Wasnt it funny? So I've been trying to keep laughing ever since. SEX GODDESS

I wanted to be a sex goddess. And you can laugh all you want to. They used to laugh at Marilyn when she said she didn't want to be a sex-goddess, she wanted to be a human being. And now they laugh at me when I say, "I don't want to be a human being; I want to be a sex-goddess." That shows you right there that something has changed, doesn't it? Rita, Ava, Lana, Marlene, Marilyn -- I wanted to be one of them. We were all living together, me and these three gay boys, in this loft on downtown. We were all old-movie buffs.. And then my friend came in and told us all to sit down -- and he said -- he said -- "Marilyn Monroe died last night" -- and all the boys were stunned -- but I -- I felt something sudden and cold in my solar plexus, and I knew then what I wanted to do with my life. I wanted to be the next one!

PLEASE DADDY

I stopped laughing a long time ago. I stopped crying not too long after that. When my father died. I think I killed him. I wouldn't laugh. I wouldn't laugh at his jokes. All he wanted was for me to laugh at his jokes. That's not hard. What's so bad about that? I don't know if he ever knew that I loved him. I don't know if he ever knew that I thought he was funny. I loved him more than anything in this world. I don't think he ever knew that. I loved him. Two months before he died, he asked me to join him in a game we used to play. I told him no. He looked so hurt. It was like I was rejecting him, the childhood that he gave me. I didn't even care. I just shrugged my shoulders. I had to be cool, I had to be a teenager. I had to be defiant, and not listen to my parents. Then he died. He died and he never knew. I never got to say goodbye. I never got to say "I love you" one last time. I love you daddy. I'm still your little girl. Hold me please daddy, just for a little while. Please daddy.

ONE MORE DAY

Abigail is with her best friend Mary, who is on the verge of dying.

If you're able to hear, please listen to me. I don't want you to leave me! Everything feels so wrong without you. If you can hear me, please say something. Oh God, please give her strength. I want her to stay so bad. She's the only one I have. Oh Mary, if you don't make it through, some things will be left unsaid. SoI have no choice but to say them now. I love you more than life itself. You are the only person I can truly talk to. If you leave me, you won't be there to save me from myself. Who will I call at 3:00 in the morning? Please, don't go. Just fight one day longer, please. You're the only one that makes my life worth living. So if you leave, I will ache, and I will cry, and I will never be the same. So don't go. I'm asking you, with all of my heart, please...stay.

STEPSISTERIt isn't easy being the ugly stepsister. Everybody always feels so sorry for poor little Cinderella, but what about me? I deserve a little sympathy, too. Does MY fairy godmother ever turn up with a magic wand? Does the prince ever dance with me at the ball? Not on your life. The best I can ever hope for with my pumpkins is a decent piece of pie. And as for the rats, well, I never saw one yet who turned into a coachman. If you ask me, that Cinderella is weird. She has naturally curly hair and wears size 4 1/2 shoes and she is so good-natured that it's downright sickening. A lot of people think I'm jealous of her. Maybe I am. And with good reason. Little Cindy, whips together a dress out of some old curtains, waltzes off to the ball and snags the prince. It isn't fair! It really isn't fair!Cruella De Vil

You beasts! But I'm not beaten yet. You've won the battle, but I'm about to win the wardrobe. My spotty puppy coat is in plain sight and leaving tracks. In a moment I'll have what I came for, while all of you will end up as sausage meat, alone on some sad, plastic plate. Dead and medium red. No friends, no family, no pulse. Just slapped between two buns, smothered in onions, with fries on the side. Cruella De Vil has the last laugh!

YOURE NOT WANTED HERE

You know, I dont know why I even liked you. You're superficial, rude, and not even nice or anything. Look what you just did to Jess, she'll cry straight for a week. Why? Because she thinks your cool and I did too but not anymore. I've had it, I've put up with your crap long enough. And the worst part is, I thought you were my friend. It hurt me when I found out why I was here. I was here just to do your dirty work for you? What was your problem, not brave enough to do it yourself? You know, dont answer that, I know what you're going to say, but now, I just want to tell you that it hurts me, and I really do hope you have a miserable life. I think you deserve it. You always wanted the truth, and you never had any trouble saying it, so just to let you know, youre not that pretty, and youre not that smart, so leave, cause youre not wanted here. YOURE A GOOD MAN CHARLIE BROWN SALLY

A 'C'? A 'C'? I got a 'C' on my coathanger sculpture? How could anyone get a 'C' in coathanger sculpture? May I ask a question? Was I judged on the piece of sculpture itself? If so, is it not true that time alone can judge a work of art? Or was I judged on my talent? If so, is it fair that I be judged on a part of my life over which I have no control? If I was judged on my effort, then I was judged unfairly, for I tried as hard as I could! Was I judged on what I had learned about this project? If so, then were not you, my teacher, also being judged on your ability to transmit your knowledge to me? Are you willing to share my 'C'? Perhaps I was being judged on the quality of coathanger itself out of which my creation was made...now is this not also unfair? Am I to be judged by the quality of coathangers that are used by the drycleaning establishment that returns our garments? Is that not the responsibility of my parents? Should they not share my 'C'?

YOURE A GOOD MAN CHARLIE BROWN LUCY

"Do you know what I intend? I intend to be a queen. When I grow up Im going to be the biggest queen there ever was, and Ill live in a big palace and when I go out in my coach, all the people will wave and I will shout at them, and...and...in the summertime I will go to my summer palace and Ill wear my crown in swimming and everything, and all the people will cheer and I will shout at them... What do you mean I cant be queen? Nobody should be kept from being a queen if she wants to be one. Its usually just a matter of knowing the right people.. ..well.... if I cant be a queen, then Ill be very rich then I will buy myself a queendom. Yes, I will buy myself a queendom and then Ill kick out the old queen and take over the whole operation myself. I will be head queen."

THE FANTASTIKS

This morning a bird woke me up. It was a lark, or a peacock; something like that. So I said hello. And it vanished, flew away, the very moment I said hello! It was quite mysterious. So do you know what I did? I went to my mirror and brushed my hair two hundred times, without stopping. And as i was brushing it, my hair turned mauve. No, honestly! Mauve! Then red. then some sort of a deep blue when the sun hit it.... Every day something happens to me. When i get up in the morning and get dressed, I can tell...something's different. I like to touch my eyelids, because they're never quite the same. oh, oh, oh! I hug myself till my arms turn blue, then I close my eyes and cry and cry till the tears come down and I can taste them. I love to taste my tears. I am special. I am special! Please god, please, don't let me be normal!

THE DIARY OF ANN FRANK

Look Peter, the sky. What a lovely, lovely day! Arent the clouds beautiful? You know what I do when it seems as if I couldnt stand being cooped up for one more minute? I think myself out. I think myself on a walk in the park where I used to go with Pim ... Where the jonquils and the crocus and the violets grow down the slopes. You know the most wonderful part about thinking yourself out? You can have it anyway you like.

THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK

Im trying. Really I am. Every night I think back over all of the things I did that day that

were wrong... like putting the wet mop in Mr. Dussels bed... and this thing now with Mother. I say to myself, that was wrong. I make up my mind, Im never going to do it again. Never! Of course I may do something worse... but at least Ill never do that again!... I have a nicer side, Father... a sweeter, nicer side. But Im scared to show it. Im afraid that people are going to laugh at me if Im serious. So the mean Anne comes to the outside and the good Anne stays on the inside.

ANNE OF GREEN GABLES

Mrs. Lynde, I'm extremely sorry I behaved so terribly. I've disgraced my good friends who've let me stay at Green Gables on trial, even though I'm not a boy. I am wicked and ungrateful, and I deserve to be cast out forever. What you said was true; I am skinny and ugly, and my hair is red. What I said about you was true too, only I shouldn't have said it. Please, Mrs. Lynde, forgive me. You wouldn't be so cruel as to inflict a life-long sorrow on a poor orphan. Please. Please, forgive me.

OUR TOWN

I don't like the whole change that's come over you in the last year. I'm sorry if that hurts your feelings, but I've got to tell the truth and shame the devil. Up to a year ago I used to like you a lot. And I used to watch you as you did everything?... because we'd been friends so long? and then you began spending all your time at baseball and you never stopped to speak to anybody any more. Not even to your own family and, George, it's a fact, you've gotten awfully conceited and stuck up, and all the girls say so. They may not say so to your face, but that's what they say about you behind your back, and it hurts me to hear them say it, but I've got to agree with them a little. I'm sorry if it hurts your feelings but I cant be sorry I said it.

It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown! Sally BrownI was robbed! I spent the whole night waiting for the Great Pumpkin when I could have been out for tricks or treats! Halloween is over and I missed it! You blockhead! You kept me up all night waiting for the Great Pumpkin and all that came was a beagle! I didn't get a chance to go out for tricks or treats! And it was all your fault! I'll sue! What a fool I was. And could have had candy apples and gum! And cookies and money and all sorts of things! But no, I had to listen to you! You blockhead. What a fool I was. Trick or treats come only once a year. And I miss it by sitting in a pumpkin patch with a blockhead. You owe me restitution!

A Little Princess -SaraI don't have a mother either... she's in heaven with my baby sister... But that doesn't mean I can't talk to her, I talk to her all the time... I tell her everything and I know she hears me because... because that's what angels do. My mom is an angel and yours is too. With beautiful satin wings, a silk dress, and a crown of baby rosebuds, and they all live together in a castle. And do you know what it's made out of? Sunflowers. Hundreds of them, so bright they shine like the sun. And when they want to go anywhere they just whistle, like this...(whistles) and a cloud swoops down to the front gate and picks them up and as they ride through the air, over the moon and through the stars... until they are hovering right above us, that's how they can look down and make sure we're all right. And sometimes they even send messages. Of course you can't hear them with all the noise you were making... but don't worry they'll always try again... just in case you missed them.

The Wizard of Oz - DorothyBut it wasn't a dream. It was a place. And you and you and you...and you were there. But you couldn't have been could you? No, Aunt Em, this was a real truly live place and I remember some of it wasn't very nice, but most of it was beautiful--but just the same all I kept saying to everybody was "I want to go home," and they sent me home! Doesn't anybody believe me? But anyway, Toto, we're home! Home. And this is my room, and you're all here and I'm not going to leave here ever, ever again. Because I love you all. And... Oh Auntie Em! There's no place like home!Mean Girls Cady Huh, wow, thanks, um, well, half the people in this room are mad at me and the other half only like me because they think I pushed someone in front of a bus, so that's not good. To all the people whose feelings got hurt by the burn book, I'm really sorry. You know I've never been to one of these things before and when I think about how many people wanted this, and how many people cried over it and stuff, I mean, I think everybody looks great tonight. Look at Jessica Lopez, that dress is amazing and Emma Gerber that hair do must have taken hours and you look really pretty. So why is everybody stressing over this thing? I mean it'sjust plastic, it's really just (she breaks the crown). A piece for Gretchen Wieners, a partial Spring Fling Queen. A piece for Janis Ian and a piece for Regina George, she fractured her spine and she still looks like a rockstar, and some for everybody else.Mean Girls gretchen

(after being humiliated) Why should Caesar get to stomp around like a giant while the rest of us try not to get smushed under his big feet? What's so great about Caesar? Hm? Brutus is just as cute as Caesar. 'K, Brutus is just as smart as Caesar. People totally like Brutus just as much as they like Caesar. And when did it become okay for one person to be the boss of everybody, huh? Because that's not what Rome is about. We should totally just stab Caesar!

Addams Family Values - Wednesday Addams:Wait, we can not break bread with you. You have taken the land which is rightfully ours. Years from now my people will be forced to live in mobile homes on reservations. Your people will wear cardigans, and drink highballs. We will sell our bracelets by the road sides, and you will play golf. My people will have pain and degradation. Your people will have stick shifts. The gods of my tribe have spoken. They said do not trust the pilgrims. And especially do not trust Sarah Miller. For all these reasons I have decided to scalp you and burn your village to the ground.Superman Lois LANECan you read my mind? Do you know what it is you do to me. I don't know who you are. Just a friend from another star. Here I am like a kid out of school. Holding hands with a god. I'm a fool. Will you look at me, quivering, like a little girl, shivering. You can see right through me. Can you read my mind? Can you picture the things I am thinking of. Wondering why you are. All the wonderful things you are? You can fly. You belong to the sky. You and I can belong to each other. If you need a friend, I'm the one to fly to. If you need to be loved, here I am. Read my mind.Male: (28)Frog Prince

Hello. My name is Prince Frederick and I am a . . . a fly addict. It's all my father's fault. No, really, it is partly my fault but it's mostly his. You see, when he made up the list for my Christening he made a slight error. He left my Godmother off the list and she got a little . . . upset. She sort of flew off the handle and turned me into a frog. Anyway, I had to get a beautiful princess to kiss me so that I could turn back to normal. You can imagine the line of them just waiting to do so. It took me twenty years, but I finally found one willing to kiss my slimy frog lips. After my transformation we were married and supposed to live happily ever after. Unfortunately, she left me because of my addiction. Well, that and the lily pads in the bathtub drain. Well maybe I'm just better off without her! I'll go find someone who'll love me for who I truly am! And we'll live happily ever after! So there!

PrinceHas it all been for nothing? Am I searching for a dream that doesnt truly exist? One moment we were dancing in the royal garden and the next moment she was gone. She vanished without leaving so much as a trace. If I only knew where to begin. Well search the Kingdom high and low. We mustnt lose her. Ive only just found her. You say shes left a clue? What? A note? An address? A slipper? How did she manage to get home with only one slipper? Dont answer that. Just find her.

Genie:Aaaaahhhhh! OY! Ten-thousand years will give ya such a crick in the neck! Whoa! Does it feel good to be outta there! Nice to be back, ladies and gentlemen. Hi, where ya from? What's your name? Aladdin! Hello, Aladdin. Nice to have you on the show. Can we call you 'Al?' Or maybe just 'Din?' Or howbout 'Laddi?' Sounds like "Here, boy! C'mon, Laddi!" Say, you're a lot smaller than my last master. Either that or I'm gettin' bigger. Look at me from the side, do I look different to you? That's right, you're my master! He can be taught!! What would you wish of me, the ever impressive, the often imitated, but never duplicated.... Genie Of The Lamp! Right here direct from the lamp. Thank you! You get three wishes to be exact. That's it, three. No substitutions, exchanges or refunds. Master, I don't think you quite realize what you've got here! So why don't you just ruminate, while I illuminate the possibilities!

ELLIOT (FROM E.T.)Coke. You see, we drink it. It's a, it's a drink. You know, food. These are toys, these are little men. This is Greedo, and then this is Hammerhead, see this is Walrus Man, and this is Snaggletooth and this is Lando Calrissian See...and look, they can even have wars. Look at this.. See, this is PEZ, candy. See you eat it. You put the candy in here and then when you lift up the head, the candy comes out and you can eat it. You want some? This is a peanut. You eat it, but you can't eat this one, 'cause this is fake. This is money. You see. You put the money in the peanut. You see? It's a bank. See? And then, this is a car. This is what we get around in. You see? Car. Hey, hey wait a second. No. You don't eat 'em. Are you hungry? I'm hungry. Stay. Stay. I'll be right here. Okay? I'll be right here.

KermitI didn't promise anybody anything. What do I know about Hollywood anyway? Just the dreams I got from sitting through too many double-features. I left the swamp cause some agent fella said I had talent. Hm. He probably says that to everybody. On the other hand, if I hadn't left the swamp, I'd be feeling pretty miserable anyhow. But then it would just be me feelin' miserable. Now I got a lady pig, and a bear and a chicken, a dog, a thing -- whatever Gonzo is. He's a little like a turkey. Anyhow, I brought 'em all out here into the middle of nowhere. It's all my fault. But that's because they believed in me. No, they believed in the dream. Well, so do I, but-- Yeah! Of course I do. Well..I guess I was wrong when I said I never promised anyone. I promised me.

CHUNK FROM THE GOONIESEverything. Okay! I'll talk! In third grade, I cheated on my history exam. In fourth grade, I stole my uncle Max's toupee and I glued it on my face when I was Moses in my Hebrew School play. In fifth grade, I knocked my sister Edie down the stairs and I blamed it on the dog...When my mom sent me to the summer camp for fat kids and then they served lunch I got nuts and I pigged out and they kicked me out...But the worst thing I ever done -- I mixed a pot of fake puke at home and then I went to this movie theater, hid the puke in my jacket, climbed up to the balcony and then, t-t-then, I made a noise like this: hua-hua-hua-huaaaaaaa -- and then I dumped it over the side, all over the people in the audience. And then, this was horrible, all the people started getting sick and throwing up all over each other. I never felt so bad in my entire life.

Robin Hood

I've called you here as freeborn Englishmen, loyal to our king. While he reigned over us, we lived in peace. But since Prince John has seized the regency, Guy of Gisbourne and the rest of his traitors have murdered and pillaged. You've all suffered from their cruelty - the ear loppings, the beatings, the blindings with hot irons, the burning of our farms and homes, the mistreatment of our women. It's time to put an end to this! Now, this forest is wide. It can shelter and clothe and feed a band of good, determined men - good swordsmen, good archers, good fighters. Men, if you're willing to fight for our people, I want you! Are you with me? That you, the freemen of this forest, swear to despoil the rich only to give to the poor, to shelter the old and the helpless, to protect all women rich or poor, Norman or Saxon. Swear to fight for a free England. To protect her loyally until the return of our King and sovereign Richard the Lion Heart. And swear to fight to the death against our oppressors!

Green GoblinWake up little spider, wake up. No, you're not dead... yet... Just paralyzed... temporarily. You're an amazing creature, Spiderman, you and I are not so different. Well... to each his own. I chose my path, you chose the path of the hero and they found you amusing for a while, the people of this city. But the one thing they love more than a hero is to see a hero fail, fall, die trying. In spite of everything you've done for them, eventually they will hate you. Why bother? Here's the real truth. There are eight million people in this city and those teeming masses exist for the sole purpose of lifting the few exceptional people onto their shoulders. You and me, we're exceptional. I could squash you like a bug right now, but I'm offering you a choice. Join me. Imagine what we could accomplish together. What we could create or we could destroy. Cause the death of countless innocents in selfish battle again and again and again until we're both dead? Is that what you want? Think about it hero...

Doctor OctopusMy Rosie's dead. My dream is dead. And these monstrous things should be at the bottom of the river, along with me. Something in my head. Something talking. The inhibitor chip! Gone. Rebuild? No. Peter was right. I miscalculated. I couldn't have miscalculated. It was working, wasn't it? Yes. We could rebuild. Enlarge the containment field, make it bigger, stronger than ever. But we need money. Steal it? No, no, no, I'm not a criminal. That's right. The real crime would be not to finish what we started. We'll do it here. The power of the sun in the palm of my hand. Nothing will stand in my way. Nothing!

I Know I'm Not Dumb!

Yeah that's right. I'm a jock. I'm the Varsity Quarterback, starter for the basketball team, and the pitcher for the baseball team. So, why is it that all the dumb girls like me and all the smart ones think I'm just a dumb jock? I know I'm not dumb. I'm not. Sure, I always thought that multiplication was the study of how many hamburgers you could eat. I learned my lesson. I now know it's not just burgers it's apples and other food too. Heck there's a whole variety out there. I know I also thought that chemistry was for making cakes. I know now that it's for meeting girls. The thing is Ill never pass that class because the girl next to me won't give me her phone number, because she says I don't have a future. So, of course how is any chemistry gonna happen between us? I don't know 'bout you , but I know I'm not dumb!

I Was All Set

I was all set. I had the ring, I had the nice outfit, I had the perfect restaurant, I had the rental car. I was all set. I practiced all night exactly what I would say. I would say, "I love you and I would be honored if you spent the rest of your life with me. Yeah that's right - I want you for the rest of my life." Perfect huh? I was also going to give her a dozen daisies roses are expensive and hold the doors open for her and everything. I was also going to get down on my knees in the restaurant so that everyone could see my undying love for this girl. I also, for extra effect, was going to wear the bright yellow tie my grandma bought me so that everyone would notice me, if the knee thing didn't work. I was all set. I got rid of all my nerves. I was ready to settle down. I was happy. One thing I forgot. Who's the lucky girl?

NOT FOR ME!

Miss Watson told me to pray every day, and whatever I asked for I would get it. But it warn't so. I tried it. Once I got a fish-line, but no hooks. It warn't any good to me without hooks. I tried for the hooks three or four times, but somehow I couldn't make it work. By and by, one day, I asked Miss Watson to try for me, but she said I was a fool. She never told me why, and I couldn't make it out no way. I set down one time back in the woods, and had a long think about it. I says to myself, if a body can get anything they pray for, why don't Deacon Winn get back the money he lost on pork? Why can't the widow get back her silver snuffbox that was stole? No, says I to myself, there ain't nothing in it. I went and told the widow about it, and she said the thing a body could get by praying for it was "spiritual gifts." I went out in the woods and turned it over in my mind a long time, but I couldn't see no advantage about it--except for the other people; so at last I reckoned I wouldn't worry about it any more, but just let it go.

TERABITHIA

Leslie? Are you there? Can you hear me? I'm sorry I went off without you. You would've liked Washington. I forgot youve been to Washington millions of times. Before you came I was nothing. But you made me king. You made me hear music I never heard and see worlds I never knew was there. It's gone. Terabithia's gone. There's nothing here. Leslie, come back. Don't leave me here by myself. I don't know how to make the magic come. I'm scared, Leslie. This is a time of greatest sorrow, the king must go to the sacred grove. Come, O Terabithians. We must have a procession for our Queen. Father, into thy hands I commend her spirit. Before our realm a river, around our realm a wall, within our realm a castle you and I will rule it all. A castle gleaming golden, scarlet banners to the sky, ten thousand loyal subjects to care for you and I.. The rulers of Terabithia, keepers of dreams.

DONT BE JEALOUS

Whenever people look at me they think, "Man, he's lucky; he's got a perfect life and he has no worries! I wish I was like him." Most start to become jealous, but I always wonder why they want to live my life. What is so good about it? They think that my life is perfect, but in reality, it is the direct opposite. My life is anything but perfect. The glow of happiness they always see on my face is just the light that is emitted from the eternal fire of despair that burns in my soul. I was the different one in school. When kids used to anticipate the arrival of the weekend, I would wish it never came because my dad would fight with my mom! They would fight and fight and fight, and all I could do was lie on my bed and cry. My whole childhood was lost in this. So, don't be jealous of me, just do what I have done; forget all your bad memories, cherish the good ones and live life to its fullest.

FAT TEMPLE

I looked in the mirror the other day and a horrifying thought came to mind, "I'm fat." Now, this started to worry me some so I thought on it throughout the day and then I went to lunch. I was kind of depressed so I didn't eat much. Then a revelation hit me, "Oh no, thinking you're fat is the first sign of anorexia." I could be starving to death and not even know it. Maybe that is why I can't get a date; I'm so scrawny I scare the ladies away. And then I continued to consider this and I thought, "Oh no, what if I really am fat?" I could be second away from a heart attack. So I began to think of way solve this issue. Then I realized I must simply come to terms and look at the positives of these issues. So now I am on a daily quest to fight my battle with anorexia. This I promise: I will eat my way to victory. Please join me in the battle.

FUNNY

You don't know me, and you probably never will. No, please don't stop and stare, I don't like it when you get to close. For my entire life people pass me by, and now I am used to it. Anything else would confuse me. Ok, Ok, I actually have a lot of friends. You see, I make people laugh; I'm the 'Funny' guy. Because when people are busy laughing they are not thinking about what is going on in my life, they just think "Man is he funny"... and funny is good. I am more comfortable when you ignore the real me. I have been hurt before and I wanted to die. Oh I know there are people that don't approve of me and that's ok. I don't want you getting to close. I want you to accept me because you like me, for me. So let me be funny, it's where I am safe, and if you can't let me be funny then just leave me alone. I am laughing through my tears and that isn't funny.

The Freak

Why in the heck does everybody treat me this way? Huh? HUH? I'm so SICK of life. No! Calm down. Just take it easy. It's not as bad as it seems. I mean, I have a few loyal friends....and a roof over my head. But is the problem with me? Why can't I do anything right. I can't play sports. I'm the schools biggest freaking idiot. I haven't even had a girlfriend in 4 years! No, its just because I'm into music and theatre. People are just afraid of me now. It'll all get better. But will it? No...it won't. I'll always be a freak. Its not worth it any more...I'M DONE!!!

YOURE A GOOD MAN CHARLIE BROWN - LIUNUS

I'm sorry to have to say it to your face, Lucy, but it's true. You're a very crabby person. I know your crabbiness has probably become so natural to you now that you're not even aware when you're being crabby, but it's true just the same. You're a very crabby person and you're crabby to just about everyone you meet. Now I hope you don't mind my saying this, Lucy, and I hope you're take it in the spirit that it's meant. I think we should be very open to any opportunity to learn more about ourselves. I think Socrates was very right when he said that one of the first rules for anyone in life is 'Know Thyself'. Well, I guess I've said about enough. I hope I haven't offended you or anything. (Awkward exit)

YOURE A GOOD MAN CHARLIE BROWN SNOOPY

Here's the World One I flying ace high over France in his Sopwith Camel, searching for the infamous Red Baron! I must bring him down! Suddenly, anti-aircraft fire begins to burst beneath my plane. The Red Baron has spotted me. Nyahh, Nyahh, Nyahh! You can't hit me! (aside) Actually, tough flying aces never say 'Nyahh, Nyahh, Nyahh'. I just, ah...Drat this fog! All right, Red Baron! Where are you?...what's that? Ha! I've got you this time, Red Baron! Aaugh! He's tricked me again! I've got to run! I can't shake him! Curse you, Red Baron!

YOURE A GOOD MAN CHARLIE BROWN CHARLIE BROWN

I think lunchtime is about the worst time of day for me. Always having to sit here alone. Well, I guess I'd better see what I've got. Peanut butter. There's that cute little red-headed girl. I wonder what she would do if I went over and asked her if I could sit and have lunch with her?... There's no reason why I couldn't just go over and sit there. All I have to do is stand up...I'm standing up!...I'm sitting down. I'm a coward. I'm so much of a coward, she wouldn't even think of looking at me....SHE'S LOOKING AT ME!!... she must think I'm the biggest fool alive. Oh well, another lunch hour over...only 2,863 to go.

CAMELOT ARTHUR

On my way through London, I passed a square and saw there a sword rising from a stone. I thought it was a war memorial. The square was deserted, so I tried to pull it out. I failed. I tried again. I failed again. Then I closed my eyes and with all my force tried one last time. Lo, it moved in my hand. Then slowly it slid out of the stone. I heard a great roar. When I opened my eyes, the square was filled with people shouting: "Long live the King! Long live the King!" That's how I became King.

LOST IN YONKERS

Maybe you dont rob banks or grocery stores or little old women. Youre worse than that. Youre a bully. You pick on a couple of kids. Your own nephews. You make fun of my father because he cried and was afraid of Grandma. Well, everyone in Yonkers is afraid of Grandma... And let me tell you something about my father. At least hes doing something in this war. Hes sick and hes tired but hes out there selling iron to make ships and tanks and cannons. And Im proud of him. What are you doing? Hiding in your mothers apartment and scaring little kids and acting like Humphrey Bogart. Well, youre no Humphrey Bogart.

Antz Zee

All my life I've lived and worked in the big city, which now that I think of it, is a problem since I always feel uncomfortable around crowds. I mean it I have this fear of enclosed spaces; everything makes me feel trapped all the time. You know I always tell myself there's got to be something better out there, but maybe I think too much. I think everything must go back to the fact that I had a very anxious childhood. You know my mother never had time for me. When youre a middle child in a family of five million, you don't get any attention...and my job, don't get me started on, cause I was not cut out to be a worker, I'll tell you right now, I feel physically inadequate, It's this whole gung-ho super-organism thing that I can't get. I mean, I'm supposed to do everything for the colony, and what about me? I gotta believe there's someplace out there that's better than this! Otherwise I'd just curl up in a larva position and weep! The whole system out there just makes me feel...Insignificant!

Charlie & The Chocolate Factory - SlugworthI congratulate you, little boy. Well done. You found the fifth Golden Ticket. May I introduce myself. Arthur Slugworth, President of Slugworth Chocolates, Incorporated. Now listen carefully because I'm going to make you very rich indeed. Mr. Wonka is at this moment working on a fantastic invention: the Everlasting Gobstopper. If he succeeds, he'll ruin me. So all I want you to do is to get hold of just one Everlasting Gobstopper and bring it to me so that I can find the secret formula. Your reward will be ten thousand of these. (he flips through a stack of money) Think it over, will you. A new house for your family, and good food and comfort for the rest of their lives. And don't forget the name: Everlasting Gobstopper.

Pirates of the Carribean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Jack Sparrow

The only rules that really matter are these: what a man can do and what a man can't do. For instance, you can accept the fact that your father was a pirate and a good man or you can't. But pirate is in your blood, boy, so you'll have to square with that someday. And me, for example, I can let you drown, but I can't bring this ship into Tortuga all by me onesies, savvy? So, can you sail under the command of a pirate, or can you not?

THE LORD OF THE RING: THE TWO TOWERS - SAMI know. Its all wrong. By rights we shouldnt even be here. But we are. It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were. And sometimes you didn't want to know the end. Because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, its only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you. That meant something, even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didnt. They kept going, because they were holding on to something.

THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS Gollum/SmeagolWe wants it. We needs it. Must have the precioussss. They stole it from us. Sneaky little hobbitsesss. Wicked, trickssssy, falssse! No! Not Master. Yes, precious. False. They will cheat you, hurt you, lie. Masters my friend. (taunting) You dont have any friends. Nobody likes YOU... Not listening. Not listening. You're a liar and a thief. Nope. Mur...derer...! (starts to cry and whimper) Go away. Go away! Hahahahaha! ( whispering) I hate you, I hate you! (louder) Where would you be without me? Gollum, Gollum. I saved us. It was me. We survived because of me! Not anymore. What did you say? Master looks after us now. We dont need you. What? Leave now and never come back. No!!! Leave now and never come back! Arghhhh! LEAVE NOW AND NEVER COME BACK. We... we told him to go away! And away he goes, preciousss. (happily) Gone, gone, gone! Smeagol is free!The Outsiders - Johnny Cade

Ponyboy, I asked the nurse to give you this book so you could finish it. The doctor came in a while ago but I knew anyway. I keep getting tireder and tireder. Listen, I don't mind dying now. It's worth it. It's worth saving those kids. Their lives are worth more than mine, they have more to live for. Some of their parents came by to thank me and I know it was worth it. Tell Dally it's worth it. I'm just going to miss you guys. I've been thinking about it, and that poem, that guy that wrote it, he means you're gold when you're a kid, like green. When you're a kid everything's new, dawn. It's just when you get used to everything that it's day. Like the way you dig sunsets, Pony. That's gold. Keep that way, it's a good way to be. I want you to tell Dally to look at one. He'll probably think you're crazy, but ask for me. I don't think he's ever really seen a sunset. And don't be so bugged over being a greaser. You still have a lot of time to make yourself be what you want. There's still lots of good in the world. Tell Dally. I don't think he knows. Your buddy, Johnny.