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‘Adventureland’ (Em): Hates Her Stepmother

“I’d feel sorry for her if she wasn’t such a pathetic, status-obsessed witch.”

“So, I picked it up, took it to a pond way back behind my house…”

“It’s always a whole pack of wolves that bring the fawn down.”

“This is destiny pissing on your leg. What do you wanna do about it?”

“Do you know what it’s like to have a twin?”

“I don’t know what your problem is, Minnie. I would think you would
be more into boys.”

“I don’t think I can keep silent anymore. If no one else will talk to you, I will.”

“Julia has always needed company. Do you understand what I mean by company?”

A dramatic one minute monologue for women from the movie, ‘Up in the Air’

A dramatic one minute monologue for women from the movie, ‘Up in the Air’

“I’m unhappy, Cal. I’ve tried not to be. We’ve been married so long, somewhere we became… stagnant, you know?”

“I came to live with you because I loved you. I stayed with you because I loved you.”

If you knew me better, you’d see that this is exactly the kind of thing that’s likely to happen to me. Getting knocked up, I mean.

“I don’t know if I really want to marry Walter.”

“Has anybody ever told you how Tommy died?”

“Chris Lonner’s birthday party. You were a hot young lawyer… and I was working in research at the New York Times.”

“They never try girls as adults. Sexist but true. Plus I’ll have the biggest legal defense fund you ever saw.”

“In the dream I’m drowning. But I don’t know it at first. At first I hear water and I imagine it’s going to be a lovely dream.”

“After I shot Zackery, I put the gun down on the piano bench, and then I went out into the kitchen and made up a pitcher of lemonade.”

“I was like you once. Lost. Confused. A piece of shit. Then I met Charlie…”