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| Book Burning (Season: 3 Episode: 2) First Aired: 10/5/2008 |
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Nora: (referring to her short stories) They are the only things that I've done in a very long time that aren't all about you kids. I need to feel that there's more to me, that I'm... talented, and important. Kitty: Mom you're the, you're the most important person in this family. Nora: No, your dad was the one you respected and admired, I was just the one who drove you back and forth to ballet class. And then you started the adoption process, and you wanted my advice and my help and my chicken paprika. Kitty: And then you read the book. Nora: It wasn't the words, let's face it, you've called me worse. I guess I had just started to believe that you valued me and you looked up to me and then I read your description of me. And it felt like you still just saw me as the person who made your lunches. Nora: Well we aren't politicians, Robert, we're human beings. And we don't know how to hide our feelings and pretend that everything is all hunky dory. Robert: It's not pretending, it's being considerate. Nora: I am considerate. I consider all my children all the time. And you don't know what it's like to feel that you've been betrayed by one of them. Robert: No, no, I know how you feel, I know how all of you feel because the minute you have a feeling you start spewing with complete disregard for anybody else like a bunch of children. You're adults, get a filter. Kitty: Look, Sarah said that everybody is going to be on their best behavior. Robert: Great, so we're all on the same boat-- mad at you and pretending we're not. Kevin: Oh, don't even get me started. I'm the obsessive cynic hiding behind identity politics. You know why I'm obsessive? I'm a gay man living in a country where I can't legally marry the guy I love in 48 states. Nora: My criminal record is now public knowledge! Justin: You know, it's just a misdemeanor Mom. Nora: Says the drug addict. |