Quotes

Bookworm

Mildred: So, what does the average working day for an illusionist look like?
Strawn: Well, I do appearances. Parties. Actually, last week, I just did a major celebrity's birthday party.
Mildred: [sarcastic] Wow.
Strawn: [scoffs] You know, you could try being a little bit more respectful.
Mildred: Oh, sure I could. I just can't promise I will.

Zo: You sure do know a crap-ton of words, don't you, my girl?
Mildred: I'm a card-carrying bookworm, so, yes, I sure do know a crap-ton of words.

Mildred: See these black and green mushrooms?
Strawn: Yeah.
Mildred: Well, if we ever get separated, don't ever eat those.
Strawn: Why? What happens?
Mildred: Full body numbness, hallucinations, possible nausea, and projectile vomiting.
Strawn: Oh. Sounds fun.

Mildred: Am I still dreaming, or did a 42-year-old man really just wake up an 11-year-old girl to tell her that he heard a creepy sound in the night?

Strawn: I'm thinking that between getting you kidnapped, attacked by a panther, thrown off a cliff, and feeding you weird mushrooms, I've secured my place on the Mount Rushmore of disappointing dads.

Strawn: What I do is both physically and mentally exhausting. My wrist strength is equivalent to that of a professional wrestler. You think it's easy making a hundred balloon animals for Vin Diesel's kids?
Mildred: Balloon animals. And they say air traffic controllers have stressful jobs. And what the hell is a Vin Diesel?

Strawn: I know what you look like. The... the cops will do a composite sketch.
Arnold: I'll just go home, cut my hair, shave off my beard, and nobody will recognize me.
Strawn: What about Angelina?
Arnold: She'll shave her beard off too.

Strawn: Can I come in?
Dotty: Can I see some ID?
Strawn: ID?
Dotty: Yeah. It stands for Identification Document.
Strawn: I would love to show you some ID, but there's a problem. You see, you actually have it.
Dotty: I have it?
Strawn: That's right.
Dotty: What do you mean, mate?
Strawn: You have my ID.
Dotty: I do? Where?
[Strawn pulls a passport from Dotty's ear]
Dotty: I have to say, normally, I find magicians skin-crawlingly embarrassing, but you're actually half-decent.

Strawn: Mildred, it's me. Strawn. Your dad. I just flew halfway across the world to be with you, little lady.

Mildred: I found her secret diary once. It said that she met you on a girls' trip to Vegas. Says I was conceived in the parking lot of a convenience store. That's not really true, is it?
Strawn: Yeah.
Mildred: And they say romance is dead.

Mildred: Mom? If you sneak up on me again, I will pee myself. And you're gonna have to clean it up.

Strawn: Peanut butter and jelly. What do you think? Old Strawn's got some sandwich-making skills?
Mildred: Must be an American delicacy. Can't say I'm a fan myself, but calories are calories, and they're in short supply out here.
Strawn: You know, you don't talk like a...
Mildred: Like a normal child? I know.
Strawn: I wasn't gonna put it that way exactly, but yeah. My point is, you don't have to dress everything up to sound more sophisticated than you are.
Mildred: [scoffs] Yeah. Says the magician who insists on being called an illusionist.

Reginald: Hi there, Mildred. I'm Reginald.
Mildred: You look like a Reginald. That name suits you. You have a perfect name-to-face correspondence.

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