Greta Gerwig: Violet

Damsels in Distress

Violet

Violet: Do you know what's the major problem in contemporary social life? The tendency to always seek someone cooler than yourself.

Violet: I don't really like the word "depressed". I prefer to say I'm in a tailspin.

Violet: [about their college] There's enough material here for a lifetime of social work.

Violet: We're also trying to make a difference in people's lives, and one way to do that is to stop them from killing themselves.

Depressed Debbie: [Angry] You think I'm going to kill myself and make you look bad?
Violet: I'm worried that you'll kill yourself and make yourself look bad.

Fred Packenstacker: I wasn't just buying drinks for people; they were for cute girls. There was a perfectly rational, logical, easily-explainable agenda.
Violet: [Smiling slightly] So it *was* a playboy or operator move.
Fred Packenstacker: Of course. Transparently so.
Violet: I admire that. Drinks are expensive.

Violet: I took the commuter train to Villa Franka and I checked into a cheap motel there.
Rose: The Motel Six?
Violet: No, the Motel 4. It's even less expensive.
Rose: The Motel 4, in Villa Franka? My god, you really were suicidal.

Violet: Poor Lily. Just think of all Xavier put her through. He just used her body. And not even the right side.

Violet: We get a lot of students coming to the center pretending to be depressed to get the donuts.
Rose: Confidence tricksters!
Violet: Yes, it's really bad, really cynical. And we made a pledge the donut company that we would only give the donuts to students who were depressed, suicidal or otherwise nutty. We're a non-profit, so the rules are pretty strict.

Violet: [From Trailer] Our aspirations are pretty basic - take a guy who hasn't realized his full potential - or doesn't even have much...
Heather: Someone like Frank!
Violet: Yes. Then help them realize it or find more.

Heather: [to Lily] Speaking of suicide prevention, do you have a boyfriend, Lily?
Rose: Are you dating anyone?
Lily: I don't see the connection.
Heather: You don't?
Violet: Boyfriends are a primary suicide risk.

Priss: [Crying] He used to gaze at me with such love in his eyes. Know what I mean?
Violet: No. No, I've never actually seen that.

Violet: Have you ever heard the expression, prevention is nine-tenths the cure? Well in the case of suicide, it's actually ten-tenths the cure.

Violet: Are you...
[whispers]
Violet: ... gay?
Fred Packenstacker: Not especially. But in another era it might have had some appeal.

Rose: [about Roberts Hall] Suicidal Ed. students have been going to the roof and throwing themselves off.
Violet: But it's only two stories.
Rose: Yes I know, it's horrible. Not high enough enough to kill, but high enough to maim. And particularly dangerous for the people below.

Heather: [about Lily's friend] " Zavier " with a " Z? "
Lily: No, I think it's with an "X."
Heather: No, I'm certain it's a "Z." " Zavier " Like " Zorro. " It's the same sound.
[Draws a "Z" in the air with her finger]
Heather: Zorro marked his name with a "Z."
Lily: It's an "X."
Heather: But Zorro's with a "Z." I t's the same.
Violet: Okay, let's see if we can figure this out. Used at the beginning of a name, " Z " and "X" have the same pronunciation.
Heather: But it's Zorro- with a "Z."
Violet: Actually there were two " Zorros. " One spelt his name with a " Z " and made a " Z " mark for Zorro , the other one spelled him name with an "X" and with his sword he'd make an "X" mark . What was really unfair was that, because he marked his name with an "X", everybody assumed he was illiterate, when actually he was spelling correctly

Heather: Doar dorm has the university's highest fatality rate as well as the worst hygiene.
Lily: Highest suicide rate.
Violet: No, the highest fatality rate. It's not certain what percentage were intentional and how many were just due to a temporary unawareness of gravity's laws.