Donnie Darko (2001)

Beth Grant: Kitty Farmer

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• Donnie : Well, life isn't that simple. I mean, who cares if Ling Ling returns the wallet and keeps the money? It has nothing to do with either fear or love.

  Kitty Farmer : Fear and love are the deepest of human emotions.

  Donnie : Okay. But you're not listening to me. There are other things that need to be taken into account here, like the whole spectrum of human emotion. You can't just lump everything into these two categories and then just deny everything else.

• Kitty Farmer : If you don't complete the assignment, you'll get a zero for the day.

  [motions to speak...] 

  Kitty Farmer : [cut to principal's office] 

  Principal Cole : Donald, let me preface this by saying that your Iowa test scores are... intimidating. So... let's go over this again. What exactly did you say to Ms. Farmer?

  Kitty Farmer : [loudly interjecting]  I'll tell you what he said! He asked me to forcibly insert the lifeline exercise card into my anus!

  [Eddie snickers, then coughs to cover it up] 

• Kitty Farmer : Sometimes I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion.

• Kitty Farmer : Rose, I'm sure that you're aware of the horrible allegations against Jim Cunningham.

  Rose Darko : I know. I saw it on TV. Something about a "kiddie porn dungeon."

  Kitty Farmer : Please, please! Don't use those words! It's obviously some kind of conspiracy to destroy an innocent man. And I have taken it upon myself to spearhead the Jim Cunningham defense campaign.

  Kitty Farmer : [pleading]  Rose, I have to appear at his arraignment tomorrow morning. And as you know, the girls are scheduled to leave for Los Angeles in the morning. Now, as their coach, I was the obvious choice to chaperone them on their trip, but...

  Rose Darko : [feigning concern]  But now, you can't go.

  Kitty Farmer : Yes.

  Rose Darko : Hmm.

  Kitty Farmer : Now, believe me, of all the other mothers, I would never dream of asking you. But none of the other mothers are available to go.

  Rose Darko : I don't know, Kitty. It's a bad weekend. Eddie's in New York.

  Kitty Farmer : [tearfully]  Rose! I don't know if you realize what an opportunity this is for our daughters! This has been a dream of Samantha's and all of ours for a long time! I made her lead dancer! Sometimes I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion.

• Kitty Farmer : "No duh" is a product of fear.

• [before a dance performance] 

  Kitty Farmer : Okay, now, girls, I want you to concentrate. Failure is not an option. And, Bethany, if you feel the need to vomit up there, just swallow it.

• Rose Darko : Kitty, do you even know who Graham Greene is?

  Kitty Farmer : [scoffs]  I think we've all seen "Bonanza."

• Kitty Farmer : Dr. Cole, not only am I a teacher, but I am also a parent of a Middlesex child. Therefore, I am the only person here who transcends the parent-teacher bridge.

• Kitty Farmer : [to Karen Pomeroy]  Excuse me. You need to go back to grad school.