Before I Disappear (2014)

Shawn Christensen: Richie

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Quotes 

• Richie : Dear Vista, even death doesn't want me.

• Sophia : You don't look really healthy. Do you take vitamins?

  Richie : I take drugs...

  Sophia : Those aren't vitamins.

• Sophia : How is Sophia supposed to go on to more adventures if you're not around?

  Richie : Sophia is going to have a lot of adventures, no matter what.

• Richie : [showing flip book cartoon]  She dies, see, but then she always comes back to life. Sophia always comes back to life.

• Richie : So what you, uh, take school in the summer?

  Sophia : Yes.

  Richie : What, did you flunk?

  Sophia : No. I was skipping sixth grade.

  Richie : You're skipping sixth grade... skipping sixth grade.

  [taken aback, Richie reflects] 

  Richie : I loved sixth grade

  [pauses] 

  Richie : I loved it so much I took it twice.

• [last lines] 

  Richie : [quickly answering the phone almost before it rings]  Hello?

  Maggie : Look, why don't you come over for dinner on Friday. Around 7:00? We'll talk. But if your late, or you disappoint Sophia, I'm gonna kill you, okay?

  Richie : Okay.

  Maggie : Okay.

• [first lines] 

  Richie : Dear Vista, I've been meaning to write this note for a long time, but as you know, I'm not very good at expressing myself. So I'll just say this. I miss your smile. I would say that I hope this note finds you well, but as these things go, that won't be the case.