Top 30 Quotes From My Girl

Vada: [Vada is locked in the basement] Let me out of here. Let me out of here.
[blocks ears with her hands]
Vada: There she was just a walking down the street singing Do Wah Diddy Diddy.

Vada: Weeping willow with your tears running down, why do you always weep and frown? Is it because he left you one day? is it because he could not stay? On your branches he would swing, do you long for the happiness that day would bring? He found shelter in your shade. You thought his laughter would never fade. Weeping willow, stop your tears. There is something to calm your fears. You think death has ripped you forever apart. But I know he'll always be in your heart.

Vada: Why do you think people want to get married?
Thomas J. Sennett: When you get older, you just have to.
Vada: I'm gonna marry Mr. Bixler.
Thomas J. Sennett: You can't marry a teacher, it's against the law.
Vada: It is not.
Thomas J. Sennett: Yes, it is 'cuz then he'll give you all A's and it won't be fair.
Vada: Not true.
Vada: Have you ever kissed anyone?
Thomas J. Sennett: Like they do on TV?
Vada: Hm-mm.
Thomas J. Sennett: No.
Vada: Well maybe we should, just to see what's the big deal.

Justin: Feel my aura.
Vada: I don't think I'm allowed to.

Vada: My fears and secrets: I'm afraid I killed my mother.

Vada: [after Vada and Thomas kiss] Say something, it's too quiet.
Thomas J. Sennett: Umm, ummmmm...
Vada: [agitated] Just hurry.
Thomas J. Sennett: I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America...
Vada,15027: ...And to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Vada: Where are his glasses? He can't see without his glasses!

Vada: Pacifist!
Thomas J. Sennett: Am not!
Vada: Bedwetter!
Thomas J. Sennett: I stopped that!

Shelly: This is Phil, Harry, Gramoo, and Vada Sultenfuss.
Danny: Vada Sultenfuss? Tough break.
Vada: I like my name.

Harry: He's gone, sweetheart. he's gone.

Vada: Get away! Get away!

Vada: Mrs. Sennett, don't worry, Thomas J. will be all right. My mother will take care of him.

Ray: [reciting his poem] "I sang a song for you to hear. I painted a picture for you to see. I picked a rose for you to smell. I planted grass for you to touch. But you did not hear my song. You did not see my picture. You did not smell my rose and you did not touch my grass."

Shelly: They're dead. All they have are their looks.

Vada: Daddy, how come this coffin's so small?
Harry: They come in all sizes, honey, like shoes.
Vada: Is it for a child?
Harry: Of course not!
Vada: Then for who is it?
Harry: Short people. Very short people.

Vada: You're like a dog you only go home to eat don't pee on a hydrant

Vada: I used to like to play with my Ken and Barbie dolls. Ken was my favorite. Then one Christmas I got them a camper and all they wanted to do was hang out in it by themselves. So I wasn't too upset when they took that wrong turn and went over the cliff.

Harry: Vada, wait! Vada!

Thomas J. Sennett: So, what'd he say was wrong with you?
Vada: This whole medical profession is a crock.

Shelly: You know, Vada... You shuldn't let those girls upset you.
Vada: I'm not upset. I will never play with those girls.
[staring at Thomas J]
Vada: I only surround myself with people who I find intellectually stimulating.

Vada: Wanna go tree climbing, Thomas J? his face hurts! and where are his glasses? he can't see without his glasses! put his glasses on! put on his glasses! he was gonna be an acrobat!

Thomas J. Sennett: Vada?
Vada: Yeah?
Thomas J. Sennett: Would you think of me?
Vada: For what?
Thomas J. Sennett: Well, if you don't get to marry Mr. Bixler.
Vada: I guess.

Thomas J. Sennett: I'm gonna drive us to Liverpool.
Shelly: Liverpool?
Vada: Big Ringo fan.

Shelly: You know, Vada, you have to watch what you eat at the carnival. I remember one summer I went with my two older cousins, and they both ate hot dogs, and the next day they had nephritis.
Vada: Nephritis is a kidney disease, you don't get it from eating hot dogs.
Shelly: Well I'm no doctor, all I know is the next morning when they woke up, they had real high temperatures and their faces got really fat.

Thomas J. Sennett: What do you think it's like?
Vada: What?
Thomas J. Sennett: Heaven.
Vada: I think... everybody gets their own white horse and all they do is ride them and eat marshmallows all day. And everybody's best friends with everybody else. When you play sports, there's no teams, so nobody gets picked last.
Thomas J. Sennett: But what if you're afraid to ride horses?
Vada: Doesn't matter 'cause they're not regular horses. They've got wings. And it's no big deal if you fall 'cause you'll just land in a cloud.

Vada: I'm running away.
Thomas J. Sennett: Where are you running to?
Vada: California. I'm going to Hollywood to live with the Brady Bunch.
Thomas J. Sennett: I want to live with them, too.
Vada: No, you can't. They have enough kids. You'll have to live with the Partridge Family.

Vada: [to Thomas J., after getting her first period] Get outta here! And don't come back for five to seven days!

Shelly: She won't come out. It's been a whole day. You have to do something, Harry.
Harry: The funeral's starting.
Shelly: Open your eyes, she's eleven years old! Her only friend in the world is dead.
Harry: I know that, but what do you want from me?
Shelly: Stop hiding, Harry! You run, Harry. When I first came here, the idea of working with dead people didn't exactly thrill me. When I saw a family that lived here, I thought, if I'm living without a family, at least I can work with one and maybe, once in a while, be invited in for supper.
Harry: Yeah... and when those suppers are disrupted because there's a car crash, or there's a fire, or a little boy steps on a beehive...
Shelly: I'm not asking you to stop caring for those people. But life isn't just death, Harry. Don't ignore the living, especially your daughter.

Shelly: The first rule of eye makeup is that you can never wear enough blue eye shadow.

Vada: Arthur!
Arthur: Vada!
Vada: I beat Thomas J in Monopoly yesterday.
Arthur: Good for you, baby.
Vada: Once you put the hotels on Boardwalk and Park Place you're a shoe-in for the win.
Arthur: I like to buy off all the railroads.