Annie Camden quotes from 7th Heaven

Matt

I have to move back home.

Annie

Have to?

Matt

I have to protect the women.

Annie

Congratulations. That is the most ridiculous excuse you've come up yet.

Annie

Who would leave a baby on our doorstep?

Ruthie

God.

Annie

That's sweet, but I think God had a little help on this one

Robbie

What's that pizza lady's baby doing here?

Annie

You've seen this baby?

Robbie

Yeah, at Pete's Pizza.

Annie

Frankie and Johnny.

Robbie

Yeah, that's her name. Frankie. She works at Pete's and brings the baby in with her sometimes.

Annie

Are you sure this is her?

Robbie

No offense, I know all babies are beautiful, but I'd recognize that head anywhere.

Annie

So basically, this is about your pride. Pride is not a luxury that you can afford if you want to keep your baby. You have to talk to your parents.

I can't. They said they would never forgive me. They won't talk to me.

Annie

Yes, they will. I spoke with them earlier on the phone. They want to talk with you, they want to help. So now, all you have left to do is swallow your pride, get up off that bench, and go and call them. We can go back to Pete's and call them.

It's not going to be easy.

Annie

Being a parent never is. Let's go.

Matt

What's wrong with you?

Annie

Nothing. My own children won't call me Mama.

Matt

Mama.

Annie

Did I mention they're calling Ruthie "Mama"? But Sam and David said "Mama" first. And now they won't say it to me. It was a gift and now they've taken it back. It's just not fair.

Annie

I wonder who Robbie could be going out with.

Ruthie

Whoever it is, it's not Mary.

Eric

But this is a good thing, right?

Simon

I think it was a good thing until we started liking him, now I'm not so sure.

Lucy

So what are we going to do?

Eric

There's nothing I think we can do.

Annie

There's plenty we can do. We're Camdens.

You know, just because you bake cookies and make lunches and drive a carpool does not make you better than me. It does not mean you're a better mother! I am a good mother, too!

Annie

This isn't about us! This is about you and your daughter. It's about you growing up and acting your age. This is about you being an adult so she can be a child. It's about parenthood and it has nothing to do with cookies, and everything to do with raising children! Helping them find their way, loving them and putting their needs first. How is your daughter supposed to learn how to be a mother if you won't be a mother to her?

Lucy

Why are you set against dad helping Serena?

Annie

I don't wanna talk about it.

Lucy

I know I am only 18 and still your child, but I would be grateful if you would treat me like a friend and a woman in this situation and honestly tell me what's going on.

Annie

I'd like to, but I can't.

Lucy

Why? Because you're wrong.

Annie

Well, helping people can be complicated. That's why your dad is always warning us to be harmless instead of helpful.

Lucy

I should pay attention to that. It's probably one of the lessons I have to learn over and over.

Annie

When you're older, you and I will be adult friends and we can talk about everything, but not yet.

Lucy

That's fine with me. Just please know I am always on your side.

Charles

[to Eric] Annie has a sister. [to Annie] I know this must change the way you look at me.

Annie

Yes, maybe it does. Maybe it's the first time I've looked at you as a person and not just my father. And I love you more than ever for always trying to do the right thing. Because really that's the only way to live without... regret.

Mary

Hey, Mom and Ruthie. I'm home.

Ruthie

Thank God. Give the phone lines a rest.

Annie

Oh, I didn't know you and Robbie were back. Welcome home.

Mary

Yeah, some welcome home, No one's here. Where is everyone?

Annie

Well, me and Ruthie have been working on the new room for you over garage. Everyone else is out they'll be home for dinner including Lucy's new boyfriend.

Mary

So you're building a room over the garage for me? So you and Dad can make sure that me and Robbie are as far apart as possible. Robbie told me not to, but I really need to talk to you and Dad. Where is he?

Ruthie

Probably with his new girlfriend.

Annie

You father's at the Church.

Ruthie

Yeah with his girlfriend.

Mary

Dad has a girlfriend?

Ruthie

Serena.

Annie

No, he doesn't. What's wrong?

Mary

It's about the rule that... never mind.

Annie

I'm sorry. I just can't be there for you right now. I went to the doctor last week... and...

Eric

We're pregnant again, aren't we? Are we?

Annie

Eric, how could you think that?

Eric

Well, you're tired, you're hungry, you're eating weird.

Annie

So, we're not pregnant! I'm starting to go through the change of life. I'm starting to get hot flashes. I can't sleep at night. And...

Eric

Menopause?

Annie

Well, technically I'm in peri-menopause.

Eric

Well, that's great. Thank you Jesus! Tell me what you're thinking? It's okay. I'm here for you. We're in this together.

Annie

I'll tell you what I'm thinking. First of all, we're not in this one together. I'm in this alone. As much as this is about me, my body, my mind...and spirit, I need to be by myself more, uh, whether that's in he kitchen or the bedroom. So, secondly, I may not want to be as intimate as frequently as we have been in the past. And I don't want to be pressured.

Eric

Have I ever pressured you to be intimate?

Annie

You said you missed me the other night, that was pressure.

Annie

I don't know what's going on with me.

Eric

Annie, you're going be fine. Everything is going to be okay.

Annie

You don't know that. All we know is that everything is going to CHANGE!

Eric

[to himself] Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes.

Annie

Ruthie asked me to tell you not to call her Snooky anymore.

Robbie

I thought she liked it. What happened?

Annie

Well, Lucy told her that you calling her Snooky is a polite way of calling her Sneaky.

Robbie

That's not it at all.

Annie

Well, then you better go tell her. She's pretty upset. She likes you a lot.

Robbie

Are you kidding? She loves me!

Annie

I know. [starts crying and hugs Robbie] We all love you, we do!

Lucy

When you marry someone, you marry their family, and I didn't marry Jeremy because I didn't marry his family.

Annie

So you quit school, and came home.

Lucy

Maybe I'm not cut out for the ministry.

Annie

Because?

Lucy

Because his family teased me relentlessly for being a goody-good-two-shoes. They called me Mother Teresa.

Annie

She was a great woman.

Lucy

I am not Mother Teresa. I offer what I said to Ruthie as proof. I should only hope to do one thing as great as any of the millions of things Mother Teresa ever did. They drink, they smoke pot, and they throw a lot of parties, and yet...I liked them. I don't approve of how they live their lives, but I liked them. I like everybody. They just didn't like me. I kinda got kicked out.

Annie

How could anyone tease my baby for being good?

Lucy

It's hardly a Camden world out there.

Annie

Robbie has offered to pay $200 a month, but he wants a 3-year lease so he can stay here until he finishes college.

Eric

Three years? I mean... is he sure he wants to stay here for three years? Three years is a long time.

Annie

It's $7,200.

Eric

It'll go by like that.

Annie

Matt will probably go away next year to medical school, and Lucy, being Lucy, could end up back in New York, and Simon's probably gonna go away to college. So why shouldn't we rent the room to Robbie when it's finished?

Eric

Why not? It's $7,200 and James is busy.

Annie

Of course, if Mary ever came back.

Eric

I don't think Mary is coming back.

Annie

I want her to come back.

Eric

I want her to come back, too when she's ready.