Emmalin quotes from Army Wives

Emmalin

Why do you always get so stressed out when Grams comes? She's fun.

Claudia Joy

Grandmothers are always fun. Mothers are another story.

Emmalin

The domain of ƒ divided by ɡ is given by, um, the intersection of dƒ and dɡ without the zeros of function ɡ.

Ooh! So close, so close. [laughs] Yeah, that's right.

Your mother crushed the competition in moot court.

Emmalin

Moot court?

Simulated trial. Nobody wanted to go up against C.J. Meade. After her summations you were dead!

Michael

When I was 25 I went to Ranger School. A nine-week combat leadership course. Intense physical challenges. Not enough food, not enough sleep. Twenty mile marches with sixty pounds on your back.

Emmalin

Sounds fun.

Michael

Yeah. Got to a point where my feet throbbed so badly, all I wanted to do was sit down and take off my boots. But I knew if I did that, I'd never get them back on again. So I pushed through, because more than anything, I wanted to be a Ranger. That's what I wanted. And my question is, what do you want? I thought it was to play Division 1 hockey. If that's not true anymore, that's fine. I won't be disappointed. I won't love you any less. But it is true, if you still cherish that dream, I don't want you wondering five years from now if you could've gone all the way if you had only pushed yourself a little harder. You have got all sorts of strength inside of you.

Michael

You really made this?

Emmalin

Mom.

Claudia Joy

She did!

Michael

Wow. A vast improvement over the very first meal you ever made me. You remember that?

Emmalin

[embarrassed] Not again.

Michael

You sat me down at your plastic pink tea party table, served slices of American cheese and a tower of saltines. I had to eat the whole thing and then you charged me for it.

Emmalin

And you paid. Ten cents.

Claudia Joy

And a quarter tip.