Erica quotes from Being Erica

Erica

Isn't that a lot of pressure for you?

Dr. Tom

"Pressure makes diamonds."

Dr. Tom

General George S. Patton.

Erica

I wanted help.

Dr. Tom

And I'm giving you what you need. I'm giving you what you asked for.

Dr. Tom

"We learn by doing, there is no other way."

Dr. Tom

John Holt.

I just hired this bright young thing, right out of her masters.

Erica

Let me guess, Literati?

Well, we are... the sum of our decisions, aren't we?

Erica

Yeah.

As long as you're happy, that's all that matters.

Dr. Tom

Our lives are like a house of cards. You know, some of the cards are... cosmetic.

Dr. Tom

While others are load bearing walls. You remove one of those cards and the whole thing comes tumbling down.

Erica

Like the egg.

Dr. Tom

Like the egg. Chip away at what makes you "you" and you become something else.

Dr. Tom

"Let your net always be cast. And in the pool which you least expect...

Erica

there will be a fish."

Erica

Ovid.

Erica

...so easy now that I realized that, just 'cause one guy hurt me, it doesn't mean they all will.

Dr. Tom

Well, I can't argue with that.

Erica

Yeah.

Dr. Tom

But don't forget, you know, it's never easy.

Dr. Tom

You know, "there is a difference between knowing the path, and walking the path."

Erica

Isn't that from "The Matrix"?

Dr. Tom

Morpheus.

Dr. Tom

Lawrence Fishburne. Man, that's a stellar performance.

Erica

I've read you tons of poems. Why did you remember that one?

Because this one... this one was special.

Erica

It's goofy.

No, it's not. Look, I'm no expert; the kind of poetry I like is usually about gangsters. But this one you wrote? It was just you.

Erica

Well, no wonder Lozar hated it so much.

Screw him. This is who you are. You don't need his approval.

Erica

If only life were that simple.

It is.

Erica

It is, isn't it?