“On the Beach” quotes from E.R.

Mark

I'd get here at 6 a.m., sweep up, mop the locker rooms, skim the pool. $1.25 an hour.

That's slave wages.

Mark

It was enough to keep me in new records and good weed.

Mark

What? You know, records, LPs, vinyls. Those funny, big black things that your hip-hop heroes are always ripping off for their songs.

Mark

[Reading his bucket list to Elizabeth] Start a rock band and end up on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine.

Elizabeth

Do you even play an instrument?

Mark

No, but I always wanted to trash a hotel room.

Mark

Rachel, damn it, stop. I love you. Please, don't do this. I don't, I don't know what to do. I don't have time to work this through. I'm not gonna be here in a year to help. You got a bastard of a father who was never around and then went off and had a new baby. Your mom got remarried to a creep. She works too much. You got a raw deal, all right? Why not get high? No one gives a damn about you anyway. I know how that feels. I remember being fourteen and pissed off at my dad and the world. What are you gonna do when I'm not here? Who is gonna keep you from killing yourself?

Elizabeth

Your father's dying.

I know that.

Elizabeth

He's going to die soon. Very soon. If you keep on like this, you're gonna miss what little time you have left with him. This is it, Rachel. This is your last chance. And if you blow it, you're gonna end up hating yourself for the rest of your life.

Mark

I was trying to figure out what I should have already told you, but I never have. Something important, something every father should impart to his daughter. I finally got it: generosity. Be generous, with your time, with your love, with your life.

Okay.

Mark

I'm sorry, Rachel. I'm so tired.

It's okay.

Mark

Don't cry for me.

I won't.

Mark

Be generous...always.

I will. Daddy. I remember the lullaby. I remember you used to sing it to me every night. I remember.