Rayanne Graff quotes from My So-Called Life

Rayanne

[hold up tissues] Wanna stuff?

Rayanne

What?! Its how they did it in the old days!

Rayanne

Angela, I can handle the boiler room. You, however can't!

Rayanne

I've never really hurt somebody this bad before... Hard to believe ! I mean, but I guess you can't hurt somebody this bad, unless you really matter to them

Rayanne

You lost nothing Angela, You lost nothing you lost a lousy selfish friend and a guy you never really had, you lost nothing, I lost a really good friend. I lost everything.

Rayanne

You want to have sex with him.

Angela

Who?

Rayanne

Who? Jordan! Catalano? Come on, I'm not going to tell anyone, just admit it.

Angela

I just like how he's always leaning. Against stuff. He leans great. Either sex or a conversation -- ideally both.

Rayanne

Haven't you ever waited for anything?

Rickie

Yeah, for my life to start.

Rickie

If you were about to do it, okay, what would you want the other person to say, like, right before?

Rayanne

This won't take long.

Rickie

No, seriously.

Rayanne

Do I know you?

Rickie

No, like, for real. Like, romantic.

Angela

You're so beautiful, it hurts to look at you.

Rayanne

It hurts to look at you?

Rickie

How'd you think of that?

Rayanne

Where would it hurt?

Rickie

I really like that.

Rayanne

[After Angela has been talking loudly as Jordan walked by] Angela, he's gone. You can talk like a normal person.

Angela

Oh, God.

Rayanne

You have got to progress to the next phase of this. I mean, think of Rickie and me. How much more can we take?

Angela

I just don't want to look like I'm throwing myself at him.

Rayanne

Excuse me. People throwing themselves at people? Is, like, the basis of civilization.

Rickie

She has a point.

Angela

[voiceover] If Jordan Catalano is, like, nearby, my entire body knows it. Like one of those dogs that point? I'll keep talking and stuff, but my mind won't even know what I'm saying. I keep wondering if there's like, a term for this.

Angela

I'm not saying...see, there's thinking about him, right? Which is what I do, all the time, like, like this ...

Rickie

Obsession.

Rayanne

Right, so?

Angela

So, it keeps me going, or something, like I need it, just to get through the day. It -- it's just ...

Rickie

It's an obsession.

Angela

Right. And if you make it real, it, it's not the same. It's not...it's not yours anymore. I don't know -- maybe I'd rather have the fantasy, than even him.

Rickie

I completely understand this.

Rayanne

I totally and completely disagree. You want Jordan Catalano, in actuality, because...there is no 'because'! You just want him! Only you're programmed to never admit it.

Rickie

That does have the ring of truth.

Rayanne

Do you ever get, like, hypnotized by food?

Graham

Hypnotized By Food could be my Indian name. [to Angela] Do you want to flip one?

Angela

Rayanne can do it.

Rayanne

I can't believe I'm cooking something, like, not in the pouch.

Rayanne

So, not to shock you, but your dad's attractive.

Angela

Oh, I'm sure!

Rayanne

Not that I'd attack him, or anything, but I wouldn't leave me alone with him, either. It's not just physical. He's...nice. You just have a really nice dad. He's really nice.

Angela

[voiceover] When someone compliments your parents, there's, like, nothing to say. It's like a stun gun to your brain.

Rickie

Plus, his stubble is the perfect length.

Angela

He doesn't have stubble! He ran out of disposable razors that morning; he was all disturbed about it.

Rayanne

Oh! In-touch-with-his-emotions Dad!

Angela

[laughing] Shut up!

Rayanne

Ignore Angela! She can't help herself -- she's the product of a two-parent household!

Write it down. Whatever you feel like saying write it down instead. What you never told anyone. What you never even told yourself. And don't fear exposure. No one is to put his or her name down. This will be completely anonymous.

Rayanne

[whispering to Angela] Just how I like sex.

Sharon

What.

Rayanne

So have you and Kyle gone all the way yet?

Sharon

That is. Completely. None of your business.

Rayanne

Duh. We aren't friends, due to the fact that neither of us can stand each other. And that's why I asked. Ask me me anything. Go ahead -- it's like, relaxing.

Sharon

You're so weird.

Rayanne

Duh squared.

Sharon

Okay. Look. I made a solemn promise to myself. That I would not go all the way until I was ready. And I'm, like. Sticking to that.

Rayanne

Well, it sure looks like you are reaching ecstasy when you and Kyle make out in the hall.

Sharon

Well, yeah! Well, I mean...well, you know how it is.

Rayanne

Well, yeah, in a way. I mean it's fun and all, but I don't always feel anything. Sometimes I feel numb, or something.

Sharon

Maybe you just...haven't found the right person.

Rayanne

I've tried every type of person. [Sharon stares at her] You don't have to look all worried or anything.

Rayanne

I saw you watching me.

Brian

What? I'm just... I... When?

Rayanne

Today. Shaving my legs.

Brian

Well, yeah. I'm, um... Look, I'm... My hobby is photography, so I'm, like, trained to notice stuff.

Rayanne

Being the stuff people notice is my hobby. I mean, I live for it.

When I get back, we're gonna have a long talk, Rayanne Marie! But, tonight, you're too drunk! You're like a drunken old fool! I want this place cleaned up by the time I get home!!

Rayanne

[weakly] Why is it so cold, Rickie? Why is it so cold?...