Rickie Vasquez quotes from My So-Called Life

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

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!

Rayanne

I can take care of myself, okay?! So just leave me alone!

Angela

What's wrong? I thought she gave up drinking?

Rickie

She's drunk.

Sharon

[voiceover] I resolve to never again have sex with Kyle, or anyone, again, unless I really love and respect them.

[voiceover]... to spend more time with the dog, and Sharon.

[voiceover] ... um, give up coffee, there, that's an easy one.

Brian

[voiceover] I resolve to stop obsessing over Angela Chase.

Danielle

[voiceover] ... to badger Mom into letting me wear make-up.

Rickie

[voiceover] ... to find some place where I like really, belong.

Rayanne

[voiceover] ... to stop drinking, but this time, like, really stop.

Patty

[voiceover] I resolve to be less judgmental, less critical, to lighten up! And above all, to be more supportive, and less suspicious. [about Graham] No matter how much it seems like he's hiding something.

Graham

[voiceover] ... to tell Hallie Lowenthal once and for all that I'm not going into restaurant business with her... And to stop all those long talks with her after class.

Rickie

Brian, did you do something... or something?? What did you do?

Brian

I wrote this letter... to her.

Rickie

Oh my God, and she thinks he wrote it.

Rickie

Uh, Delia? Maybe we should, uh, go somewhere sometime?

Okay.

Rickie

You know, like, uh, to a movie or something.

I'd like that.

Rickie

'Cause, um, I, I really think that we'd be good together.

Okay, but um, you're gay, right?

Rickie

Well, I, you know, I, I-

Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't-

Rickie

No, it, it, it's okay.

That came out so rude.

Rickie

No, uh, see I, I try not to, um, no, I, I don't like, uh... Yeah, I'm gay. I just don't usually say it like that.

And how do you usually say it?

Rickie

I don't usually say it. I mean, I've actually never said it... out loud.

I'm honored.

Rickie

Uh, Delia, if I were attracted to girls, I'd be attracted to you.