Bailey Salinger quotes from Party of Five

Bailey

Do you think it's always gonna be like this for us?

Julia

I don't know. Maybe.... maybe these are the good old days.

Bailey

[laughs] Yeah. Doesn't get much better than this, huh?

Claudia

Do you believe in omens?

Bailey

What do you mean?

Claudia

Signs that bad things are gonna happen.

Bailey

No, I don't. I think people need to look for reasons that bad things happen, but... sometimes there just aren't any.

Claudia

It's ok...I just bug you, right? I mean, I'm kind of just a big pain.

Bailey

No you're not, I'm just...I'm just trying to figure out how to work things, Claud. I mean, Kate's the first girlfriend I've ever had, first real girlfriend. And I'm not forgetting about you. I'm not. I promise. Whenever you need me, you come first.

Charlie

What are you doing?

Claudia

I want to help.

Julia

You'll hurt your hands.

Claudia

But Charlie, you asked me!

Charlie

What was I thinking about? A big star like you?

Bailey

Besides, an artist needs her sleep.

Claudia

It's OK. I don't care.

Julia

Go to bed, Claud.

Charlie

You owe it to your public.

Julia

[about whether or not to meet Walter] I think it would be good for us.

Bailey

Oh, that's a load of crap! He can shove his apology, it doesn't do me any good!

Claudia

Bailey, why are you being so mean?

Claudia

[about Walter] You all got to see him. I never saw him. And I just... I had to see what he looked like.

Bailey

Well, how'd he look?

Claudia

Normal, I guess. He looked kinda nice, like anyone. Like someone you would know.

Julia

Well, how'd you think he would look, Claud?

Claudia

Ugly. Scary. Kind of mean. He was NICE to people, though. And before he knew who I was, he called me sweetheart.

Bailey

[about Walter Alcott] He's got his life back. I mean, he's working. I don't know. He can go to dinner, or see a movie, or take his family somewhere.

You really think that, Bay? I don't.

Bailey

Well, I don't want to take the chance. I mean, he was in jail for nine months. Nine months! That's four and a half months for each of my parents! And good behavior. What is that about, huh? What did he do? Cure cancer? I want him to pay for what he did, and if it can't be with more jail time, then I want him to pay out of his own pocket!

You want to sue?

Bailey

Can we?

Well, yes, technically. You could file a civil suit against him.

Bailey

Then let's, then let's do it. Let's sue the bastard for every cent he's got.

And you think that a lawsuit's only gonna make his life miserable? What about yours? You know how long these things can take? What with depositions and continuances and appeals...it's years, Bailey.

Bailey

I don't care.

You don't care, but what about the others? What about Claudia or Owen? What about Owen, Bailey? Because by the time this thing is over, he's gonna be old enough to understand.

Bailey

Yeah, well, at least he'll see me doing something.

But doing what? Let's say you lose. What was it all for?

Bailey

Well, let's say we win.

Fine, let's say that. You win. What has it changed? Exactly what have you won? You take something on like this, and it becomes your life.

Bailey

It is my life.

I understand.

Bailey

I don't think you can. I really don't think that there's any way that you can possibly understand.

You don't want to hear anything I have to say, do you?

Bailey

No, I sure don't.

Okay, then.

Bailey

I want to know what you know about them. About my parents.

Well, uh...I know their names. I know your mother was, uh, 45, and your father was...48.

Bailey

47. Besides that.

He owned a restaurant. She was...a musician. A violinist.

Bailey

I mean the important stuff. She had hair all the way down her back. Did you know that? Beautiful dark hair my father wouldn't let her cut. They were married 26 years last January, and my dad would still come home in the afternoon and claim he had a headache, and he and my mom would go upstairs, and we all knew what they were doing. They loved each other. They were in love. My sister asks me questions that I can't answer because I don't know. Like, like why didn't he wear a watch? Or, or what was that song she used to sing to us when we were little and had fevers? And Owen. God, he won't even know to ask. There's just gonna be pictures on the piano and stories that we all tell that everyone remembers a little differently. And he's gonna walk soon, my brother. He's a couple weeks away, and they're not gonna see it because of you! Because you had a few drinks, and you got in your car, and you went through that intersection, and you killed them!

What can I do? What do you want me to do?

Bailey

I want you to step on your damn brake and stop at that red light!

So do I, but I can't. I can't take it back. So what I have to do is figure out a way to go forward.

Bailey

I don't want you to get past this. I can't. Why should you? See, I want to hurt you. I want to take something from you. Something that is so much a part of you that you don't know who you are without it, and I want you to spend the rest of your life knowing that's what you did to us. And I want to make sure you never forget.

Bailey

Is this like some kind of big emergency, Claud?

Claudia

Well....kind of, yeah. The thing is...I just got my period.

Bailey

Oh...

Bailey

All right, let's see here...these look good! Come on, let's get out of here.

Claudia

Bailey, these are tampons! Super plus! Jesus...there sure are lots to choose from.

Bailey

These have wings. Wings...what's up with that?

Charlie

[to Claudia] Are you afraid of having an accident or something?

Bailey

She's afraid of spilling.

Julia

Staining.

Claudia

Oh God, I'm going to die.

Charlie

For God's sake, Claud, I don't have time for this! You think you're gonna miss school every time you get your period?

Claudia

I just don't feel like going! I'm moody.

Charlie

You're moody all the time.

Julia

Problem?

Charlie

Claudia's not going to school, she got her period.

Julia

So? It's her first time. She's nervous.

Claudia

I'm not nervous! I just don't feel like going!

Bailey

What's going on?

Charlie

Claudia's period.

Claudia

Why don't you just invite the neighbors over, and we can all talk about it!

Charlie

Hey, crank it up. People in Sausalito can't hear it.

Charlie

What the hell do you think you're doing?!

Bailey

Charlie!

Jill

God! Jeez.

Bailey

Charlie, get out of here! You can't just come busting in my room like that!

Charlie

Claudia's downstairs, for God's sakes.

Bailey

Claudia's downstairs all the time when you and Kirsten do it.

Charlie

That's not the same thing.

Bailey

It's exactly the same.

Charlie

Claudia's downstairs, you're 16 years old, and you're not having sex in this house.

Bailey

You had sex in this house when you were 16.

Charlie

No, I didn't! Mom and Dad made it impossible for me, I'm gonna make it impossible for you.

Bailey

Oh, like that's fair.

Bailey

There you are. I want to know what the hell your problem is with Jill.

Charlie

I guess Jill told you about our conversation.

Bailey

I want to know what you got against her that you would just come out, and, I mean, out of nowhere, accuse her of doing speed.

Charlie

She's on speed, Bay. [sighs] Maybe you haven't been around it long enough to know, but I have. All the signs are there.

Bailey

What signs?

Charlie

You haven't noticed that she's wired all the time?

Bailey

She's high-strung, that's her personality, and she works in a coffeehouse, for God's sakes!

Charlie

I mean, she drinks, like, I know you don't want to believe this about her, that's why you're not seeing it, but she has a problem.

Bailey

You're the one who's got a problem, Charlie. All the sudden you think you're Father Knows Best. You make all the rules, and you got all the answers.

Charlie

Fine. Get mad at me. It doesn't change what's going on here.

Bailey

You don't want me to be with her, just admit it.

Charlie

Okay. That's true, you're right. I don't want this girl messing up your life, Bay.

Bailey

So as long as I'm a good little boy, and I do my homework and I drink my milk, you're okay, but as soon as I start dating a girl who likes to have a little fun and who isn't a virgin, you start making up lies to break us up.

Charlie

If I wanted to do that Bailey, if I wanted to lie about her, why would I go to her? Come on, Bay, think about it. If that's true, why would I go to Jill and not to you?

Jill

First of all, those aren't even mine, all right? They're, like, mostly my brother's.

Bailey

Give me a break.

Jill

I'm telling you, he puts it in my bag, because he doesn't want my folks to find them!

Bailey

Jill.

Jill

What? Okay, okay, I'm not saying that I don't take them, all right? I take them sometimes, like, when I'm really stressed out at school, or if I'm working really late at the coffee shop or something. I mean, just every once in a while, just to keep me going. What is the big deal?

Bailey

Are you kidding? What is the big deal? You're on drugs.

Jill

I am not on drugs! I take some pills sometimes. Oh, what, you have never had a beer or something?

Bailey

What are these anyway? I don't even know what these are. Speed?