Mallory Grace Quotes in The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)

[Jared asks Thimbletack what will happen if the goblins get the Guide book]

Jared Grace: Thimbletack, what happens if goblins get the book?

Thimbletack: You die, I die, we all die. Bye-bye.

Mallory Grace: [Mallory turns to Jared with a quavering voice] What does he mean, 'we all die'?

Jared Grace: I think he means we all die.

[Mallory declares that she'll ignore Jared for stealing her medal]

Mallory Grace: You know what? I'm not acknowledging your existence until you bring my medal back.

Jared Grace: Promise?

Simon Grace: Well, actually, you'd have to acknowledge his existence in order to receive the medal from him.

Mallory Grace: Thanks, Spock. You're the pride of the Federation.

[first lines]

Helen Grace: [the Grace family arrive to the Spiderwick estate house] There it is. Pretty much how I remember it. I was younger than you last time I was here, Simon

Mallory Grace: Well, it's big.

Simon Grace: Yeah, so I can get bigger pets here, right Mom?

Helen Grace: Sure! Get a cow. Get a whole flock.

Simon Grace: [Simon smiles] Herd.

Helen Grace: That, too. What do you think, Jared? Jared?

Helen Grace: [as Jared listens to his headphones ignoring Helen] Okay, here we go.

[Mallory gets Jared out of the car]

Mallory Grace: Get out of the car right now.

Jared Grace: You're not my mother, Helen.

Mallory Grace: No, I'm worse, because mom doesn't believe in hitting.

Jared Grace: [Mallory hits Jared as he gets out of the car to chase her] Ow! Come here, you little...

Mallory Grace: And he's out of the car! Thank you.

[the three kids find the Dumbwaiter in the wall that's full of their missing items]

Simon Grace: Hey! Those are mom's keys.

Mallory Grace: [Mallory reaches in the items] And my medal!

Jared Grace: What? You still think I took it. Yeah, Mal, you busted me. I took your medal, hid it here and re-plastered the wall!

[Jared shows Mallory and Simon that there's a Brownie living in their house from the pictures in the Guide book]

Jared Grace: A Brownie is living in the house and wants us to leave.

Mallory Grace: [Mallory sarcastically replies] Wow. That's incredible. You can read!

[Jared looks for his mom only to find Mallory]

Jared Grace: Mom! Mom! Where's mom?

Mallory Grace: She went to work, okay? I'm in charge.

Mallory Grace: [Jared angrily screams running out the house] Hey! Where are you going? Psycho.

[Mallory finds out that Jared is responsible for reading the Guide book]

Mallory Grace: [Mallory opens the chest] So, the book was in here with a big warning that said 'Do not read,' and you read it?

Jared Grace: It's a book. I didn't think reading it would unleash goblin fury, okay?

[Jared and Mallory arrive to see their Aunt Lucinda, in a hurry while on the run from the goblins]

Nurse: Wow, you're really in a hurry.

Jared Grace: [Jared holds flowers] We're just really excited to see her.

Nurse: [as Mallory carries her sword at her side] Those are nice flowers, and sword.

Mallory Grace: Oh, I take fencing.

[Jared comes up with a plan to look for Arthur Spiderwick by using a griffin]

Jared Grace: [about Arthur] He had a pet!

Mallory Grace: A pet? And Fluffy the dog is gonna save us?

Jared Grace: It wasn't a dog. It was this, a griffin. 'When I call upon him in the native tongue of the tree elf with whom he dwells, he comes to my assistance.' See? His pet can find him.

Mallory Grace: Whoa, whoa, whoa. Summon a griffin, in native tree elf to find a 125-year-old man who may or may not be alive? That's our plan?

Jared Grace: Mm-hmm.

Mallory Grace: And you know how to summon a griffin in native tree elf?

Mallory Grace: [Jared turns to the page on how to summon a griffin] Of course.

[Thimbletack encourages the kids to ride the griffin to Arthur Spiderwick]

Mallory Grace: What? You want us to ride that beast?

Thimbletack: He's not a beast. He's a bird. He's a big-boned bird!