Rachel Flax Quotes in Mermaids (1990)

Charlotte Flax: I DON'T WANT TO GO, I WANT TO STAY!

Rachel Flax: And do what?

Charlotte Flax: FINISH HIGH SCHOOL!

Rachel Flax: GREAT START! What's your major, Town Tramp?

Charlotte Flax: NO, MOM! THE TOWN ALREADY HAS ONE!

[Rachel slaps her]

Rachel Flax: Charlotte, I know you're planning a celibate life, but with half my chromosomes, I think that might be tough.

[Charlotte is praying at a shrine she has made in her room to the Virgin Mary]

Rachel Flax: Charlotte, we're Jewish.

Rachel Flax: [to Charlotte as she goes out to spend time with Joe] Don't do anything I wouldn't do...

[pause]

Rachel Flax: Or don't do anything I would!

Rachel Flax: Alright, you know what? I'll make you a deal. You stop being a little bitch for, let's say, oh, I don't know, an hour or two, and I won't knock the religion of your choice for a week. Deal?

Charlotte Flax: Deal!

Rachel Flax: Who's that?

Charlotte Flax: That's Mr. Crane, my history teacher, and he is very nice.

Rachel Flax: *He* is an asshole.

Charlotte Flax: You haven't even spoken to him yet!

Rachel Flax: Charlotte, I don't need to speak to him. He's driving an Edsel, for Christ's sake.

Lou Landsky: [Reacting to an odd smile from Rachel as they lay in bed together] What?

Rachel Flax: You're a sexy guy.

Lou Landsky: Do you have to sound surprised when you say that?

Rachel Flax: I *am* surprised.

Rachel Flax: Ok, I've had a little scotch... I'm real calm.

Lou Landsky: If you care about us, would it kill you to show it?

Rachel Flax: "Us"? When did YOU and *my* children become "us"? You're just YOU, Lou - me and the girls, THAT'S "us"!

Lou Landsky: I was talking about you and me.

Rachel Flax: One thing you can rely on about your father: He can't be relied on.

Rachel Flax: Death is dwelling on the past or staying in one place too long!