Joan of Arcadia (TV Series)
Silence (2004)
Becky Wahlstrom: Grace Polk
Quotes
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Grace Polk : Why did you give me that rock?
Luke Girardi : It's a geode.
Grace Polk : To me, it's a rock. Why?
Luke Girardi : It was a-a gesture... of friendship. Possibly courtship.
Grace Polk : Courtship? That went out with the corset or the Walkman, or something.
Luke Girardi : I don't follow trends.
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Grace Polk : Did you break up with Glynis because of me?
Luke Girardi : Of course not. Don't be ridiculous.
Grace Polk : Okay, I won't, because that would be ridiculous. So let's not go there.
Luke Girardi : Right.
[she turns to leave]
Luke Girardi : Why is that ridiculous?
Grace Polk : I'm friends with your sister.
Luke Girardi : Right.
Grace Polk : I'm older than you.
Luke Girardi : A year. Eight months, actually.
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Grace Polk : I have a reputation. I've worked hard to build it. Do you know what my reputation is?
Luke Girardi : You hate me?
Grace Polk : I'm anti.
Luke Girardi : Okay. Anti what?
Grace Polk : What have you got?
Luke Girardi : So, you're never gonna fall in love.
Grace Polk : I'm never even gonna fall in like. And I'm certainly not going to be courted by some rocket-head geek. I mean, if it got around school that you were giving me things?
Luke Girardi : What do you care what people think? I mean, if you're anti. You know, shouldn't you like the idea of us if you're so anti?
Grace Polk : I'm not that anti.
Luke Girardi : Oh, so you're moderately anti.
Grace Polk : Look, geek...
Luke Girardi : And besides, you know, love is irrational. It's like this anesthetic goes off in your brain eliminating all reason so the act of procreation can occur.
Grace Polk : Hey, hey.
Luke Girardi : It's a natural state of imbalance built into the whole system, you know? A chemical reaction necessary to the conditions required for Darwinistic...
Grace Polk : Look, I am not into you, got it?
Luke Girardi : Right.
[after a pause, they start to kiss]
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Joan's Doctor : Lyme disease, caused by a tick bite. Could have been lying dormant in her system for a long time. The rash on her leg gave it away, which is fortunate, 'cause sometimes the rash is overlooked, and the symptoms of this disease are misdiagnosed.
Helen Girardi : How?
Joan's Doctor : Manifests in subtle ways at first. Moodiness, extreme changes in behavior.
Luke Girardi : That's every girl. They're all infected.
[Grace gives him a dirty look]
Joan's Doctor : But later on, it becomes more serious. Scattered thinking, lack of concentration, and eventually aural, even visual, hallucinations. Sometimes people are misdiagnosed as being mentally ill.
Grace Polk : This is clearing up a lot for me.
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Grace Polk : What's with the flea bites? STD already? I thought there was an incubation period.
Joan : A little louder, please.
Grace Polk : You seem kind of sweaty.
Joan : All this blatant flattery. I feel really great about myself.
Grace Polk : Does this have anything to do with... the do?
Joan : What "do"?
Grace Polk : That you did with Rove.
Joan : But I didn't.
Grace Polk : Everybody knows about the hotel.
Friedman : [passing by] Congratulations, and thank you for putting the sub-defectives on the map.
Joan : Whoa. Nothing happened, okay? Adam just... cleaned the carpet.
Friedman : I like. And the carpet seems very shiny today.
Joan : [softly slapping him] You pig!
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Joan : I don't feel so good.
Grace Polk : Friedman is a termite. Come on, buck up. You can't miss the Liberation Festival on the lawn. Student/faculty egg and spoon race, hmm? Who needs drugs?
Joan : Uh, I feel kind of dizzy.
Friedman : And hot.
Joan : Shut it!
Friedman : I mean... I meant hot.
Joan : Okay, I'm-I'm gonna do some vomiting. I'll be back.
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Joan : Oh, I'm sick.
Luke Girardi : Why don't you find mom and go home?
Joan : I went to the office and they said she'd left, and I can't find Adam.
Grace Polk : Oh, look, they made it three-legged this year. Inspired choice, tying yourself to a faculty member. I've had that dream.
Luke Girardi : I need to find Adam.
Luke Girardi : Hornsby's the one to beat. Three-year reigning champion.
Grace Polk : The typing teacher? He's, like, 80.
Joan : Where is he? Is he at the library?
Grace Polk : Are you talking to your little invisible friend?
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Gavin Price : So, who wants a shot at beating Hornsby? He's going down. Ms. Polk, here's your chance to humiliate a faculty member.
Grace Polk : Oh, they don't need my help.