Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series)

Imaginary Friend (1992)

Noley Thornton: Clara Sutter

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Quotes 

• Isabella : I came to say I'm sorry I frightened you.

  Clara Sutter : That's okay.

  Isabella : And I misled you. I wasn't really your Isabella.

  Clara Sutter : For a while you were.

• [first lines] 

  Clara Sutter : I like to cook all kinds of stuff, like yogurt and raisin salad, chocolate chip pancakes and... purple omelets.

  Counselor Deanna Troi : [disgusted]  Purple omelets?

  Clara Sutter : You put grape juice in the eggs. Isabella doesn't like it very much. She says it tastes funny.

  Counselor Deanna Troi : I can see her point.

• [Guinan and Clara talk about imaginary friends] 

  Clara Sutter : If the other grown-ups don't understand, how come you do?

  Guinan : Well, maybe because when I was your age, I had one.

  Clara Sutter : You did?

  Guinan : Mmm.

  Clara Sutter : What was she like?

  Guinan : It... wasn't a she.

  Clara Sutter : What was *he* like?

  Guinan : It wasn't a he.

  Clara Sutter : 'It'?

  Guinan : It was a Tarcassian razor beast. It had dark brown fur and gold eyes and huge spiny wings, and it would fly past so fast nobody could see it but me.

  Clara Sutter : Sounds scary.

  Guinan : Oh, it was. Especially when he smiled.

• Counselor Deanna Troi : Maybe you could draw me a picture. I'd love to see what she looks like.

  Clara Sutter : You don't think she's real.

  Counselor Deanna Troi : I think she's real for you, and THAT is real enough for me.