said
we couldnt go downstairs...
and I said, you know,
"Why not? Whats the problem?"
You know?
She said, "Oh, well...
"you know, young ladies
dont hang out on the streets...
"at : in the morning."
So, I was like, "Fuck that,"
you know? "Im going outside."
And so I went to go outside,
and she grabbed me.
And I said, "I want
to get the fuck out of here."
And she went pfft!
And smacked me across the
said I dont want to play.
[Whimpering]
Oregon.
Portland. Too easy.
Salem.
Its Salem?
I dont want to do this anymore.
I dont want to be in Utah.
2,000 miles between us and Bay City. Ok.
I want to be back in Bay City.
This is like being kidnapped.
You dont understand that, do you?
I wish somebody had kidnapped me
when I was your age.
So do I.
Ann: Grandma always said
that my mom was a strange child
said, "Why not? Theres two of us and one of him."
She said, "Cause he looks mean and dirty."
Id say that lady is a real fine judge of character.
Youve got no regard for the safety of your person...
the way you drive this Lincoln car.
Im getting a fallen kidney joltin around this countryside with you.
Looks like Varners the man to see around here.
You can find him over at our house most any time.
said he was going to
blow his brains out next Tuesday.
- What?
- Didnt you hear?
Whats wrong now?
Howard just said he was going
to kill himself next Tuesday.
What do you mean, Howard said
hes gonna kill himself next Tuesday?
He was supposed to do a tag on...
He said "Tune in next Tuesday.
Im gonna shoot myself."
- What the hells going on?
- He just said hed blow his brains out.
- What the fucks g
said.
Im just relieved that Im not as crazy
as everyone says. Or said my dad was.
Or my granddad. Or my great-granddad.
OK!
Lets go!
- Lets go find some treasure.
- Yeah, bring us back something.
Oh, God!
You handled that well.
This is it.
Its the cargo hold.
Do you think its in the barrels?
Gunpowder.
OK...
Why would the captain
be guarding this barrel?
I found something!
What is it?
Do you guys
said
something so simple.
She says, "I can
no longer drink with safety".
That really touched me,
even in the state I was in.
She looked at me and said,
"Remember, you are not alone".
I looked at this wee woman
and thought..."Youre me".
She gave me the courage
to start the steps,
with Shanks there.
Im no stupid.
I know Ive got
a long way to go.
And I pray.
I hope to Christ
I get through it.
There
said Real Life sucks Losers dry.
If you want to fuck with the eagles,
you have to learn to fly.
INT. HALLWAY OUTSIDE CAFETERIA--DAY
With her back turned to the viewer, VERONICA stands at the
outskirts of the cafeteria entrance. The viewers viewpoint
approaches and finally curls around VERONICA to reveal that
she is writing in a diary, wearing a monocle.
VERONICA (V.O.)
I said so you teach people
said, Hes not coming out.
(KIDS GASPING)
We got to go in and get him.
Like a search team, right?
So what she did was...
You sure I can
tell this story?
Yeah, go ahead.
So what happened was,
is they took a tiny little knife
then cut right underneath
the belly button,
and they opened her up
and then took her hands and stuck them
all the way in her belly and disappeared.
And she was in there just ru
said?
"Byron Tillers sentences have bounce and color.
Hilters Child shows sparks of originality...
...not often seen in thrillers." -"In the thriller mode", he said.
-And what about the "Times"? -Refresh me.
I believe he said something about me and that Hemingway guy.
-Yeah? -Yes.
-I think it slipped my mind. -Really, it slipped your mind?
Maybe I should refresh your memory.
Refreshing, here I go
said that all the men in the world should wear drab grey suits and convict haircuts? If we turn our minds to more serious matters, who said that human differences can best be solved through conventional politics or by violent means? Who said that human differences can best be solved through conventional politics or by violent means? Who said that human differences can best be solved through conve