Author Archives: Marya E. Gates
Movie Quote of the Day – Too Much, Too Soon, 1958 (dir. Art Napoleon)
Vincent Bryant: Diana, you’ve just got to grow up.
Diana Barrymore: Alright. Maybe I will. While you’re gone, maybe I will.
Movie Quote of the Day – Mississippi Burning, 1988 (dir. Alan Parker)
Mrs. Pell: It’s ugly. This whole thing is so ugly. Have you any idea what it’s like to live with all this? People look at us and only see bigots and racists. Hatred isn’t something you’re born with. It gets taught. At school, they said segregation what’s said in the Bible. . .Genesis 9, Verse 27. At 7 years of age, you get told it enough times, you believe it. You believe the hatred. You live it. . .you breathe it. You marry it.
Movie Quote of the Day – Irma la Douce, 1963 (dir. Billy Wilder)
Irma La Douce: A painter once lived here. Poor guy, he was starving. Tried everything, even cut his ear off.
Nestor Patou: Van Gogh?
Irma La Douce: No, I think his name was Schwartz.
Movie Quote of the Day – Spy Game, 2001 (dir. Tony Scott)
Nathan Muir: You just gave her four pieces of personal information for one dubious impersonal fact.
Tom Bishop: Just trying to find out where she got that dress.
Movie Quote of the Day – Philomena, 2013 (dir. Stephen Frears)
Philomena: You should be nice to the people on the way up, because you might meet them again on the way down.
Movie Quote of the Day – Faces, 1968 (dir. John Cassavetes)
Richard Forst: Jeannie, do me a favor. Don’t be silly anymore. Just be yourself.
Jeannie: But I am myself. Who else would I be?
Richard Forst: I’m serious.
Jeannie: Definition of serious: Blah blah blah blah.
Movie Quote of the Day – The Impossible, 2012 (dir. J.A. Bayona)
Maria: Lucas, look at this place. They’re so busy in here. You’ve got to go and do something. Go help people. You’re good at it.
Movie Quote of the Day – That Darn Cat, 1997 (dir. Bob Spiers)
Judy Randall: Honey, why do you always wear black?
Patti Randall: Because it matches my soul.
A Little Help From My Friends
This post originated on my Tumblr, but I thought I would branch out and ask my subscribers for some help as well.
First post 6/14:
Hi guys, Mr. Rochester, my cat, is doing better. I just talked to the vet and they said he was eating and doing much better with fluids. I still don’t know when he can come home.
I’m going out of town for a wedding on Thursday, so regardless I have to board him with the vet for a few days next week because they’ll have to continue his treatment.
It’s all really expensive and eating away at my savings account. Anything you can spare – even $5 – would really help me and my kitty.
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.
http://www.gofundme.com/Help-Mr-Rochester
p.s. you can also donate funds to my Paypal account (maryag7@gmail.com)
UPDATE 6/15:
I just got off the phone with my vet. Mr. Rochester is doing much better. He’s eating and his levels are all going down.
He has to stay at least one more night with I.V. fluids before he can come home (though I have to board him again with the vet when I go out of town so he can get all his medicine while I’m gone).
His red blood cells are a little off, but they’re giving him some medicine for that.
His kidneys are going to be deficient from here on out and I will have to change his diet and be extremely careful and watchful, but the vet told me multiple times that this does not mean he’s going to leave me anytime soon and that many cats with deficient kidneys live for a long time.
I’m still a crying mess. My apartment is so quiet without his meowing.
This is all going to cost a lot, not just for the treatment right now and his boarding next weekend, but for continual monitoring, so anything you can spare right now is more than helpful: http://www.gofundme.com/Help-Mr-Rochester
UPDATE 6/16:
I still haven’t heard when he can come home and it looks like he may have to stay at the hospital until Sunday at this rate. Which is going to cost A LOT. So really, anything helps because it all adds up to a whole lot: http://www.gofundme.com/Help-Mr-Rochester
Movie Quote of the Day – Nora, 2000 (dir. Pat Murphy)
James Joyce: Why?
Nora Barnacle: Why what?
James Joyce: Why is it alright for you to touch me and I can’t touch you?
Nora Barnacle: Because I’m better at it than you are.
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