Running on Empty (1988)

Martha Plimpton: Lorna Phillips

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• Lorna : [to Michael]  Why do you have to carry the burden of someone else's life?

• Lorna : ...So, now that we've determined that I belong here, let's talk about you.

• Lorna : You're certifiable. You're welcome!

• Michael : So, what are you doing over the summer?

  Lorna : I have a job pumping gas.

  Michael : You finally got the Supreme Court to hear your case, huh?

  Lorna : Yeah.

• Michael : They need me.

  Lorna : I need you.

• Lorna : You're strange. I cut. I didn't feel like having my picture taken with those sub-humans.

• Lorna : You are certifiable! What is this? Some sort of smart-ass joke? You're taking cooking?

  Michael : I want to learn how to cook.

  Lorna : Yeah, right. You have some burning desire to learn how to make apple brown betty...

  Michael : What are you doing here if you think so highly of it?

  Lorna : Well, they wouldn't let me take auto mechanics, and I didn't have time to take the issue to the Supreme Court.

• Michael : If you want to go back, that's fine with me.

  Lorna : You're a bully.

  Michael : No. I'm a liar.