Meredith Henderson: Shirley Holmes

Quotes 

• Shirley Holmes : What are you doing here?

  Luisa : Visiting my tia - my aunt.

  Shirley Holmes : In a laundry room?

  Luisa : She's getting me a job.

  Shirley Holmes : You're too young to work here.

  Luisa : You're nosy.

  Shirley Holmes : You're right.

• Francis Boris 'Bo' Sawchuk : Shirley, this is big. We have to call the cops.

  Shirley Holmes : No! Bo, people aren't supposed to sneak into the country. If the police find her, they'll send her back.

• Francis Boris 'Bo' Sawchuk : Let me get this straight. We're out here tracking down a bunch of murderous desperadoes so we can... do what?

  Shirley Holmes : Find out what makes Louisa so important to them and find out what happened to the other people in the crates.

• Shirley Holmes : Come on, give me a hand.

  Francis Boris 'Bo' Sawchuk : Do I have a choice?

  Shirley Holmes : *Please.* I'm trying to be more diplomatic.

• [Louisa has been abducted from Shirley's house by El Condor's men] 

  Francis Boris 'Bo' Sawchuk : Man, you just don't know when to give up, do you? People can get killed!

  Shirley Holmes : I'm aware of that.

  Francis Boris 'Bo' Sawchuk : Do you think it's up to you to fix everything? Fix this! Here, call the cops.

• [Shirley has discovered Charles Taylor's cigarette lighter at the scene of the crime] 

  Shirley Holmes : C.T. - Charles Taylor. You should stick with pecans... it's a much less dangerous hobby.

  Charles Taylor : Apparently, I'm not the only one with dangerous hobbies.

• Shirley Holmes : Louisa, I'm sorry. My mother's missing, too. She's a doctor, like yours. Three years ago an epidemic broke out in a refugee camp in Rwanda. She went out to help stop it. The fighting started, many people were killed, she disappeared. They reported her dead; they never found a body. My father stopped believing they'd find her alive.

  Luisa : But you still hope.

  Shirley Holmes : I know she's coming home.

• [last lines] 

  Shirley Holmes : [narrating]  As for me, I've had some surprising personal revelations. Apparently, my single-mindedness can sometimes be mistaken for insensitivity. I'll have to work on that. Louisa taught me this song, Mom. I know you'll like it.