Joan of Arcadia (TV Series)
The Boat (2003)
Amber Tamblyn: Joan Girardi
Quotes
-
Joan : Adam will believe me.
Old Lady : Yes... but you don't know Adam that well yet. For example, you don't know how many burdens the boy is already carrying. And I'd like you to consider the possibility that it is you who should take on some of his burdens, not vice versa.
Joan : Adam has burdens?
Old Lady : Sometimes they look a lot like gifts.
-
Joan : Did you give me a boat-making mojo and then take it away?
Old Lady : You know what I'm going to say.
Joan : What, that you never gave it to me in the first place so you never took it away?
Old Lady : Excellent learning curve. Now, what'd I tell you on the radio?
Joan : Not to let anyone talk me out of pursuing my project. You mean Price? Was what Adam said true? I-Is Price, like, evil?
Old Lady : Are you afraid of him?
Joan : Well, every kid in school is afraid of Price.
Old Lady : The thing about fear is it doesn't leave room for anything else, like beauty or purpose.
-
Joan : God joined the Army?
Naval Officer God : Navy. It's thematic. I want you to build a boat.
Joan : What's with all the make-work projects? I mean, apply for a job, do better in school, play chess. All these annoying, bogus assignments instead of doing something really big, like, you know, saving the world.
Naval Officer God : Last time I asked someone to build a boat, it turned out to be something really big, like, you know, saving the world.
-
Helen Girardi : Lately, you have found these, um... let's call them enthusiasms; chess, chemistry, boat-building.
Joan : I'm an adolescent searching for my purpose in life.
Helen Girardi : I can't help but think of my second cousin Florine.
Joan : The one who talks to flowers? Oy. Mom, I'm not crazy.
