The Quiet Room (1996)

Chloe Ferguson: Girl Age 7

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Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Girl Age 7 : Hey diddle diddle, the cow did a piddle behind the kitchen door. The little dog laughed to see such fun, so the cat did a little bit more.

• Girl Age 7 : People kiss, and they have lots of problems. Except kids don't kiss, but they still have problems too.

• Girl Age 7 : Barbies. Barbies are weird. Why do they make Barbies of teenagers if they're for little kids?

• Girl Age 7 : I wonder why adults don't have any imagination.

• Girl Age 7 : What are you supposed to do with adults who act like kids?

• Girl Age 7 : My bed. I want us always to be together. So why do *I* have a bed? *We* should have a bed. A family bed. Then we can all sleep happily ever after.

  [dozes off in mother's arms] 

• Girl Age 7 : [to herself]  Why am I alone all the time?

• [last lines] 

  Girl Age 7 : [moving day]  My room is all empty, and so is my head.

• Girl Age 7 : Why do they have so many buildlings in the city any way? No room for dogs, and they have to poo all over the footpath and make a mess, and then people hate dogs, and I can't have one. Doesn't make sense.