The World According to Garp (1982)
Mary Beth Hurt: Helen Holm
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Quotes
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[last lines]
T. S. Garp : Helen, remember.
Helen Holm : What, my love?
T. S. Garp : Everything, Helen.
Helen Holm : Yes, my love.
T. S. Garp : I'm flying, Helen.
Helen Holm : Yes, my love.
T. S. Garp : I'm flying. Ta-ranta-ranta-ra.
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Garp : I have just read in Time Magazine, my mother's book has been translated into Apache. Apache, Helen. Not even Shakespeare or Dickens has been translated into Apache.
Helen Holm : She's timely. She struck a chord women wanted to hear. The reviewers took her to pieces. They said wonderful things about your book.
Garp : Yeah, but I don't want reviews, I want an audience. A big audience.
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T. S. Garp : Am I disturbing you?
Helen Holm : I think you like to disturb me.
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T. S. Garp : My name is T.S. Garp.
Helen Holm : What's T.S. stand for?
T. S. Garp : Terribly Sexy. I used to be Terribly Shy, but I changed.
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T. S. Garp : Do you always wear a sweat suit?
Helen Holm : Don't you like it?
T. S. Garp : Yes, I just imagining what you'd be like without it. I mean, in a dress. I spend a lot of time imagining things, you know. Part of my training as a writer. All real writers imagine.
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T. S. Garp : Michael Milton. Is that his name?
Helen Holm : Yes.
T. S. Garp : It sounds like a flavor in a gay ice cream parlor. Strawberry Swirl, Chock-full of Chocolate, Mocha Madness, Michael Milton.
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T. S. Garp : Let's make love.
Helen Holm : I don't think so.
T. S. Garp : Don't you think I want to?
Helen Holm : No, I don't think I want to.
T. S. Garp : I do. I really, really do.
Helen Holm : I don't. I really don't. I want to finish reading this story.
T. S. Garp : You're reading another writer in my bed, Helen. That's adultery!
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T. S. Garp : Do you think I'm going to be a real writer?
Helen Holm : I do. Oh, I do!
T. S. Garp : And you said you'd only marry a real writer.
Helen Holm : I did. And I do.
T. S. Garp : I do, too.
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T. S. Garp : I wish I had known you when you were 15. I really wish I'd known you when you were 5 - near 5. I wish we grew up together as kids. That way, I could see you flat-chested and watch you as your breasts grew.
Helen Holm : You'll get to see my breasts sag, my teeth fall out, and my hair turn gray.
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T. S. Garp : I just really love it.
Helen Holm : What?
T. S. Garp : Being a father. Being a husband and a father. Oh, I really adore it.
[looking at the kids sleeping]
T. S. Garp : will never ever write anything that lovely.
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T. S. Garp : Let's go look at the kids.
Helen Holm : We looked at them last night.
T. S. Garp : I know. But I really feel a need to look at them. For both of us to look at them.