Glee (TV Series)

Laryngitis (2010)

Lea Michele: Rachel Berry

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Quotes 

• Rachel Berry : I'm like Tinkerbell, Finn, I need applause to live!

• Sean Fretthold : Finn with you?

  Rachel Berry : No, I came by myself. Is that okay?

  Sean Fretthold : Yeah.

  Rachel Berry : I, um... I just wanted to say thank you, and for showing me that just because I'm not good at anything other than singing doesn't mean I'm not any good if I can't sing. That sounded like a really bad greeting card.

  Sean Fretthold : No, it was cool.

  Rachel Berry : Well, anyways, I... I just thought I could maybe return the favor. I thought I could give you singing lessons. It sort of seemed like an area of interest for you. I'll... I'll come by, like, once a week or something, and we could just see how it goes? I've... I've helped almost everyone in our glee club, some by brute force, but...

  Sean Fretthold : So your voice came back.

  Rachel Berry : Turns out that a heroic dose of antibotics and a mysterious blend of herbal remedies and a vow of silence is all it takes to cure tonsilitis, so... I'll probably have to have my tonsils taken out eventually, but, um, I'm... I'm not scared anymore.

• Finn Hudson : Are you, like, sleepwalking?

  Rachel Berry : You have to be able to sleep to sleepwalk. I am on my third day of antibiotics, and I am not getting any better, which means I'm going to have to have that surgery, which means my life is over.

  Finn Hudson : Don't you think you're being a little dramatic, I mean, even for you?

• Rachel Berry : What if he says I'll never sing again? I mean, who am I without my voice? I-I-I... I'm just this spoiled, annoying only child...

  Finn Hudson : Don't say that. There's, like, so many awesome things about you.

  Rachel Berry : Like?

  Finn Hudson : [dodging the question]  Look, he's not gonna say you'll never sing again.

  Dr. Gidwani : [entering]  Bad news, Rachel. You'll probably never sing again.

  [she gasps in horror] 

  Dr. Gidwani : I'm kidding. You have severe tonsillitis, which has resulted in an inner ear infection. From the looks of things, it's not the first time. You should have had them out years ago.

• Will Schuester : All right, guys, let's get things started.

  Rachel Berry : As I was first on the sign-up sheet, I'll kick things off.

  Will Schuester : Okay.

  Rachel Berry : I have chosen Miley Cyrus' "The Climb", because it's about overcoming obstacles and beating the odds. In my case, the obstacle is you - my lackluster teammates who refuse to carry their own weight.

• Will Schuester : Wait, what are these?

  Rachel Berry : My vitamin supplements. I'm taking them three times a day. I'm exhausted. I even felt a tickle in the back of my throat, and I never get sick.

  Will Schuester : I just don't understand why you're so tired all of a sudden.

  Rachel Berry : Because every song I sing in here is a solo. As you know, I have perfect pitch, which also means I have a very sensitive ear. None of them were singing. I knew I needed proof, so I had a little talk with Lauren Zizes, president of the AV Club.

• Will Schuester : I am very disappointed in you guys.

  Finn Hudson : Can't believe you narced on us.

  Rachel Berry : Don't get mad at me for exposing your laziness. I'm tired of carrying all of your weight. Regionals is in a month, guys.

  Will Schuester : I'm just trying to understand what's going on here. Finn, why did you stop singing?

  Finn Hudson : 'Cause you started giving all the male leads to Jesse. It kind of shook my confidence, you know?

  Santana Lopez : [sighing]  Oh, what difference does it make? Everyone knows that my job here is to look hot.

  Quinn Fabray : My baby hormones are making me moody.

  Brittany S. Pierce : There are so many lyrics.

  Will Schuester : Okay, a chain is only as strong as its weakest link. A glee club is about a myriad of voices coming together as one. All right? This ends now.

• Lauren Zizes : Bug the choir room? I'm almost offended by the simplicity of the request.

  Rachel Berry : Just tell me you can do it, Zizes. The microphones would have to be hidden.

  Lauren Zizes : [another student passes by]  Who's this guy? Who's this guy?

  [she waits until he's gone] 

  Lauren Zizes : It'll cost you two boxes of Mallomars for me and Snickers bars for my workers. Take it or leave it, Berry.

• Rachel Berry : Here are the glee club members who are not pulling their weight.

  Will Schuester : This is half the club.