Quotes
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Victoria Grayson : [coming out to where her daughter is sun-lounging by the pool] Missed you at breakfast.
Charlotte Grayson : Not hungry.
[reading message from Declan on cellphone]
Victoria Grayson : Charlotte. We're going to have to discuss our communication problems at some point. And rather than dwelling on the past, I think the remedy for us would be to find some common ground. Start spending some quality time together.
Charlotte Grayson : [takes off her sunglasses] What'd you have in mind?
Victoria Grayson : Well, for starters, I thought it might be fun if you joined me and the ladies for my weekly luncheon.
Charlotte Grayson : You're unbelievable, you know that? The only reason you want to parade me in front of your lady puppets is to prove I've forgiven you.
Victoria Grayson : Exactly how many more times do I have to apologize before you do?
Charlotte Grayson : You wished I'd never been born. Do me a favor and pretend I wasn't.
[rises from her chair and walks away, leaving regretful Victoria behind]
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Victoria Grayson : [as Charlotte comes home] Daniel, is that you?
Charlotte Grayson : [marching up the stairs, determined to avoid mother] No, the other child. The disposable one.
Victoria Grayson : Charlotte, don't talk like that.
Charlotte Grayson : [without looking back] Here are the keys to your new car. Ground me, restrict me, do whatever you want. I could honestly care less.
Victoria Grayson : You keep it.
Charlotte Grayson : [Mom now has her attention] You're giving me a $200,000 car?
Victoria Grayson : If it means that you'll stop this torture, then, yes.
Charlotte Grayson : [ironically] Wow, Mom. I guess you really do love me after all.
[shakes her head at mother, and walks off, leaving her at a loss]
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Declan Porter : [re Conrad's latest model Mercedes-Benz peace offering to Victoria] This is a $200 000 car, easy!
Charlotte Grayson : Oh, yeah? See those pedals? One's the brake, one's the gas, same as a dump truck.
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Victoria Grayson : [carries serving tray] Missed you at breakfast.
Charlotte Grayson : [ccolly] Not hungry.
Victoria Grayson : Charlotte, we're going to have to discuss our communication problems at some point. And rather than dwelling in the past, I think the remedy for us would be to find some common ground. Try spending some quality time together.
Charlotte Grayson : [sweetly] What do you have in mind?
Victoria Grayson : Well, for starters, I thought it would be fun if you joined me and the ladies for our weekly luncheon.
Charlotte Grayson : [angrily] You're unbelievable, you know that? The only reason you wanna parade me in front of your lady puppets is to prove I've forgiven you.
Victoria Grayson : Exactly how many more times do I have to apologize before you do?
Charlotte Grayson : You wished I'd never been born. Do me a favor and pretend I wasn't.
[leaves]
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Victoria Grayson : [as her daughter comes home] Daniel, is that you?
Charlotte Grayson : No, the *other* child...
[as she goes up the stairs]
Charlotte Grayson : the disposable one.
Victoria Grayson : [follows the girl up the stairs] Charlotte, don't talk like that.
Charlotte Grayson : Here's the keys to your new car.
[hands them over her shoulder without looking back]
Charlotte Grayson : Ground me, restrict me, do whatever you want, I couldn't honestly care less.
Victoria Grayson : You keep it.
Charlotte Grayson : You're giving me a $200 000 car?
Victoria Grayson : If it means that you'll stop this torture, then yes.
Charlotte Grayson : [with cold irony] Wow, Mom, I guess you really do love me after all.
