Season 8: "Giving Up on Mascara"

“May I cry now?” – Christy
“No. Crying is strictly forbidden.” – David
::pause::
“You may whimper, however…” – David

“Question for you, old buddy old pal...” – Christy to Ray
“Un momento. On telefono con su papa.” – Ray, using random Spanish

“Has anybody seen the whiteboard?” – Christy
“I hid it. I’m secretly opposed to whiteboards.” – Brittainy
“I knew it! I could see it in her eyes.” – David

“I’m sitting here staring at the inscrutable face of this Mac, looking for an ‘on’ button, and saying to myself ‘Now where is that secret knot? It’s impossible to find’….” – David
“I thought Macs were supposed to be ‘so intuitive’” – Christy, referencing David’s earlier comment

“You pulled the rabbit out of the hat. Now Ray will brush the rabbit and polish its little nose.” – David to Dad about the programming magic that Dad has done.

“Did we have any mediocre awakenings?” – David
“Nope. They were all ‘great.’” – Ben
“I had a mediocre awakening this morning” – David

“Oh! I just got to use the phrase ‘exceedingly bleak’—as in ‘there is nothing worse than a sore throat; it’s effects are exceedingly bleak’” – Christy, sneaking Emma references into her week-plan
“I got to use the phrase ‘what a hilarious misunderstanding’ in real life!” – Amy

“So everything that’s bad is David’s fault, and everything that’s good is to Brittainy’s credit.” – Christy
“Yup, pretty much.” – David and Amy

“I just tried to draw Joshua and he turned out to be Saul, so I don’t know that that says. It had something to do with the mouth.” – David

“Well, you’re sweet, but you just don’t make any sense.” – Brittainy to Christy

“This is America, where everybody is entitled to their opinion, no matter how uneducated it is.” – Ben

“This is me. I lack the intelligence of an average baby.” – David

“Good thing I didn’t put any mascara on this morning” – Amy, wiping away tears of laughter

“You know, it’s days like this that I realize how sorry I’m going to be when our team breaks up [in March].” – Amy
“Well, we can always play this…” – Christy, turning on “Graduation”
“NO!” – Amy
“I’m going to give you this album for your birthday.” – David to Amy
“I’m going to excommunicate you from my friendships!” – Amy to David

“Mom IS the quote book.” – David

“Well, that’s what I would do with a husband and a year off if I had them. I’d build the ultimate tree fort!” – Christy

“I’ve given up wearing mascara at work.” – Amy, who always laughs so hard she cries