Life Stinks (1991)
Lesley Ann Warren: Molly
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Quotes
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Sailor : Pops ain't gonna be around long; his 'elevens' are up.
Goddard Bolt : What?
Sailor : His elevens! Look at the back of his neck. You see them two cords, stickin' out? They make, like, an 'eleven'. Once they're up that's it. He's a goner.
Fumes : Maybe he'll come back in the world as somethin' better. Personally, when I die, I'd like to come back as a bird.
Sailor : Why?
Fumes : Ohhh, because man, I could fly free, and easy, and if I saw someone I really didn't care for, I'd drop a hot one on 'em!
Sailor : When I die, I want to be 'excramated' and I want my ashes sprinkled in the old briny. At least I'd be part of the sea forever, and ever.
Fumes : Oh, that's beautiful, man, beautiful. Like when I die, I want to go just like my daddy, boom! Peaceful, in his sleep.
Sailor : Yeah, they told me my grandmother died peacefully in her sleep. It's a good way to go.
Molly : Nobody dies peacefully, in their sleep! It's what they tell people, to make them feel good. Want to know how people really die, in their sleep?
[Sailor looks uneasy, not sure he wants to know]
Molly : Okay. First, they go to bed.
[imitates drawing up bed sheets to her neck and getting cozied in]
Molly : Ahhhhh, mmm... Then, about two in the morning, they go...
[sits up, gasps, pretends to choke]
Molly : Ahhh! Oh! Get a doct...
[everyone in the mission is watching her, in shock]
Molly : [she gasps, holds her throat, and falls to the floor]
Fumes : I ain't never goin' to sleep again!
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[Bolt is in an over-medicated coma]
Molly : I know you wanna give up, but you're wrong. Even without money, life is good.
[Bolt shakes his head; he can hear her]
Molly : No? What about when-when you didn't eat for two days and then you had your first big meal at the mission? Wasn't that good?
[Bolt shakes his head]
Molly : Remember the other night? When we drank champagne and danced... and rolled around in rags?
[Bolt raises his eyebrows]
Molly : I know they're only moments, but that's all life is: Just a bunch of moments. Most of them are lousy... but once in a while, you steal a good one.
Molly : [holding back tears] Come on. Come on back to me. Don't be such a selfish bastard. You're the only person I can stand.
Molly : [now crying] Don't leave me. I love you. Please. Don't leave me.
[Bolt's heart rate increases. He finally comes to]
Goddard Bolt : Molly, you're crying. What happened? Somebody die?
Molly : Somebody lived.
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Goddard Bolt : [Holding a shoebox full of Sailor's ashes; looks skyward as he starts giving a eulogy] Sailor, wherever you are...
Molly : [taps the shoebox that he's holding] He's in there...
Goddard Bolt : I know.
Goddard Bolt : [continues] Sailor, you were a little man, often covered with dirt and filth and... the last thing that you ate. But your heart was always good and clean. And I hope you get your final wish, and your ashes make it out to sea.
Goddard Bolt : Good luck!
[Bolt tosses Sailor's ashes up in the air; the wind catches the ashes, blowing them back all over Bolt, Fumes and Molly]
