OH GREAT ONE: Quotes

Starr & Matthew [2004]

[Starr is busy hatching a plan to save Todd from jail when Matthew interrupts her]
Matthew: I'm getting an award tonight, my chief guide badge.
Starr: What kind of stupid award is that?
Matthew: I was the best map-reader on our last camp-out.
[Starr is suddenly interested]
Starr: You read maps, huh?
Matthew: I can read a compass and a map. I can get you anywhere you want.
Starr: That's really cool, Matthew, I mean it. How would you like to get another badge for being a hero?

Bo: Starr has a way of talking Matthew into doing things that he normally would not do.
Dorian: Bo, Starr's no angel, but she's hardly some prepubescent temptress.

[During Starr's botched attempt to rescue Todd, Troy kidnapped Matthew]
Starr: I’m really sorry about what happened to Matthew. I liked Dr. Troy. I saved him on the wheel and he was really nice to me. I didn't think that he was going to take Matthew away. I truly don't think that he's going to hurt Matthew. I feel really, really bad about what happened.
Nora: Thank you. Thank you very much.
Starr: I really hope he comes home soon.
Nora: Me, too.

[Meanwhile, in Troy's hide-out...]
Matthew: When I see Starr, I’m really going to yell at her...

[Matthew has been invited to Jack's birthday party]
Blair: Matthew is coming. I had to beg Nora, but she finally said yes.
Starr: You what? You had to beg Nora? She thinks that every single time Matthew hangs out with me that he's going to get kidnapped.

Starr: Do you still want your parents back together?
Matthew: Do you have any ideas how to do that?
Starr: Don't I always?

[Starr goes shopping online]
Matthew: How'd you learn to do that? I never buy things on the Internet. Only my mom does.
Starr: You just start swiping credit cards. How else are you going to learn?

Blair: What was Matthew thanking you for?
Starr: Oh, just because I'm helping his parents get back together.
Blair: Starr.
Starr: What? I figure I have no hope in getting my parents back together. At least he still has a shot.

[Starr speaks to Matthew for the last time before running away]
Starr: I'm really going to miss you, Matthew. (she hugs him)
Matthew: All right -- why'd you do that? We're going to see each other in a few days. I'll see you then.
Starr: Probably.
Matthew: What do you mean, "probably?" Why wouldn't we see each other?
Starr: Who knows?
Matthew: All right, Starr, you're really acting weird. Are you running away or something?
Starr: My mom's taking me to go see "The Lion King." Why would I run away?
Matthew: Well, you were pretty bummed out about her splitting up with your dad.
Starr: Listen, if they want to wreck their lives, then they can, but I'm not going to run away because of it.
Matthew: All right. Then why'd you pack your computer?
Starr: Do you know how many things get stolen in hotel rooms?
Matthew: No.
Starr: A lot, and you shouldn't be so trusting. You have to watch your back, Matthew.
Matthew: Are you coming downstairs?
Starr: In a minute.
Matthew: Look, Starr, you're my best friend. If you ever ran away, I'd be really upset.

Nora: I never want you calling a taxi ever again, you understand?
Matthew: Why? Starr does that all the time.
Nora: Starr? If Starr jumped off a cliff, would you jump off after her? No, I don't think so. Do you remember what happened the last time you followed her example?
Matthew: I got kidnapped by Dr. Troy.
Nora: Right.

Daniel: You know, you must be really worried about your friend, huh? Don't be. I've heard all about how smart Starr Manning is.
Matthew: Smarter than me, even.
Daniel: Oh, well, I don't know about that. Remember when Troy MacIver had you? You were incredibly smart and incredibly brave. You got away and you got back home all by yourself.
Matthew: Well, Starr’s not scared of anything.

Matthew: All right, so by getting kidnapped and everything, did it get your parents back together?
Starr: That's kids' stuff.
Matthew: Are you ever going to try again, like, maybe later?
Starr: You know, Matthew, sometimes you have to let your dumb parents do what they want to do.

Matthew: All right, so what kind of friends were you and Travis?
Starr: He's really cool and he tries to protect me and -- you know, he knows a lot. He took a train all the way here.
Matthew: Well, is he better friends than us?
Starr: No way. We're just different.

Matthew: I finally got my parents to come with me again. Pretty soon, they'll be back together.
Starr: Matthew, trying to get your parents back together is so kindergarten.
Matthew: I'm not a kindergartner. And anyway, you wanted your parents back together, too.
Starr: I'm over that. When you're older, you'll understand.
Matthew: You're not that much older than me, Starr.
Starr: Old enough to know better about a lot of things.

Matthew: Hey, there's Starr. Maybe she feels bad the way she treated me last time.
Asa: Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. You want to get a young lady's attention, you don't go running after them. Ignore them. They'll come to you.
Matthew: No way.

Starr: I'm sorry I said you should give up on your parents. I mean, maybe you can get them back together. Sorry I sounded mean.
Matthew: It's okay. I'm just glad I didn't do something that made you mad.
Starr: No way. We're buds. But now I have this boyfriend, you know, and he comes first.
Matthew: Yeah, I know.
Starr: You okay?
Matthew: Yeah -- just have this feeling. I guess I'm kind of jealous.
Starr: Don't be. That's what wrecked my parents' relationship. Okay? Let’s not be like them.

Starr: What's wrong?
Matthew: My mom and dad never would've split up if I hadn't been born.
Starr: Oh, Matthew, would you stop it with the guilt thing, ok? I've had a million psychiatrists tell me that it's not my fault and that if, you know, your parents are in love, then they'll get back together.
Matthew: But my mom and dad do love each other.
Starr: Well, then, they'll get back together. You just have to be patient.
Matthew: I have been patient, a long time, but I'm almost 10 years old.

[Starr has gotten braces]
Matthew: You don't have to wear them forever, do you?
Starr: A whole two years.
Matthew: Yeah, but when you get them off, you'll look really good.
Starr: Yeah, but what about now, ok? Right now I look like an ugly metal mouth. And for tonight, all of my parents' wedding pictures are going to be ruined.
Matthew: You can never look ugly, Starr, and I’m going to prove it tonight.

[Matthew has manipulated the photo of Starr so the braces are gone]
Adriana: Oh, wow, that's amazing.
Matthew: It's for Starr. She's my best friend, even if she is a girl.