Lauren quotes from Dante's Peak (1997)

Thank you. Thank you very much, Les. Mayor Wando, it gives me great pleasure to present to you…a Money magazine award: Dante's Peak, the second most desirable place to live in the United States, population under 20,000. Congratulations.

Rachel

Thank you…

Lauren

It's Karen!

Rachel

Thank you, Karen. Thank you, Lauren. This award means a lot to us. We've been proud of our town for a long time. It's beautiful. It's safe. It's a wonderful place in which to raise a family. And now with the prospect of a major investment in our economic future…by Mr. Elliot Blair of Blair Industries…Will you stand up, Elliot? Next year we're gonna be number one.

Hi, Rachel... You Rachel's boyfriend?

Harry

Uh, no, no. Harry Dalton, United States Geological Survey. Just up here to check on your mountain. That's all.

Bunch of you people came up here right after Mount St. Helens went nuts. There was nothing going on then. There's nothing going on here now.

Harry

Yes, well, um…

Rachel

I need to take Dr. Dalton up to the high lake and wondered if the kids could stay here for a little while.

Sure. But why don't we all go? We can go swimming.

Lauren

Yeah!

Mess around in the hot springs on the way back.

Graham

I can't see through the ash.

Lauren

Maybe you ought to turn the lights on.

Graham

They are on.

Lauren

Make the windshield wipers go faster?

Graham

I don't know how.

Lauren

It's that thing there.

Graham

Don't touch things! You're gonna mess something up.

Lauren

Like what?

Graham

I don't know. Something!

Lauren

Maybe this wasn't such a good idea.

Graham

Did you really mean what you said about taking us fishing?

Harry

I sure did.

Lauren

That's great.

You guys ready to go?

Harry

Let's go.