Harry quotes from My Girl (1991)

Vada

I was born jaundiced. Once, I sat on a toilet seat at a truck stop and caught haemorrhoids. And I've learned to live with this chicken bone that's been lodged in my throat for the past three years. So, I knew my Dad would be devastated when he learned of my latest affliction. [to her Dad] Dad? I don't want to upset you, but my left breast is developing at a significantly faster rate than my right. It could only mean one thing: Cancer. I'm dying.

Harry

Okay. Sweetie, hand me the mayonnaise out of the fridge?

I have a wonderful disposition, I put people right at ease.

Harry

Uh, Miss Devoto, there people are already at ease. This is not a beauty parlour. It's a funeral parlour.

They're dead?

Harry

Yes they are.

Stiffs?

Harry

Deceased.

Harry, Harry, Harry, Harry. I told you to use fewer briquettes, and now look what you've done. you've cremated them.

Harry

Thats what i do.

She won't come out! It's been a whole day. You have to do something, Harry!

Harry

The funeral's starting!

Open your eyes! She's 11 years old! Her only friend in the world is dead!

Harry

I know that, but what do you want from me?

Stop hiding, Harry! You run, Harry. When I first came here, the idea of working with dead people didn't exactly thrill me. When I saw that a family lived here, I thought if I'm living without a family, then at least I can work with one and maybe, once in a while, be invited in for supper.

Harry

Yeah - and when those suppers are disrupted because there's a car crash, or there's a fire, or a little boy steps on a beehive!...

I'm not asking you to stop caring for those people! But life isn't just death, Harry! Don't ignore the living... especially your daughter.