Ann No one's normal, mom. No such thing as normal people.
Most-quoted character in My Life Without Me (2003): in 8 of its 9 quotes
A line from AnnAnn: THINGS TO DO BEFORE I DIE.
1. Tell my daughters I love them several times.
2. Find Don a new wife who the girls like.
3. Record birthday messages for the girls for every year until they're 18.
4. Go to Whalebay Beach together and have a big picnic.
5. Smoke and drink as much as I want.
6. Say what I'm thinking.
7. Make love with other men to see what it's like.
8. Make someone fall in love with me.
9. Go and see Dad in Jail.
10. Get false nails. And do something with my hair.
More lines from Ann
5 quotes Ann Ann (to herself)
Now you feel like you want to take all the drugs in the world. But all the drugs in the world aren't going to change the feeling that your whole life's been a dream and it's only now that you're waking up.
Ann Alone. You're alone. You've never been so alone in your life. Lies are your only company.
Ann Try and be patient with her [Ann's mother], okay? She... she is a good person even if it doesn't always seem that way. She's... none of the things she always dreamed about ever came true, you know? Try and understand her. Don't let her make you mad.
Ann (to herself)
You pray that they will have moments of happiness so intense, that all of their problems will seem insignificant by comparison. You don't know who or what you're praying to, but you pray. You don't even regret the life that you're not gonna have, because by then you'll be dead. And the dead don't feel anything. Not even regret.
Scenes with Ann
2 scenes Ann I said thanks okay so just drop it.
Ann's Mother I don't need your thanks.
Ann Okay, so I take them back then.
Lee Ann, there's something I have to tell you and I have to tell you now.
Ann Lee, I'm...
Lee I love you. I'm in love with you. And the world seems less terrible because you exist. I feel like I wanna be with you for the rest of my life. And all that, the palpitations, and the nerves, the pain, the happiness and the fear. I wanna... I wanna touch you all the time! I wanna take care of you and your girls and even find your husband a decent job and get you a house that doesn't have wheels and...
Ann Be careful. That sounds like a classic case of falling in love.
Lee I am in love. I'm classically in love. The classic husband is gonna to be here any minute. And the classic depression that sets in everytime you go off with him... and the crying and the tears and everything.
