Lars Lindstrom[to Bianca, after she is given flowers]Those are nice, huh? And they're not real, so they'll last forever.
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DagmarSometimes I get so lonely I forget what day it is, and how to spell my name.
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Reverend BockLars asked us not to wear black today. He did so to remind us that this is no ordinary funeral. We are here to celebrate Bianca's extraordinary life. From her wheelchair, Bianca reached out and touched us all, in ways we could never have imagined. She was a teacher. She was a lesson in courage. And Bianca loved us all. Especially Lars. Especially him.
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Lars LindstromI was talking to Bianca, and she was saying that in her culture they have these rites of passages and rituals and cermonies, and, just all kinds of things that, when you do them, go through them, let you know that you're an adult? Doesn't that sound great?
GusUm. Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's uh, yeah, yeah it's kind of - it's uh - no. Well, it's kind of sex but it's not uh, you know? I don't know. I don't know. It's - uh - good question, good question.
GusWell, it's not like you're one thing or the other, okay? There's still a kid inside but you grow up when you decide to do right, okay, and not what's right for you, what's right for everybody, even when it hurts.
GusLike, you know, like, you don't jerk people around, you know, and you don't cheat on your woman, and you take care of your family, you know, and you admit when you're wrong, or you try to, anyways. That's all I can think of, you know - it sound like it's easy and for some reason it's not.
KarinThat is just not true! God! Every person in this town bends over backward to make Bianca feel at home. Why do you think she has so many places to go and so much to do? Huh? Huh? Because of you! Because - all these people - love you! We push her wheelchair. We drive her to work. We drive her home. We wash her. We dress her. We get her up, and put her to bed. We carry her. And she is not petite, Lars. Bianca is a big, big girl! None of this is easy - for any of us - but we do it... Oh! We do it for you! So don't you dare tell me how we don't care.
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Sewing Circle Lady 3 - HazelWell that's how life is, Lars.
Mrs. GrunerEverything at once.
Sewing Circle Lady 2 - SallyWe brought casseroles.
Lars Lindstrom[Lars looks around the sewing circle. The three ladies are knitting and doing needlepoint] Um, is there something I should be doing right now?
Mrs. GrunerNo, dear. You eat.
Sewing Circle Lady 2 - SallyWe came over to sit.
Sewing Circle Lady 3 - HazelThat's what people do when tragedy strikes.
Sewing Circle Lady 2 - SallyThey come over, and sit.
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GusPretend that she's real? I'm just not gonna do it.
Lars LindstromNo, that's okay. It's just, and I think it's because she's insecure, it's just, she's just always trying to hug everybody. You know, some people don't like that. Some people don't like to be hugged. But she doesn't realize that. She takes it personally, and, it hurts her feelings. I don't know what to do about that. Do you?
DagmarIt's such a comfort sometimes, just to have somebody's arms around you. Don't you think?
Lars LindstromLike a burn. Like when you go outside and your feet freeze and you come back in and then they thaw out? It's like that. It's almost exactly like that.
Mrs. GrunerBig baby! You're just like my husband. She'll be home at 11!
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DagmarHave there been any changes in the family in the last year or so?
Gus[while Karin simultaneously nods "Yes"]No, everything is pretty much exactly the same except Karin is pregnant and Lars is nuts.
DagmarYou know, this isn't necessarily a bad thing. What we call mental illness isn't always just an illness. It can be a communication; it can be a way to work something out.
Lars LindstromI have a school board meeting. Bianca got elected, so...
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KurtListen up, Margo, those action figures are very important to me. They're worth a lot of money. And if I don't see every damned one back on my desk pretty soon, then, you can tell your teddy to watch his back.
Margo[returns one action figure]I'll return them, one at a time... You going to Cindy's party?