Dickinson
Fridays on Apple TV+Dickinson Season 2 Episode 2: "Fame is a fickle food" Quotes
Mrs. Dickinson: You can take the night off.
Maggie: Well, thank you, madam. It’s so nice of you to notice me back troubles.
Mrs. Dickinson: I didn’t. Today is the Amherst cattle show, which means tonight is a special night for me and Edward.
Maggie: I beg your pardon.
Mrs. Dickinson: You see every year on the night of the cattle show, Edward and I have a date.
Maggie: All right then.
Mrs. Dickinson: The cattle shows gets him very excited.
Maggie: I’ve heard enough, ma’am.
Mrs. Dickinson: Once a year, like clockwork.
Maggie: Please no more details.
Edward: Your Uncle Martin is dead.
Austin: Oh, oh, oh, that sucks.
Edward: No, that’s very good for us.
Austin: Oh, OK, good.
Edward: I have been appointed executor of his estate.
Austin: Uh-huh.
Edward: Which means through various loopholes, all strictly above board of course. That we may now have a new cashflow to aid in reducing our debt.
Austin: OK.
Edward: With one minor caveat, of course, which may mean a little extra work for us. The adoption into our home of one or two assets of the deceased.
Ship: Hey man, don’t steal my girl.
Native American: You stole my land.
Austin: Can I ask you something?
Sue: Is it whether I want this horse? The answer is yes.
Austin: No, it’s something I’ve been meaning to bring up for a while now. I made you a promise, and I want to honor that promise, but every day gets harder for me.
Sue: Austin, what do you mean?
Austin: I was wondering if you’d ever be willing to try for a baby.
Sue: You swore you didn’t marry me for that reason.
Austin: And I didn’t, but Sue, I feel like something is missing from my life. wouldn’t it be nice to have something to take care of?
Sue: Why don’t you take care of me and buy me a new horse?
Ithamar: And the winner of this year’s Amherst cattle show baking competition is Ms. Emily Dickinson.
Toshiaki: Amherst baking contest so white.
Sue: Your name in the paper and everything.
Emily: Yeah.
Sue: I just think it’s a little absurd, don’t you?
Emily: Absurd?
Sue: That you’ll be remembered as a baker and not a poet.
Sam: I’m always in the middle of things. I work all days, sometimes all night, running around, chasing the stories, chasing the facts. Whenever I go anywhere, talk to anyone, I always ask, ‘What’s new?’ That’s how I found out about you.
Emily: What do you mean?
Sam: Well, when I got the letter from Susie, she invited me to her party, and I said, ‘Tell me who’s going to be there. Who do I need to know?’ She said, ‘Well, there’s this poet.’
Emily: So, you came to Amherst for me?
Sam: Among other reasons, yeah, and I was interested. I’m always interested in hearing a new voice, but I haven’t heard yours yet.
Emily: No, you haven’t.
Sam: I’ve tasted your cake, but I haven’t read your poems.
Emily: Guess I’m kinda shy.
Sam: If you’re as special as Susie says you are, then I’m determined to find out.
Emily: What if I don’t want to be found out? What if I don’t want fame?
Sam: I love this modesty act. It’s so perfectly ladylike. Go ahead, pretend to be this shy little daisy, but I’ll come along and pluck you from obscurity, just like this. Besides, that whole attitude is so 1840s. It’s 1859, baby. It’s almost the ‘60s.
Emily: You’re an exciting person, you know that?
Emily: I don’t want to be remembered as the winner of the Amherst cattle show baking contest.
Sam: How do you want to be remembered?
Nobody: You’re in trouble.
Emily: What are you doing here? Who are you?
Nobody: I’m nobody. I’m here to give you a warning. Listen to me, Emily Dickinson.
Emily: So you know who I am?
Nobody: I do, but I shouldn’t. You shouldn’t be known. Do you understand me?
Emily: No, not at all.
Nobody: Emily, do not seek fame. Do not trust others that would seek it for you. They are not genuine. Fame is not genuine. It will use you. It will destroy you.
Sue: Why are you afraid? This is an incredible opportunity. A man like Sam Bowles has the power to completely change your life. You should give him your poems now.
Emily: I’m scared.
Sue: What are you scared of?
Emily: Getting published.
Sue: Why? Isn’t that your greatest dream? Imagine how good it would feel to be recognized.
Emily: I just need a little time.
Sue: You don’t have time. Sam isn’t going to stay focused on you for long. He’s got a million things on his mind. His attention span is short.
Emily: Can I at least talk it over with you?
Sue: I’ve already told you what I think. I don’t have time to go down a rabbit hole with you.
Emily: Mom, we need to use the parlor tonight. It’s an emergency.
Mrs. Dickinson: What do you need it for?
Lavinia: Just to have a few girls over, talk about our feelings.
Emily: And seek wisdom from the dead.
Lavinia: Yep, and that.
Emily: Mom, we need to use the parlor tonight. It’s an emergency.
Mrs. Dickinson: What do you need it for?
Lavinia: Just to have a few girls over, talk about our feelings.
Emily: And seek wisdom from the dead.
Lavinia: Yep, and that.
