Alex and Emma Quotes

Emma: "Ample bosom"?
Alex: What's wrong with that? It's literary.
Emma: Oh, well, in that case, you forgot the heaving.
Alex: The what?
Emma: In every book I've ever read, whenever there's an ample bosom, there's always heaving.


Alex Sheldon: I'm just a writer, Emma. I don't know what to do to show you how much I love you. I only have words. That's all I have.


Alex: He left like a man on a mission, a man on a mission with hot wet balls.


Alex: The grandmother lives!


Alex: You can quit drilling. You've struck oil.


Alex: I uh...
Emma Dinsmore: Well, I "uh" you too.


Emma Dinsmore: Alex? If you think you're having a heart attack and you're going to die, call me first, okay? No use wasting money on the bus if you're just gonna be dead when I get here.


Polina Delacroix: Mr. Shipley, Ylva will set you up in the Guest Cottage.
Emma Dinsmore: Ylva? What kind of name is Ylva?
Alex Sheldon: She's Swedesh.
Emma Dinsmore: That's not a real name. Who made that up, Jaqcues Cartier?
Alex Sheldon: [growls] It's her name, okay?
Emma Dinsmore: Okay. How do you spell it?
Alex Sheldon: Just like it sounds.
Emma Dinsmore: I-L-V-A
Alex Sheldon: No. It's Y-L-V-A
Emma Dinsmore: [confused] Y-L-V-A? That's not how it's sounds!
Alex Sheldon: Well, that how she spells it!
Emma Dinsmore: Okay! You want Y-L-V-A? It's Y-L-V-A.
Alex Sheldon: Good.
Emma Dinsmore: Just so you know, it's not how it sounds.


Emma Dinsmore: Who is she?
Alex Sheldon: She's this pain-in-the-ass au pair.
Ylva: [Swedish accent] Well, here we are.
Adam Shipley: Thanks, um...
Ylva: Ylva.
Adam Shipley: Ylva. Now that's a beautiful name. How do you spell it?
Ylva: Y-L-V-A.
Adam Shipley: Ah. Just like it sounds.
Emma Dinsmore: Very funny!
Alex Sheldon: What?! I take it from life.


Emma Dinsmore: Good night.
Alex Sheldon: Can you say good night if you're only sleeping for two hours?
Emma Dinsmore: Good *night*.
Alex Sheldon: Apparently, you can.


Emma Dinsmore: You borrowed money to gamble? Are you out of your mind?


Emma Dinsmore: Sometimes things don't work out, they take their place in your heart and make you a little stronger the next time.