Kiva Dawson: Caitlin Blackpoole

Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Barbara Caufield : [re the somberly-dressed girl]  Who's Little Miss Queen of Darkness?

  Tiffany Malloy : Gothic Girl? She's new.

  Barbara Caufield : Hasn't that gone completely out of style, like, *last year?*

  Tiffany Malloy : Oh, TV is always at least a year behind.

  Barbara Caufield : Let's go over and be cruel to her by rubbing her weirdo loneliness in her face.

  Tiffany Malloy : [laughs]  No. No, this is not The Craft. Let's go over there and *make* friends. Everyone knows you can't have too many friends.

  Barbara Caufield : Or too many Filipino houseboys.

  Tiffany Malloy : [goes over to the newcomer]  Hi. We noticed that you dress all in black. Hey, is that meant to symbolize something? Are you, like, the Duchess of Death?

  Caitlin Blackpoole : I dress in black 'cause my life is short and brutish, cut off by the grim abyss of death.

  Tiffany Malloy : You know,

  [shakes her head] 

  Tiffany Malloy : I've already got enough friends.

  [walks away] 

  Ryan Malloy : Hey! A new girl!

  [hops onto couch next to Caitlin] 

  Ryan Malloy : What are you into, sweetheart?

  Caitlin Blackpoole : Darkness. Death. Nothingness.

  Ryan Malloy : Well, you're in luck, baby. To find a bigger nothing around here, you gotta stoop. Are you seeing anybody or what?

  Caitlin Blackpoole : Satan.

  Ryan Malloy : Well, he can have your immortal soul. I'll take those all too mortal *melons.*

  Caitlin Blackpoole : [with utmost contempt]  You couldn't carry the Dark Lord's jock! I gotta get out of here. It's eleven o'clock. The Magic hour.

  Tiffany Malloy : You do magic at eleven o'clock?

  Caitlin Blackpoole : No, I watch the Magic Johnson Show.

  [rises, goes on her way] 

  Tiffany Malloy : Hey, if you wanna ride with us, we're gonna go by the graveyard.

  Caitlin Blackpoole : Cool!

  Barbara Caufield : Hey, you guys, go on. I'm just gonna hang out here and do some studying.

  Tiffany Malloy : You sure you'll be all right?

  Barbara Caufield : Please! I'm an attractive coed alone late at night in the student union. What could go wrong?

  [which leaves lots and lots of speculation] 

  Ryan Malloy : [to Caitlin]  Aw, come on... you gotta give me a chance. Just... tell Satan you're washing your hair. I mean, he's too busy mating with Kathie Lee Gifford anyway.

  [all too no avail]