Meredith Henderson: Shirley Holmes

Quotes 

• [Shirley and Mr. Howie are attending a toga party at Sussex Academy] 

  Shirley Holmes : Interesting look, Mr. Howie.

  Arthur Howie : Et tu, Miss Holmes?

• Molly Hardy : Birdwatching?

  Francis Boris 'Bo' Sawchuk : What are you doing here?

  Shirley Holmes : Molly has her own perverse resons for wanting Ms. Stratmann to stay. If Kemp becomes principal, it's game over for her.

  Molly Hardy : Please. The game is only over when I say it is.

• [Bo rejects Shirley's diagnosis of hypomania when he sees his school's principal walking hand in hand with a good-looking middle-aged man] 

  Francis Boris 'Bo' Sawchuk : Hypomania, a gradual onset of 10 to 14 days? Oh, man.

  Shirley Holmes : What?

  Francis Boris 'Bo' Sawchuk : Shirley, she's leaving Sussex because she's got a guy.

  Molly Hardy : An old guy - but a guy.

• [Shirley and Bo listen to Kemp's conversation on their hidden microphone] 

  Brian : [to Judith]  They got what they deserved - the man of their dreams.

  Shirley Holmes : [to Bo]  More like their nightmares.

• [Shirley is trying to locate Kemp's alter ego in a cyber-romance chat group] 

  Shirley Holmes : Bo! The Man of Your Dreams - it's him!

  Francis Boris 'Bo' Sawchuk : Answer him.

  Shirley Holmes : What do I say?

  Francis Boris 'Bo' Sawchuk : I don't know. Flirt with him... Quickly! We're going to lose him.

  [Looking over Shirley shoulder, Bo reads her intended response off her computer screen] 

  Francis Boris 'Bo' Sawchuk : "What do you think of recent quantum theories of singularity?" No! You can't send that!

  Shirley Holmes : We need help.

• [last lines] 

  Shirley Holmes : Of all the mysteries I've investigated, love is the most perplexing. What makes rational people willingly relinquish their sanity? It beats me, but one thing's for sure - it's never going to happen to me.

  [Shirley smiles shyly at Bo when he gallantly holds the school door open for her]