The Edge of Seventeen Quote

[first lines] Nadine: Look I don't wanna take up a ton of your time, but I'm gonna kill myself. I just thought someone should know. I don't really know how this works. I'm probably gonna jump off an overpass in front of a semi, so... Or U-Haul, maybe, just not a bus. I'm not gonna be a dick and make people watch, but it has to be big; it's gotta be so big that it just... [snaps her fingers]
Nadine: Done; kills me. Lights out. 'Cause if it just maims me, and I'm like... [imitates differently abled person]
Nadine: Well then how's that good for anyone? Then I gotta find a nurse to smother me. How am I gonna get across *smothering* if I'm... [imitates differently abled person again]
Nadine: We don't need to get caught up in the minutia; I just thought that an adult, s- you should know.
Mr. Bruner: Wow. This is, uh... A lot to take in, Nadine; I- I wish I knew what to say. Well, I was actually drafting my own suicide note just now.

Movie: The Edge of Seventeen

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