Grim Fandango (1998 Video Game)

Paula Killen: Olivia Ofrenda

Quotes 

• Olivia Ofrenda : [reading a poem]  With bony hands I hold my partner/ On soulless feet we cross the floor/ The music stops as if to answer/ An empty knocking at the door/ It seems his skin was sweet as mango/ When last I held him to my breast/ But now we dance this grim fandango/ And will four years before we rest.

• [Performing one of her poems] 

  Olivia Ofrenda : With boney hands I hold my partner

  Olivia Ofrenda : On soulless feet we cross the floor

  Olivia Ofrenda : The music stops as if to answer

  Olivia Ofrenda : An empty knocking at the door

  Olivia Ofrenda : It seems his skin was sweet as mango

  Olivia Ofrenda : When last I held him to my breast

  Olivia Ofrenda : But now we dance this grim fandango

  Olivia Ofrenda : And will four years before we rest.

• Olivia Ofrenda : Why are you leaving town?

  Manuel Calavera : I'm chasing a woman I met once and can't forget.

  Olivia Ofrenda : Well, I have a poem I wrote just for you. Pay attention because it's pretty short. Here it goes: Ch-ch-ch-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-mp.

• Manuel Calavera : Hey, you stole my poem.

  Olivia Ofrenda : Oh, Manny. It was an homage.

• Olivia Ofrenda : I'd better come with you. Just give me a minute to get ready.

  Manuel Calavera : Okay, but if you hear a loud explosion anytime soon, the trip's off.

• Manuel Calavera : You know, you have a really bad taste in men.

  Olivia Ofrenda : No, I have a taste for really bad men. There's a difference.

• [Performing one of her poems] 

  Olivia Ofrenda : I called my cat Boney / 'Til she said it wouldn't do / I said, Why? / She said, Sister, 'cuz that's what I'VE been calling YOU!

• [Performing one of her poems] 

  Olivia Ofrenda : I called my cat Boney.

  Olivia Ofrenda : 'Til she said it wouldn't do.

  Olivia Ofrenda : I said, Why?

  Olivia Ofrenda : She said, Sister...

  Olivia Ofrenda : 'Cuz that's what I'VE been calling YOU!