The Best Karen Pomeroy Quotes

Karen: [to Principal Cole] I don't think that you have a clue what it's like to communicate with these kids. And we are losing them to apathy, to this prescribed nonsense. They are slipping away.

Karen: This famous linguist once said that of all the phrases in the English language, of all the endless combinations of words in all of history, that "cellar door" is the most beautiful.

Karen: The children have to save themselves these days because the parents have no clue.

[from the Extended and Deleted Scenes. The class is discussing "Watership Down"]
Karen: When the other rabbits hear of Fiver's vision, do they believe him?
Donnie: Why should we care?
Karen: Because the rabbits are us, Donnie.
Donnie: Why should I mourn for a rabbit like it was human?
Karen: Are you saying that the death of one species is less tragic than another?
Donnie: Of course. The rabbit's not like us. It has no history books, no photographs, no knowledge of sorrow or regret. I mean, I'm sorry, Miss Pommeroy. Don't get me wrong. You know, I like rabbits and all. They're cute and they're horny. And if you're cute and you're horny, then you're probably happy that you don't know who you are or why you're even alive. You just wanna have sex as many times as possible before you die. I just don't see the point in crying over a dead rabbit, you know, who never even feared death to begin with.

Gretchen: Um, where do I sit?
Karen: Sit next to the boy you think is the cutest.
[the class gasps]
Karen: Quiet! Let her choose.