The Best Maddy Ralphean Quotes

Maddy: I've dealt with worse. Being different, you get used to people's idiocy. Still beats the hell out of actually being an idiot.
[House smiles]
Maddy: What?
Dr. Gregory House: Care to go for a spin?

Maddy: [to House] My daughter and I both have cartilage hair hypoplasia. Think you can make a pun out of that?
Dr. Gregory House: Yes, but I don't want to be insensitive.
[to Cuddy]
Dr. Gregory House: She's got a bit of a short fuse, hasn't she?

Maddy: [to House] I'm 4' 1". That's 1.5 canes in metric.
Dr. Gregory House: You don't look a day over four feet. I saw in the file that her dad was normal size.
Maddy: It's average-sized.
Dr. Gregory House: Compared to you, I'm sure he was huge. Did he have a fetish or did he just fall in love with your long-legged soul?
Maddy: He grew up in the circus. Said I reminded him of home. Seems like you're the one with the fetish.
Dr. Gregory House: Certainly curious about the logistics. Did you stand on a table?
Dr. Allison Cameron: House!
Maddy: Pretty much, he laid flat and spinned me.
Abigail: Mom...

Maddy: [to House] If my daughter doesn't want to choose the easy path, I won't force her to.
Dr. Gregory House: Then you're a lousy mom. You want your daughter to be a freak.
Maddy: We're not freaks.
Dr. Gregory House: [sighs] You want her to overcome adversity.
Maddy: Yes.
Dr. Gregory House: Then why stop at height? Poke a stick in her eye. Imagine how interesting she'll be then.

Maddy: [to House] Are you high?
Dr. Gregory House: Higher than you.

Maddy: You have no idea what's wrong with my daughter.
Dr. James Wilson: We have several theories.
Maddy: What does doctor House think?
Dr. James Wilson: He's... he had to go home sick.
Maddy: My daughter may be dying and he's gone home with the sniffles?
Dr. James Wilson: Oh, he's not...
Maddy: He was the only one who seemed to have any idea what was wrong with her. He better be really damn sick.
Dr. James Wilson: He is.