--- title: "3 Eliot Quotes By Brad Barkley" description: "3 Eliot quotes by Brad Barkley. Plus more from Brad Barkley and more Eliot sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/176/brad-barkley-24727_cal_cal-i-m-really-sorry-professor-but-how-d_1842890.png" --- > [“Cal: "I'm really sorry, Professor, but how do you explain these ? Swiss Cake Rolls. That doesn't rhyme; it's not cute; it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-barkley/cal-i-m-really-sorry-professor-but-how-do-you-explain-these-swiss/) [Brad Barkley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-barkley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/176/brad-barkley-24727_cal_cal-i-m-really-sorry-professor-but-how-d_1842890.png) > [Any more questions?" I ask, poking him gently in the ribs. "Do you still love me any?" Eliot asks, putting his hand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-barkley/any-more-questions-i-ask-poking-him-gently-in-the-ribs-do-you-still/) [Brad Barkley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-barkley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e7/brad-barkley-24727_beach_any-more-questions-i-ask-poking-him-gent_2845887.jpg) > [“Eliot, huh?" she says. The thin fabric of her long T-shirt brushes my arm. "Is everyone in your family named for a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-barkley/eliot-huh-she-says-the-thin-fabric-of-her-long-t-shirt-brushes-my-arm/) [Brad Barkley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-barkley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e07/brad-barkley-24727_eliot_eliot-huh-she-says-the-thin-fabric-of-he_3136180.png) ## More by Brad Barkley > [I pu my finger to her lips. "You have to hush a minute so that I can tell you something." "What?" she says, bites…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-barkley/i-pu-my-finger-to-her-lips-you-have-to-hush-a-minute-so-that-i-can/) [Brad Barkley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-barkley/) > [You asked me if I believed in magic, and I said yes, and that's how. You just step out, start pulling your life out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-barkley/you-asked-me-if-i-believed-in-magic-and-i-said-yes-and-that-s-how-you/) [Brad Barkley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-barkley/) > [But how he acts, and what he says, and what he does, and who he is, they don't line up anymore, and the lie…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-barkley/but-how-he-acts-and-what-he-says-and-what-he-does-and-who-he-is-they/) [Brad Barkley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-barkley/) > [Cal," I whisper into her sleep, "if you go, you know what? You'll break my liver." I want to pretend that it's a joke,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-barkley/cal-i-whisper-into-her-sleep-if-you-go-you-know-what-you-ll-break-my/) [Brad Barkley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-barkley/) > [“I know all the magazine tell you to do everything for yourself, but that's not how I think it really works. I think you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-barkley/i-know-all-the-magazine-tell-you-to-do-everything-for-yourself-but/) [Brad Barkley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-barkley/) > [I drove an orange Camaro and dated a cheerleader. Life was good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-barkley/i-drove-an-orange-camaro-and-dated-a-cheerleader-life-was-good/) [Brad Barkley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-barkley/) > [“Here is where they tell you, if you only believe, you, too, can live happily ever after.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-barkley/here-is-where-they-tell-you-if-you-only-believe-you-too-can-live/) [Brad Barkley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-barkley/) > [“Okay, Ella. Is it possible for you to be any more vague?" "Maybe," I say, smiling at her.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-barkley/okay-ella-is-it-possible-for-you-to-be-any-more-vague-maybe-i-say/) [Brad Barkley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-barkley/) > [Don't tell anyone this, but I have never been to Disneyworld. I don't know if I ever will, but I would like to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-barkley/don-t-tell-anyone-this-but-i-have-never-been-to-disneyworld-i-don-t/) [Brad Barkley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-barkley/) > [“When you grow up the way I do, and the biggest thing in your life so far has been getting dunked in a glass…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-barkley/when-you-grow-up-the-way-i-do-and-the-biggest-thing-in-your-life-so/) [Brad Barkley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-barkley/) > [I want to show you something,” I say. What?” He dabs at his lips with the napkin, and for a moment I’m wishing so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-barkley/i-want-to-show-you-something-i-say-what-he-dabs-at-his-lips-with-the/) [Brad Barkley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-barkley/) > [“Cal: "I'm really sorry, Professor, but how do you explain these ? Swiss Cake Rolls. That doesn't rhyme; it's not cute; it's not childlike.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-barkley/cal-i-m-really-sorry-professor-but-how-do-you-explain-these-swiss/) [Brad Barkley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-barkley/) > [“You can tell all of us are morphing into full-blown adults, wingtip adults, because all the time now the Big Question is, What are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-barkley/you-can-tell-all-of-us-are-morphing-into-full-blown-adults-wingtip/) [Brad Barkley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-barkley/) > [All of it seems like noise and false light, and all I want for tonight is quiet, the black and gray of a summer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-barkley/all-of-it-seems-like-noise-and-false-light-and-all-i-want-for-tonight/) [Brad Barkley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-barkley/) > [“We start home, his hand on my leg again and my hand over his. We are quiet, but this time it's the dark blue…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-barkley/we-start-home-his-hand-on-my-leg-again-and-my-hand-over-his-we-are/) [Brad Barkley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-barkley/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/eliot/brad-barkley/#itemlist", "name": "3 Eliot Quotes By Brad Barkley", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Cal: \"I'm really sorry, Professor, but how do you explain these ? Swiss Cake Rolls. That doesn't rhyme; it's not cute; it's not childlike. And this is one of our most-respected snack foods, is it not? How is that, Professor? Hmmm?\" Eliot: \"Well, isn't it obvious? We trust the Swiss for their ability to engineer things, to build with precision.\" Cal: \"We do?\" Eliot: \"Do I even have to mention Swiss watches? Swiss Army knives? Swiss cheese? 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The thin fabric of her long T-shirt brushes my arm. \"Is everyone in your family named for a famous symbolist poet?\" No, I'm named for someone who was supposed to be in the Bible but isn't.\" No? What happened to him?\" I glance over at her, the way the corner of her mouth turns up, half-smirk, half-smile. Her hair moves as she walks. He was called to be a disciple, but he had, you know, stuff to do.\" Stuff, like...polishing his sandals? Making lunch?\" We keep walking, over the bridge across the lake, past the swings and the playground equipment, just walking. Exactly. And what about you, Calliope...is everyone in your family named after a...what is it? A keyboard? An organ?\" It's a steam-powered piano. It's also the name of the Greek goddess of poetry. You should read stuff other than chemistry; you'd know these things.\" Her smirky smile again, her sleeve touching my arm. I feel like my skin has been removed, every nerve exposed. 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