The props assist the house, until the house is built
Lola: Uh, I'm sure the answer to this is no, but... can you, like, ferry us out of here.
Sam: That-- depends. Where do you wanna go?
Lola: Um. Home. Topside. Earth, if--if-if that's-if that's possible.
Sam: Home. Mm. 'The props assist the house, until the house is built--' Yeah, doctors do warn that you don't get to take the drapes when that fastball catches the side of your head.
Milo: You're saying we're stuck here, she's saying we're stuck here--
Sam: No, it's, it's just-- it's a tall order, that's all.
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Lola and Milo are stuck in hell. They are asking Sam, a cab driver(a demon), whether he could take them back to earth.
How can I interpret the part in bold? How does it show they are stuck there?
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book mango 418How can I interpret the part in bold? How does it show they are stuck there?
It's the first line of a poem by Emily Dickenson. It is easy to find it online. I can't make heads or tails of it or its reference here. He is a demon, remember, so he doesn't have to make sense.
0I hazard a guess.
book mango 418The props assist the house, until the house is built--'
The demon makes a reference to Emily Dickinson's poem which uses building a house as a metaphor for the development of one's soul; becoming an independent person.
book mango 418you don't get to take the drapes
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