Doctor: Why are you depressed, Alvy? Alvy's Mom: Tell Dr. Flicker. [Young Alvy sits, his head down - his mother answers for him] Alvy's Mom: It's something he read. Doctor: Something he read, huh? Alvy at 9: [his head still down] The universe is expanding. Doctor: The universe is expanding? Alvy at 9: Well, the universe is everything, and if it's expanding, someday it will break apart and that would be the end of everything! Alvy's Mom: What is that your business? [she turns back to the doctor] Alvy's Mom: He stopped doing his homework! Alvy at 9: What's the point? Alvy's Mom: What has the universe got to do with it? You're here in Brooklyn! Brooklyn is not expanding!