- [last lines]
- Rocky Dennis: [voiceover; a poem Rocky had written] These things are good: ice cream and cake, a ride on a Harley, seeing monkeys in the trees, the rain on my tongue, and the sun shining on my face. These things are a drag: dust in my hair, holes in my shoes, no money in my pocket, and the sun shining on my face.
- Rusty Dennis: [her final line, after finding that Rocky has passed away in his sleep] ... Now you can go anywhere you want, baby.
- [to a student staring at her son's face]
- Rusty Dennis: What's the matter, never seen anyone from the planet Vulcan before?
- Rusty Dennis: You're really not gonna give us that life expectancy shit are you? I mean, for years, I have listened to you guys bullshit. First you said that he was retarded. And then you said he was gonna be blind and deaf. And then you said that he'd never be able to do anything that regular kids can do. You know, if I had dug his grave for everytime one of you geniuses told me he was gonna die, I'd be eating fucking chop suey in China by now.
- Carnival Ticket Taker: [Not intending to let Rocky ride the bumper cars] You can ride, kid but I can't take the blame for what happens to retard here.
- Gar: I can't take the blame for what happens to you, can I?
- [Gar gives the ticket taker a mean threatening look]
- Carnival Ticket Taker: Huh?
- Gar: Take the tickets.
- Rocky Dennis: [smashes some plates] I hate you going out every night and coming home wasted all the time!
- Rusty Dennis: It's none of your goddamn business!
- Rocky Dennis: You're my mother!
- Rusty Dennis: Well, you're not my warden!
- Rocky Dennis: Don't worry, Mr. Simms. I look weird, but otherwise I'm real normal. Everything'll be cool.
- Rocky Dennis: What's his problem, Ma?
- Rusty Dennis: Nothing. He's just another asshole. You let that negative dreck in and it'll put ya away. You can be a chickenshit and die or be a mensch and keep makin' yourself well.
- [after Rocky gave impressive speech on how the Trojan War started]
- Eric: That wasn't bad, Dennis. How about you tutor me?
- Rocky Dennis: Tutor you?
- Eric: Yeah. Cooley almost failed me last year.
- Rocky Dennis: Ok. But it will cost you $3 an hour.
- Eric: Three bucks?
- [classroom falls silent and looks back at the two because of the sudden outburst]
- Eric: [kinda tense] It's a deal.
- Rocky Dennis: Mom. Do I look like a freak to you?
- Rusty Dennis: No.
- Rocky Dennis: You know, your always been big on telling me when my face doesn't matter, but, it does. Doesn't it? You think that I can't even get a girl to like me unless you pay for her.
- Rusty Dennis: That's not true.
- Rocky Dennis: Bullshit!
- Rusty Dennis: Bullshit yourself. You know lots of young guys got problems getting girls. Well, what if I was your dad and I did the same thing?
- Rocky Dennis: I'd hate that too!
- Rocky Dennis: [Ben shows up at Rocky's house to tell him he's leaving for good to Michigan for a job with his dad he got applied to] Hey Ben, what's happening?
- Ben: Rocky, I gotta talk to you.
- Rocky Dennis: Ok. You want some cake?
- Ben: No.
- Rocky Dennis: You sure? My mom made it. It's actually pretty good.
- Ben: No thanks.
- Rocky Dennis: You want something to drink?
- Ben: Mmm-mmm.
- Rocky Dennis: Found a noose to hang yourself. What's the matter, Ben?
- Ben: I've been wanting to tell you this for a while.
- Rocky Dennis: Well, what?
- Ben: Rock... . I'm going back to my Dad's in Michigan. He got me a job there. It's great money.
- Rocky Dennis: When are you coming back?
- Ben: I'm not coming back.
- Rocky Dennis: What do you mean, Ben?
- Ben: I'll go nuts if I have to stay here. I mean, my mom, the school. So I quit. Look, I can work back there. I'll be making 7.50 an hour.
- Rocky Dennis: What about the trip?
- Ben: I'm sorry, Rocky. Look, you can keep the money.
- Rocky Dennis: I don't want the freaking money, Ben. I wanna go to Europe. What about our trip, huh? Huh? How can you do this, Ben? This is all we've talked about for a year.
- Ben: That's all you talked about!
- Rocky Dennis: That's BULLSHIT, man! You talked about it too and you know it!
- Ben: I didn't know that. I'm sorry. I didn't mean that.
- Rocky Dennis: You know what you mean, didn't you, Ben? You know why? Because you're stupid! You are so stupid, Ben!
- Rusty Dennis: Rocky!
- [Rocky slams the door and rips one of the cards he gave him]
- Rocky Dennis: Rube Walker, man! I call you a Rube Walker!
- Ben: [Sobs] Look, take it easy.
- Rocky Dennis: No more, Ben. No more taking it easy! I...
- Rusty Dennis: Rocky, stop it!
- Rocky Dennis: Get out of here, Ben.
- [Their friendship ends for good, a sad Ben leaves]
- [after an unpleasant visit with the grandparents, Rusty is about to take a lot of drugs]
- Gar: [gets a beer from fridge] If you're gonna get wasted on that crap, I'm not gonna hang around here and babysit you.
- Rusty Dennis: [scoffs] You must be confusing me with someone who gives a shit.
- Gar: I must be.
- Rusty Dennis: [looks at drugs, Gar and shakes her head] You know, this is not going to work. I'm doing things to please you and I'm just gonna end up hating you.
- Gar: Oh come on, Baby. You and your old man have been going through this shit forever. Got to you again, didn't he? Got you ready for another one of those two-hour screamers. Gets you to the place where I'm gonna put you through the goddamned wall.
- Rusty Dennis: [snaps back] Well, Go ahead. Put me through the goddamned wall, then! Why should you be any different than any other guy I've been with?
- Gar: [clonks beer bottle down on table and leaves her]
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