“If growing up were so easy, would it take so long?”
Nehemiah Persoff - Papa Mousekiwitz

“Allison: The world's a playground. You know that when you are a kid, but somewhere along the way everyone forgets it.”
Zooey Deschanel - Allison

“Most adults tend to romanticize childhood, which is absolutely delusional. I mean, most childhood fears are as great or more so than adult fears.”
Sir Kenneth Branagh - Peter McGowan

“Why in childhood and youth do we wish time to pass so quickly, we want to grow up so fast, yet as adults we wish just the opposite?”
Harry Connick Jr. - Narrator

- Young Ben Hanscom: [reading a paper] "He thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts." That's all it says, over and over.
- Young Bill Denbrough: [stuttering heavily] My m-m-m-om g-gave me that to to to... st! To help with my st-st-st-stutter!
- Young Richie Tozier: No offensepal, it ain't workin'.
Brandon Crane - Young Ben Hanscom
Jonathan Brandis - Young Bill Denbrough
Harry Anderson - Young Richie Tozier