“All my life I had to fight. I had to fight my daddy. I had to fight my uncles. I had to fight my brothers. A girl child ain't safe in a family of men, but I ain't never thought I'd have to fight in my own house!”
Oprah Winfrey - Sofia

“I love Harpo, God knows I do. But I'll kill him dead 'fo I let him beat me.”
Oprah Winfrey - Sofia

- Will Hunting: [telling about his foster father] He used to just put a belt, a stick, and a wrench on the table. Just say: “choose”.
- Sean Maguire: Well, I gotta go with the belt there.
- Will Hunting: I used to go with the wrench.
- Sean: Why the wrench?
- Will Hunting: Cause fuck him, that's why.
Matt Damon - Will Hunting
Robin Williams - Sean Maguire

“Look for severe childhood disturbances associated with violence. Our Billy wasn't born a criminal, Clarice. He was made one through years of systematic abuse.”
Philip Anthony Hopkins - Dr. Hannibal Lecter

“Mommy and daddy looked a long time to find the perfect boy child, but each one they found turned out bad. Some saw things they weren't supposed to, others heard too much, others talked back. Daddy cut out the bad parts, and put the boys in the cellar, one by one. They get flashlights and food of some kind. I suppose they're happy in their own way.”
A.J. Langer - Alice