“- Billie Pike: How old are you?
- Willard Young: Ten. How old are you?
- Billie Pike: Nine. I thought you'd be bigger.
- Willard Young: Hey! Look who's talking, you midget. It just so happens I'm exactly the right size for my age.”
Thora Birch - Billie Pike
Elijah Wood - Willard Young

“- Bernadine Harris: I give you eleven fucking years of my life and you're telling me you're leaving me for a white woman?
- John Harris, Sr.: Would it help if she was black?
- Bernadine Harris: No. It would help if you were black.”
Angela Bassett - Bernadine Harris
Michael Beach - John Harris, Sr.

“- Ashburn: I was actually married for six-some years.
- Mullins: Was he a hearing man?”
Sandra Bullock - Ashburn
Melissa McCarthy - Mullins

“You gotta do what your heart tells you to do. Let me tell you somethin' right now. You're only allowed three great women in your lifetime. They come along like the great fighters, every ten years.”
Chazz Palminteri - Sonny

“Every family has a kid who won't eat. My kid brother had not eaten voluntarily in over three years!”
Jean Shepherd - Ralphie as an Adult