“Where would we be without our painful childhoods?”
Brian Cox - Dr. Finch

“- Reuben Feffer: You don't know what it was like for me growing up. I had a mother who made me afraid of everything!
- Polly Prince: Well, big deal, Reuben, my dad had a whole second family!
- Reuben Feffer: What?
- Polly Prince: Yeah, on Long Island. He had a wife, and kids, and a golden retriever!”
Ben Stiller - Reuben Feffer
Jennifer Aniston - Polly Prince

- 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

- Ben Harrison: See Mom? I told you! I'm telepathetic.
- Jackie Harrison: You mean “telepathic”.
- Ben Harrison: That's what I said.
Susan Sarandon - Jackie Harrison
Liam Aiken - Ben Harrison

“Childhood is what you spend the rest of your life trying to overcome.”
Sandra Bullock - Birdee Pruitt