- Pauline: [to Eric and Annie] Have you two hugged today? Hugging is very important. Hugs plus love equals marriage. In fact, I think a hug can solve all trouble in the world. Famine, disease, war... just give it a hug.
- Rev. Eric Camden: Did you learn that in hug class?
- Annie Camden: [to Pauline] We both appreciate your offer of help, but the truth is, if there are any problems with the family or Mary and there aren't, Eric and I are fully capable of handling them.
- Rev. Eric Camden: I'm a family counselor.
- Pauline: A counselor who counsels himself... that's a fool for a patient.
- Annie Camden: Did you just call me a tart?
- Luke: [to Simon] I'm telling you, you can use Mary's "bad girl" reputation to boost your own profile at school. Everybody thinks Mary left town because she's bad and bad is good. Bad is cool. Man, we're gonna ride your sister's bad rep all the way to Babe Town!
- Simon Camden: I don't think we're allowed in Babe Town.
- Sue Murphy: [to Simon and Luke] Okay. Our dad is picking us up around 10:00.
- Carol Murphy: And we need 30 minutes to change and take off our make-up.
- Sue Murphy: So that leaves us with about 4 hours to do whatever.
- Simon Camden: Why do you have to change?
- Carol Murphy: Do you think our parents let us out of the house looking like this? So, let's go do something.
- Simon Camden: Shouldn't we wait for the rest of the group?
- Sue Murphy: [she and Carol laugh] There are no other people.
- Carol Murphy: That's just a lie we tell our parents so they'll let us go out with boys.
- Simon Camden: [to Carol] Shoplifting, running out on checks, sneaking into movie theaters, pinching people in line. This is not what I thought tonight was gonna be like. Look, don't take this the wrong way because I like you and you're the most beautiful girl I've ever been out with, but I don't think I can take any more surprises. I'm done. Finished. I'm not the bad boy you think I am.
- [Carol leans in and kisses him passionately; he pauses]
- Simon Camden: Forget everything I just said!
- Lucy Camden: [to Ruthie] You told your principal that I have a learning disability, Simon doesn't talk, Matt lives in his car, Dad lost his job and Mom drinks? And how am I responsible for this?
- Ruthie Camden: Your friend Mike. He said that if people felt sorry for us, then they'd stop gossiping about Mary. So that's what I did to make people feel sorry for us.
- Lucy Camden: Well, you made your principal feel sorry for us.
- Ruthie Camden: No, just like Mike said, I told someone in authority, someone people listen to. Mrs. McCool will tell other people. It'll work.
- Lucy Camden: I notice that you didn't tell your principal that you have any problems.
- Ruthie Camden: My problem is that I have you guys for a family!
- Lucy Camden: [to Ruthie] I don't even want to know what Mom and Dad are going to do when they find out what you did.
- Ruthie Camden: They're gonna thank me! They didn't like people talking bad about Mary, either.
- Lucy Camden: I don't think they're going to thank you.
- Rev. Eric Camden: [to Ruthie] We talked to Mrs. McCool.
- Annie Camden: Why would you make up stories about the family like that?
- Ruthie Camden: I thought that if I got people to feel sorry for us, they'd stop talking about Mary. I thought that if Mary knew everyone was talking about her, she wouldn't want to come home. I'm still mad at her for messing up, but I want her to come home.