Boyhood (2014) · 18 quotes
2nd most-quoted character in Boyhood (2014): in 5 of its 18 quotes
Most scenes with: Mason Evans Jr. (3), Samantha (2)
Goodbye, yard! Goodbye, crepe myrtle! Goodbye, mailbox! Goodbye, box of stuff Mommy won't let us take with us but we don't want to throw away. Goodbye, house, I'll never like Mommy as much for making us move!
Mom Samantha! Why don't you say goodbye to that little horseshit attitude, okay? 'Cause we're not taking that in the car.
Mom, do you still love Dad?
Mom I still love your father... but that doesn't mean it was healthy for us to stay together.
What if after we move he's trying to find us, and he can't?
Mom Oh, that won't be a problem. He can call Grandma and she'll tell him, or he can call Information. We won't won't be hard to find.
Is he still in Alaska?
Mom Well, that's what your uncle says. [chuckles]
Probably taming polar bears or something.
Mom Yeah, well, I hope they're taming him.
Mom I'm not their legal guardian, honey. That would be kidnapping. I can't just...
What's gonna happen to them? What happens when their legal guardian is dangerous and abusive?
Mom I don't know, honey. I called their mom. I called the Child Protective Services. Y'know... I have you and your brother. We're in a dangerous situation. You're my responsibility.
Are we ever gonna see them again?
Mom I don't know... I hope so.
How much longer are we gonna be here?
Mom Not long. We're... [starts crying] I don't... I don't have all the answer, baby...
Mom I had a good meeting with Miss Butler this time, I kinda like her.
What'd she say?
Mom Well, she said that you weren't turning in your homework assignments. And I told her, "I know he does them 'cause I check 'em every night." She said she found a big chunk of 'em crumpled up at the bottom of your backpack.
She didn't ask for 'em.
Mom Well, baby, she doesn't have to. You're just supposed to turn 'em in. And she said you're still staring out the window all day.
Not all day.
Mom And said that you destroyed her pencil sharpener.
Not on purpose!
Mom Wait—she said that you crammed a bunch of rocks in it.
I thought if we could sharpen pencils, maybe we could sharpen rocks.
Mom Well, what were you gonna do with a bunch of sharpened rocks?
I was trying to make arrowheads for my rock collection.
Mom ...Hmm.
Mom This is the worst day of my life.
What are you talking about?
Mom I knew this day was coming. I just... I didn't know you were going to be so ****in' happy to be leaving.
I mean, it's not that I'm that happy... what do you expect?
Mom You know what I'm realizing? My life is just going to go, like that. This series of milestones. Getting married, having kids, getting divorced. The time that we thought you were dyslexic. When I taught you how to ride a bike. Getting divorced... again, getting my master's degree, finally getting the job I wanted. Sending Samantha off to college. Sending you off to college. You know what's next? Huh? It's my ****in' funeral! [beat] Just go! And leave my picture!
Mom I just... thought there would be more.
