Frankie: That's it. Come on. Get your stuff. What time did you say the bus leaving?
Sue: It's okay, Mom. They already left. It's not worth...
Frankie: Uh-uh-uh. Don't you dare say it. You deserve this, Sue. Because you try and try long past when others would stop trying, and damn it, you are going on this trip.
Sue: Mom, you're still in pajamas.
Frankie: They're drawstring. It's almost pants.

Frankie: Open up! Yes, I am talking to you. My daughter, Sue Heck, is supposed to be on this bus!
Mr. Perez: Are those pajamas?
Frankie: They're drawstring. It's almost pants.

Brick: I can't do it anymore.
Mike: So you're stuck with her. It's not all bad. Olivia's got her strong points. She's... ...strong.
Brick: I know. She threw a pumpkin at a car.
Axl: Hey, if you and this chick got pretend married, why don't you just get pretend divorced?
Brick: She said if we ever broke up, she'd take half my books and we'd split the babies. She'd get Strawberry Shortcake and I'd get Rainbow Brite. I'm not even sure if Rainbow Brite is mine.

Mike: Hey, Sue make it on the bus?
Frankie: Uh-huh.
Mike: All right! That ought to feel good.
Frankie: Yeah, it does. It really does. [collapses on the couch] Yeah, she's lucky to have me.
Frankie: [v.o.] Well, at least she'd be gone for four days. Four days is a long time. Plenty of time for forgiveness. And she did write.
[Frankie reads a postcard, "Be home in four days. Very mad." Frankie reads another postcard, "Be home in three days. Still mad." And another, "Be home in two days. Mad." And finally, "Home tomorrow. Can't believe how mad I am."]
Frankie: [v.o.] Until finally...
Frankie: Sue. I am so, so sorry. I went to the post office. But before I could go in, Aunt Ginny called. Then Brick needed more goldfish and I had a million things in my head... I love you. I love you so much.

Frankie: [v.o.] Sue was really kicking butt. She was a shining beacon of motivation. Axl? Not so much.
Frankie: Axl, how many times do I have to say it? Turn off that TV and get dressed for school!
Axl: It will take me like two seconds. Chill.

Frankie: Hey, hey. Only one to a customer.
Brick: It's for Olivia.
Frankie: I'm sorry, honey, who?
Brick: Olivia. My girlfriend.
Mike: So this girlfriend of yours, is she here right now?
Brick: No, she's at her house.
Mike: Ah.
Frankie: So how did this happen?
[flashback to the school cafeteria:]
Olivia: [taps Brick on the shoulder] You're my boyfriend now.
Brick: Okay.

Frankie: Wow, Brick. That's great.
Mike: So this Olivia, do you like her?
Brick: She says I do.
Frankie: Is she cute? Is she nice?
Brick: She has a red ribbon in her hair. I like red ribbons.
Mike: All Heck men like red ribbons. Red ribbons.

Axl: Mom, we're out of cereal. You going to the store or what?
Frankie: Hey, I will go to the store when I decide it's time to go to the store.
Mike: Actually, we're almost out of a lot of stuff.
Frankie: I'm going after work. First I gotta go to the post office, then I gotta swing by Aunt Edie and Aunt Ginny's. They're hosting bridge club and they're almost out of Scotch.

Olivia: Now that you're my boyfriend, you have to buy ice cream, tell me I'm pretty, and walk me to and from recess and lunch. I made you a list so you don't forget.
Brick: Okay.

Frankie: The crash rating on this baby, two stars. Not one, but two.
Man: Out of how many?
Frankie: Five. But who cares? Because if you crash, the doors are so thin, they will cut you out like that.