Dean Quote #139
Quote from Dean in Love, Dean
Keisa: I'm sorry I haven't signed your yearbook yet. It's just... I don't know how to tell you... my parents are sending me to Oklahoma for the summer.
Dean: Wait. What?
Keisa: Broderick is really upset. I mean, I know he's gonna get a new girlfriend while I'm gone. After all, he's in high school next year. [sighs]
Dean: I thought you guys were mad at me.
Keisa: Why would we be mad at you?
Dean: 'Cause of what I wrote in your yearbook. You know, the "Love you." [Keisa sighs] All my friends said that it's weird that I'm friends with you and Broderick, and I thought it would be weirder if I put "Love you" in it.
Keisa: They're right. It would be weird if they did it. But not you.
Dean: Why's that?
Keisa: 'Cause most boys aren't as sweet as you, Dean. Unless "Love you" meant "I love you." Like "Love" love.
Dean: Ah, yeah. Love "love." I mean, yuck. [laughs]
The Wonder Years Quotes
‘Love, Dean’ Quotes
Quote from Lillian
Adult Dean: Mama was overwhelmed by what Daddy had done. He bucked society's norms for the woman he loved. Then she turned on a dime.
Lillian: Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Where's Dean gonna live? What's he gonna do while you're working? What's he gonna eat?
Bill: I think they have food in New York, Lillian.
Lillian: Dean Williams, you listen to me. Don't you go anywhere without your father. There's a lot of traffic in New York City, so make sure you look both ways before you cross the street. [sighs] You know what? Just don't even cross the street. Just stay on whatever street you're on and make all lefts. Oh, my baby. [hugs Dean]
Quote from Bill
Adult Dean: We just spent 20 minutes in the car together, and he couldn't give me a heads up?
Lillian: Bill, are you sure about this?
Bill: Absolutely. I don't want to be the kind of husband that doesn't support his wife's dreams. So I thought about what my father would do... and decided to do the opposite.
Quote from Adult Dean
Adult Dean: Of course, to get to summer, you had to get through the last week of school. But everyone knew that was just a formality. There were no tests, no homework, no attempts at discipline. [Michael yawns] Even the bullies were phoning it in. The high point of the last week was getting and signing our yearbooks.
Norman: Guys, there's one of all of us.
Adult Dean: We were the first Black kids in the school. Clearly the photographer hadn't figured out how to light Black skin yet. And guess what... he never did.