Brad Renfro Quotes

Kurt Dussander You're messing things up with that carbon paper.

Todd Bowden Yeah, what do you know about it?

Kurt Dussander Here, out of the way. I was forging documents before your parents were born.

Tyler Hey, how much you pay for that faggot? Hey...you guys took a wrong turn - this is a "no homo" zone.

Erik I ain't a homo - and neither is he. He got it from a blood transfusion.

Tyler Well then, what's that awful smell?

Erik Well see, we was walking across the grass when we accidentally stepped in your mother.

Todd Bowden Have you lost your mind? What the hell were you thinking, Grandpa'?

Kurt Dussander What are you so excited about?

Todd Bowden Oh, you've got some fucking balls! I could have screwed you up, anything could have happened!

Kurt Dussander You played it beautifully, boy. I knew you would.

Todd Bowden Are you fucking drunk? I could have busted you right there!

Kurt Dussander Yes, you could have, but you did not. Now, why was that? Your Edward French is not going to give you any more trouble, so now you are upset because the only way you can make things right is to work.

Todd Bowden I'm upset because you had that asshole thinking I can do something that can't be done!

Kurt Dussander Oh, but it can. And it will. You will simply have to work. No more stories. No more screwing around.

Todd Bowden I don't take orders from you.

Kurt Dussander You do now.

Todd Bowden Oh, you think so? Yeah, well, don't forget I could walk right in there and pick up that phone...

Kurt Dussander And do what? Do you really think that I would stand aside and let you turn me in without dragging you with me, do you? Your American self confidence is so bloated you've forgotten the reality of the situation. 90,000 died in Patin. To the whole world, I am a monster. And you have known about me all this time. If I'm caught, when those reporters stick their microphones in my face it will be your name that I will repeat over and over again. Todd Bowden, Todd Bowden... Todd Bowden, yes, that was his name. For how long, for months, almost a year, he wanted to know everything. That was how he put it, yes, everything.

Todd Bowden You're crazy. They'll never believe you.

Kurt Dussander It doesn't matter. Oh, you're going to be infamous, boy, take my word for it. And do you know what such a scandal can do? It never goes away. Not for you, not for your parents. And besides, lying to judges and reporters isn't as easy as you think. You'd have to be brilliant. Can you do that? I know I can.

Dexter I've been wondering about something. Where do bugs go to the bathroom?

Erik Not on leaves.

Dexter How can you be sure?

Erik ...because bugs eat leaves. Not even bugs are stupid enough to shoot on their own food.

Josh Aren't there a million places like this?

Enid No. This is the ultimate. It's, like, the ] of fake 50s diners.

Kurt Dussander What do you want? Tell me.

Todd Bowden I want to hear about it.

Kurt Dussander Hear about what?

Todd Bowden The stories. Everything.

Kurt Dussander What everything?

Todd Bowden Everything they're afraid to show us in school. You were there. You did those things. No one can tell it better than you can.

Erik How old are you?

Dexter 11.

Erik Jesus, you're a midget.

Dexter Well, if you look at the lower limit at what's considered normal for my age - I'm only 4 inches shorter.

Kurt Dussander To have someone in your control. To have them know that they are alive only because you have not decided to the contrary. Do you have that power? Ask yourself. It's not an easy question, I think you know that.

Todd Bowden You know this means we're through, don't you? You won't be seeing me around here anymore.

Kurt Dussander No. I suppose I won't.

Todd Bowden What are you doing?

Kurt Dussander This is the end. Here. A drink. To our lives together. The beginning and the end.

Todd Bowden I think you should fuck yourself.

Kurt Dussander Oh, my dear boy. Don't you see? We are fucking each other.

Todd Bowden What did it feel like?

Kurt Dussander It was something that had to be done. A door had been opened and couldn't be shut. It was the end... You don't understand.

Kurt Dussander Yes? What do you want?

Todd Bowden I...

Kurt Dussander If you're selling something, I'm not interested.

Todd Bowden I have your newspaper.

Todd Bowden I'm not selling anything.

Kurt Dussander Then what do you want?

Todd Bowden If you could let me in for a minute, I just want to talk.

Kurt Dussander Talk? I don't have anything to say to you, boy. Good day to you.

Todd Bowden Bergen-Belsen, January 43 to June 43. Auschwitz, June 43 to June 44. Then you went to Patin. After that you disappeared, but then in 1965 you were spotted in West Berlin.

Kurt Dussander Listen, boy... I don't have time for this game. Now get out of here before I call the police.

Todd Bowden Call them if you want. I'm sure they'd love to meet you.

Enid Oh, my God. He just ordered a giant glass of milk.

Josh That's a vanilla milkshake.

Todd Bowden All great achievements arose from dissatisfaction. It is the desire to do better, to dig deeper that propels a civilization to greatness. All of us have heard the story of Icarus, the young boy who took the wings his father built for him. Wings that were meant to carry him over the ocean to freedom and used them instead for a joyride. For a brief moment Icarus felt what it was like to live like a god, to touch the sun, to soar above the common man. And for doing so he payed the ultimate price. Like Icarus we too have been given gifts: knowledge, education, experience. And with these gifts comes the responsibility of choice. We alone decide how our talents are bestowed upon the world. This is our destiny and we hold it in the palm of our hands.

Erik My grandmother says you're going to hell. She says you'll suffer external torture from a billion flames, hotter than the center of the sun.

Dexter Hmm. She must be some kind of genius.

Erik What?

Dexter Well, my doctor's really smart - he says he has no idea what happens to people after they die. If your grandmother knows she must be a genius.

Erik She's a clerk at K-Mart.

Todd Bowden Well, try it on.

Kurt Dussander Have you completely lost your mind? What on Earth makes you think I'd put something like that on?

Todd Bowden I thought you would like it.

Kurt Dussander Like it? You are a bigger fool than I thought. Maybe I'll put it on and do a little shopping, is that what you thought? The indignities I've suffered with you, I should smash you.

Todd Bowden What you've suffered with me is nothing compared to what the Israelis would do to you. You forget that. And I'll admit that's my fault, but don't ever forget the file I have on you. I try to do things the nice way but you don't want it. So fine, we're going to do it the hard way. You'll put this on because I want to see you in it. Now, move!

Erik Who's there?

Dexter Are you asking me?

Erik Are you spying on me?

Dexter No, I'm working on my mud fort. What are you doing?

Erik Hey! What would you do if I come over there and whooped your ass?

Dexter How long would that take?

Erik About ten seconds.

Dexter I'd wait until you're finished and then I'd continue working on my mud fort.

Erik You mean you'd just let me beat you up?

Dexter I'd try to stop you but I'd probably wouldn't be able to. I'm not very big.

Erik Well, in that case it'll only take five seconds.

Erik Hey, what about your little brother, huh?

Tyler What about him?

Erik When he fell off the jungle gym at school, they had to take him to the hospital; he could of caught something in.

Tyler Yeah, but he didn't.

Erik ...but he could've. Then everybody would be calling him faggot and queer, and he'd get sick and die...and they'd write "homo" on his headstone. Then, when your mother went to bring him flowers, she'd see Little Eddie Horner Homo, and you know what the worst part about it would be? Probably before he died, a bunch of assholes like you who ain't sick thought it might be fun to beat the shit out him!

Erik Go ahead.

Dexter Hmm. Oh. Tastes like crap.

Erik No shit. Don't you know where bugs go the bathroom?

Dexter Sweet and crap.

Edward French You can't do this, Todd.

Todd Bowden You have no idea what I can do.

Linda Now hold on just a minute. Can I talk to you inside, please?

Erik We were just...

Linda Erik, shut up. Just for a minute.

Gail What?

Linda I have two things I want to say to you.

Linda The first is, Erik’s best friend died today and he is going to the funeral. And the second is, if you lay a hand on that boy again, I will kill you. Do you understand?

Gail Let's go.

Dexter It seems to me that the depth of the water would be the key. Obviously in the middle of the ocean the shark would win and on dry land the lion would win. So, how much water are we talking about?

Erik Two and a half feet.

Dexter ...and how big is the shark?

Erik Eleven feet.

Dexter I still say that the lion would win.

Erik Wrong.

Dexter How can you be sure?

Erik ...because I did research on it at Stanford University; shark won easily.