Bridge to Terabithia (2007) - Quotes

Unexpected Reunion Among Friends

Jesse: Hey, guys.

May Belle: See? I told you.

Mary: [hugs him; sobs] Oh, my God, Jess.

Jack: Where in God's name have you been?

Mary: Where have you been?

Jesse: Mom... I asked you. It wasn't like--

Brenda: They thought you were dead.

Jack: Brenda, hush.

Jesse: Dead? What's going on?

Jack: Your friend Leslie's dead. She drowned in a creek this morning. Apparently, she tried to swing across on a rope, but it broke. They think she hit her head.

Jesse: No. No, it... it's... It's not that kind of rope. It... It... It couldn't break. It wouldn't have.

Jack: [gets up from the chair and tries to comfort him] But it did. I'm sorry, son.

Jesse: [backs away; throws the book to the floor and runs out of the house to find Leslie] No, you're lying. She's not even dead! You're lying!

Mary: [sobs] Jess!

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Questions of Faith and Guilt

Jesse: [crying] Is it like the bible says? Is she going to hell?

Jack Aarons: [shakes head] I don’t know everything about God. But I do know he’s not gonna sent that little girl to hell.

Jesse: [sobs] Then I'm going to hell because it's all my fault!

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Challenging Gender Stereotypes in Creativity

Jesse: It's just that you're a good builder... for a girl.

Leslie: Yeah, well you're pretty good at art... for a boy!

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Sibling Concern and Independence in Conflict

Jesse: What were you thinking?

May Belle: I was worried about you.

Jesse: [angrily jumps in front of her] Well, don't be. I just don't want you here.

May Belle: But I wanna come with you.

Jesse: [sternly] This is our place, go home. This is our place!

Jesse: [enraged] I said GO HOME!!!

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Debate on TV's Impact on Intelligence

Leslie: My dad says that TV kills your brain cells.

Scott Hoager: Your dad doesn't know anything. We watch TV, like every day!

Leslie: I rest my case.

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Exploring Beliefs About God and Damnation

Leslie: I don't think God goes around damning people to hell.

Jesse: Why not?

Leslie: Because He's too busy running all this!

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Conflict in the Classroom

Scott Hoager: So I guess you're the fastest kid in school now, huh?

Scott Hoager: It's a joke, dude!

Scott Hoager: Are you nuts?!

Mrs. Myers: [furious] Jess Aarons! Go wait for me out in the hall now!

Mrs. Myers: [to her students; Jesse angrily opens the door and exits, she follows Jesse] Silent reading until I get back.

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The Power of an Open Mind

Jesse: That's what Leslie Burke says, she told me to keep my mind wide open.

Ms. Edmonds: Leslie Burke is right. With a mind like yours wide open, you could create a whole new world.

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A Talent for Ketchup Packet Shooting

Jesse Aarons: What happened to you?

Leslie Burke: Janice Avery is a very talented person. She can shoot ketchup packets over four rows of seats.

Jesse Aarons: [snickers] Jeez.

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Detention and Friendship in the Classroom

Mrs. Myers: If any of you try to download this essay, you will be downloaded into detention.

Mrs. Myers: Jesse Aarons! I got it from your sisters. I certainly do not need it from you!

Leslie Burke, May Belle Aarons, Little Kids: [chanting] Free the pee! Free the pee! Free the pee!

Bill Burke: She loved you, you know.

Bill Burke: [[w:Teddy Roosevelt|Teddy Roosevelt] Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing - ] said that, not me.

Jack Aarons: She brought you something special when she came here, didn't she? That's what you hold on to. That's how you keep her alive.

May Belle Aarons: [To Leslie] If you don't believe in the bible, God'll damn you to hell when you die!

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Embracing the urgency of life's experiences

Leslie Burke: I check my air... I don't have as much time as I need to see everything, but that's what makes it so special.

Beauty in Belief and Acceptance

Leslie Burke: [on the ride back from church, about Christianity] You have to believe it, and you hate it. I don't have to believe it, and I think it's beautiful.