Moonlight Quotes

Little What's a faggot?

Juan A faggot is... a word used to make gay people feel bad.

Little Am I a faggot?

Juan No. You're not a faggot. You can be gay, but you don't have to let nobody call you a faggot.

Paula Where did you go last night?

Chiron Why?

Paula Well, I'm your mama, ain't I?

Kevin So Chiron...

Black What... Why are you lookin me like that for?

Kevin What man? Come on, you just drove down here?

Black Yeah.

Kevin Like you was just, you was just on one, and you hit the highway?

Black Yeah.

Kevin So where you gonna stay tonight, man?

Kevin I wasn't never worth shit. Never did anything I actually wanted to do, was all I could do to do what other folks thought I should do. I wasn't never myself.

Paula You ain't got to love me, but you gonna know that I love you.

Kevin What you cry about?

Chiron I should have cried too much. Sometimes I feel like I'm just gonna turn into drops.

Kevin But you just roll out into the water, right? Roll out into the water just like all these rambo-fuckers trying to drown their sorrow.

Teresa Aright. Water for me, and a little gin for you. Boy please. I know Juan used to give you that gin, but we ain't doing that up in here Chiron. You don't think my joke was funny? What's wrong?

Chiron Nothing. I'm good.

Teresa No. I done seen good, and you ain't it. Stop putting yo head down in my house! You know my rule. It's all love and all pride in this house! Do you feel me?

Teresa I can't hear you. Do you feel me?

Chiron Yeah.

Teresa Okay.

Chiron I feel you.

Teresa Aright.

Kevin Hey, these grandma rules, man. You know the deal. Your ass eat, your ass speak.

Kevin Who is you, man?

Black Who, me?

Kevin Yeah, nigga. You. Them fronts? That car? Who is you, Chiron?

Black I'm me man. Ain't trying to be nothing else.

Kevin So you hard now?

Black I ain't say that.

Kevin Then what? Look. I'm not trying hem you up. Just... I ain't seen you in like a decade. Not what I expected, none of it. Not good or bad. Just not what I expected.

Black Well, what did you expect?

Kevin You remember the last time I saw you?

Black For a long time, tried not to remember. Tried to forget all those times. The good... the bad. All of it.

Kevin Yeah. I know.

Juan I've been here a long time. I'm from Cuba. A lot of black folks in Cuba. You wouldn't know from being here now. I was a wild little shortie, man. Just like you. Running around with no shoes on, the moon was out. This one time, I run by this old... this old lady. I was running, hollerin'. Cuttin a fool, boy. This old lady, she stopped me. She said... "Running around, catching a lot of light". "In moonlight, black boys look blue". "You're blue". "That's what I'm gonna call you: Blue'.

Little Is your name Blue'?

Juan Nah. At some point, you gotta decide for yourself who you're going to be. Can't let nobody make that decision for you.

Paula I need some money.

Chiron For what?

Paula That's my business! Don't you ask me no shit like that!

Chiron I don't have any money.

Paula No, no, don't lie to me boy! I'm your mama! That bitch over there ain't no kin yeah? I'm your blood! Remember? I ain't feeling good. I need something to help me out. Come on baby. Come on baby.

Black You're the only man who ever touched me. The only one. I haven't really touched anyone since.

Juan I saw your mama last night.

Little I hate her.

Juan I bet you do. Hated mine too. Miss her like hell now. All I'm gonna say about that.

Paula You're my only. I'm your only.