The Best 'Boyhood' Quotes, Ranked
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Life Doesn't Give You Bumpers
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Mason Sr.: "All right, don't worry about it."
Mason Sr. turns a bowling outing into a life lesson moment with son Mason Jr. When the boy asks for bumpers, dad reminds him that life is hard so he should get used to it.
Mason Jr.: "Wish I could use the bumpers!"
Mason Sr.: "You don't want the bumpers. Life doesn't give you bumpers." - 2
Goodbye, House
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Olivia: "We'll get there before it gets dark."
The kids, Samantha especially, is not happy that mother Olivia is forcing them to move. As a kid, leaving your school, your friends, to move to a new city is not easy.
Samantha: "Goodbye, yard. Goodbye, creek myrtle. Goodbye, mailbox. Goodbye, lots of stuff mommy won't let us take with us but we don't want to throw away. Goodbye, house. I'll never like mommy as much for making us move."
Olivia: "Why don't you say goodbye to that little horses*** attitude because we're not taking that in the car."
Mason Jr.: "Goodbye, old lady who rides a motorcycle." - 3
How Was Your Week?
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Mason Sr.: "Talk to me! Samantha, how was your week? 'I don't know, dad. It was kind of tough. Billy and Ellen broke up and Ellen's kind of mad at me cause she saw me talking to Billy in the cafeteria and you remember that sculpture I was working on? Well, it was a unicorn and the horn broke off and so now it's a zebra but I still think I'm going to get an A.' Mason, uh, how was your week? 'Well, dad, you know, it was kind of tough. Joey's kind of a jerk, actually. He stole some cigarettes form his mom and he wanted me to smoke them but I said no because I knew what a hard time you had quitting smoking.' How about that? Is that so hard?"
Mason Sr. tries desperately to connect with his kids to hear about what's happening in their lives. But as his kids point out, perhaps he's going about it a little too much and should let things just happen naturally.
Samantha: "Dad, these questions are kind of hard to answer."
Mason Sr.: "What is so hard to answer about what sculpture you are making?"
Samantha: "It's abstract."
Mason Sr.: "Okay, okay, that's good. See, I didn't know that. I didn't even know you were interested in abstract art."
Samantha: "I'm not. They make us do it."
Mason Jr.: "But, dad, why is it all on us though? Why don't you? How was your week? Who do you hang out with? With your girlfriend? What have you been up to?"
Mason Sr.: "I see your point. So we should just let it happen more natural? That's what you're saying? Okay, that's what we'll do, starting now." - 4
What Do You Want to Be, Mason?
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Teacher: "What do you want to be, Mason? What do you want to do?"
Mason is reaching the point where he will soon leave school for the real world and needs to decide how he wants to spend his life, something he discusses with a teacher. - 5
Be Cool Like I Used to Be
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Mason Sr.: "When you get older you can save up and buy a car of your own, be cool like I used to be."
Mason Sr. tries to bond with son, Mason Jr., during a car ride by reminiscing about when he was young and cool. Like all boys of his age, Mason Jr. wants a car of his own but it doesn't sound like dad is going to buy him one. - 6
Have You Been Drinking?
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Olivia: "Have you been drinking?"
Mom Olivia is startled when son Mason Jr. comes home having been partying a little. She's clearly not prepared that her little boy is growing up.
Mason Jr.: "A little bit"
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