“- Young Quincy: I don't wanna be your boyfriend no more you ugly dog!
- Young Monica: Well I don't wanna be your girlfriend no more big head!”
Glenndon Chatman - Young Quincy
Kyla Pratt - Young Monica

“- Bernadine Harris: I give you eleven fucking years of my life and you're telling me you're leaving me for a white woman?
- John Harris, Sr.: Would it help if she was black?
- Bernadine Harris: No. It would help if you were black.”
Angela Bassett - Bernadine Harris
Michael Beach - John Harris, Sr.

“The worst thing is that he made me move out here where my children are in school with only one other black kid so they won't be improperly influenced. Well, guess what John, you’re the motherfuckin' improper influence! Get your shit! Get your shit! And, get out!”
Angela Bassett - Bernadine Harris

“I’d gather up each sound you left behind and stretch them on our bed. Each night I breathe you and become high.”
Nia Long - Nina Mosley

“- John Patrick Mason: Well Stanley, this is where we go our separate ways. I'm sure you know the anthromology of your name, Goodspeed.
- Stanley Goodspeed: Yea. Goodspeed, to wish someone a prosperousjourney. Why?
- John Patrick Mason: Well, if you fancy a journey, I recommend Fort Walton, Kansas.”
Sir Sean Connery - John Patrick Mason
Nicolas Cage - Stanley Goodspeed