“Why in childhood and youth do we wish time to pass so quickly, we want to grow up so fast, yet as adults we wish just the opposite?”
Harry Connick Jr. - Narrator

- Charlie: Whatever happened to all that stuff you said you were gonna do? Remember what I used to call you? "Cloud-ia"? 'Cause you always had your head in the clouds, always talking about getting out of here, seeing some of the world... what happened to that girl?
- Claudia: I was eighteen-years-old and I grew up, that's what happened.
Edward Burns - Charlie
Lauren Holly - Claudia

“- Sara Holland: I have never met a kid who didn't dream of being an astronaut when he grew up.
- Hawk Hawkins: Did you ever meet a kid who didn't grow up?”
Marcia Gay Harden - Sara Holland
Tommy Lee Jones - Hawk Hawkins

“You had a dream, you know? Great. When you were eight, it was adorable. When you were eighteen, it was inspiring. At twenty-eight, it's officially embarrassing. And I just want you to stop before we get to heartbreaking.”

Patti D'Arbanville - Becky's Mom

“Stephen's tired of himself. Tired of feeling the same things in himself. Time comes when a man's got to feel something new, and he's got to feel young again, just because he's growing old.”

Lucile Watson - Mrs. Morehead