“Teenagersmess up. You know man, that's what they do best.”
Charles S. Dutton - George

“- Lila: What is going on with her these days?
- Judy: You'd have to ask her that, Lila.
- Lila: So, there is something going on?
- Judy: Oh, well, she's nineteen. There's always something going on when you're nineteen.”

Wendy Crewson - Lila
Peter Outerbridge - Judy

“- Alison Kantrowitz: I never have to listen to you ever again. I saw you. I was there. You should have seen yourself. You looked disgusting! I'm the teenager! Not you! You had your chance.
- Pearl Kantrowitz: No. I didn't.
- Alison Kantrowitz: Well then why do the rest of us have to suffer just because you fucked up your life!”

Anna Paquin - Alison Kantrowitz
Diane Lane - Pearl Kantrowitz

“That summer I turned seventeen... and started planning my escape.”
Natalie Portman - Ann August

“High school is a lot like prison: bad food, high fences, the sex you want you ain't getting, the sex you getting you don't want.”
Eddie Griffin - Luther