- Annie Camden: [to Simon] You can't just hang out with your brother who's in college and "pick up chicks"!
- Simon Camden: Why not?
- Annie Camden: Because your mother won't let you!
- Mary Camden: [to Eric as he's feeding Sam and David] Where's Mom?
- Rev. Eric Camden: I am perfectly capable of feeding my own sons. I do it all the time! I have fed my children for over 21 years now. True, for many of them, your mom cooked most of those meals while I was out earning the money to pay for those meals, but from time to time, I have fed one of my offspring or all of my offspring, just as I am doing now without the aid of Mom!
- Mary Camden: I'm just looking for Mom because she asked me to pick up some soap for her.
- Rev. Eric Camden: Oh. She's upstairs.
- Frankie: It just seems so unfair. You make one little mistake, you know?
- Mary Camden: Yeah, I know. I made a big mistake once, too. I got arrested last year for trashing the school gym.
- Frankie: [laughs] Arrested? You?
- Mary Camden: Yeah. I'm still on probation.
- Frankie: Oh, so that's why you don't drink or smoke or anything.
- Mary Camden: Yeah, kind of... but also because I feel so out of control, anyway, like I couldn't get my life back on track even if I wanted to. Not that I want to... I mean, it's not so bad, but it's just...
- Frankie: Existing. Just existing. I know what you mean. Every time I make an effort to do something, it just feels like there's so much resistance... and I give up before I even start trying.
- Frankie: [on the phone with Mary] Hey, what if you and I both decided to sign up for college together next semester?
- Johnny: [smirks in the background] Be sure to apply for that scholarship!
- Mary Camden: Are you serious?
- Frankie: Sure, I'm serious. I don't know what I want to do, either, but I know I don't want to wait tables for the rest of my life.
- Mary Camden: [to Frankie] Is that... Is that pot?
- Frankie: Yeah. I just need it to loosen up. This whole mother and wife gig really sucks.
- Mary Camden: [to Eric about Frankie and Johnny] They are good people. They're both working and they're trying to raise this kid, and it's really hard...
- Rev. Eric Camden: So hard that they have to smoke pot?
- Mary Camden: Dad, please. They really are my friends. Frankie is my friend! She asked me to bring over those college brochures tonight so we could look over them and make a plan to go back to school.
- Rev. Eric Camden: And did you?
- Mary Camden: [pause] No.
- Rev. Eric Camden: Because she was too stoned? Mary, who are you and what are you doing with these people?
- Mary Camden: [to Eric about Frankie and Johnny] If you're not going to help them, I'll help them.
- Rev. Eric Camden: How? You don't have a job, you don't have any money. You have to help yourself before you can help anyone else!
- Frankie: [on the phone with Mary] Hey, your dad got us out. Thanks so much for getting him to help us.
- Mary Camden: You know, I was kind of surprised you called him.
- Frankie: Yeah, well, I didn't know who else to call. After I got pregnant, my mom told me never to call her again if I got into trouble. Of course, your dad made me promise to talk to her and to a counselor, and whatever... but at least I didn't have to call her from jail, you know?
- [pause]
- Frankie: You are really lucky to have parents who are always there for you.