- Mrs. Valentine '53: [sniffling] If only I had gone to college, I could've done something with my life. I dropped out for him. To start a family. A home.
- Bingo Zohar '53: Well, maybe it isn't too late.
- Mrs. Valentine '53: It is for me. But I was good at it. I love it, you know.
- Bingo Zohar '53: Nobody should keep you from doing what you love.
- Store Owner: It's been 27 years since this holistic health store was Valentine's Five and Dime.
- Nick Vera: So?
- Store Owner: Kinda out of the realm of possibility that you'll find some 50-year-old bullet.
- Nick Vera: Could have got lodged in a wall or a floorboard.
- Store Owner: So what? You think you're digging up my floors or walls?
- Nick Vera: It's not out of the realm of possibility.
- Store Owner: These are fresh walls. I just had them painted. And my floors are Malaysian bamboo. So maybe you should... look somewhere else for your phantom bullet.
- Nick Vera: Did you find anything during that remodel?
- Store Owner: Like a bullet? Uh... no.
- Nick Vera: Cause if I find out you tampered with evidence, I'll stick you in the slammer with guys who ain't familiar with Buddhist teachings.
- Store Owner: You do, and karma will be all over your ass, pal.
- Nick Vera: Oh, I'll be all over your ass, pal... with a warrant.
- Store Owner: [offers Vera] Goji berry? They make you happy. Eat enough, you never stop smiling.
- [takes one himself and smiles at Vera]
- Arthur 'Aces' Brown '53: I quit Valentine's the week before. Got tired of cleaning up after white folk. Getting treated like dirt.
- Will Jeffries: Bingo treat you that way too?
- Arthur 'Aces' Brown '53: He treated me with respect. Kid was way ahead of his time in more ways than one.
- Will Jeffries: Early 50s, white kid singing black music... reminds me of Elvis.
- John Stillman: I hate to admit it. I broke up with my junior high sweetheart because she joined the Elvis fan club.
- Will Jeffries: No.
- John Stillman: Trini Rene. Back in the late 50s, the girls were either Elvis girls...
- Will Jeffries: Or Pat Boone girls, I remember.
- John Stillman: I told Trini my family wouldn't approve of me going out with an Elvis girl.
- [both chuckles]
- John Stillman: I guess I was a square.
- Will Jeffries: No, man, you were a CUBE.
- [more chuckling]