Bernice: Mom, are you gonna marry Justin Matisse?
Birdee: Oh, honey, I'm not planning on getting married again for along time. What, you don't like Justin?
Bernice: No, it's not that. It's just that...
Birdee: What is it? You can tell me.
Bernice: I just don't want to be known as Bernice Matisse!

Bernice: Is this where you were "cream of corn"?
Birdee: "Queen of Corn," honey. Three years runnin'. A feat unsurpassed in the history of Smithville.

Birdee: Beginnings are scary. Endings are usually sad, but it's what's in the middle that counts. So, when you find yourself at the beginning, just give hope a chance to float up. And it will.

Birdee: Once upon a time your mama knew what it meant to shine.

Birdee: People fall in love. They fall right back out. It happens all the time.

Justin Matisse: Dancing's just a conversation between two people. Talk to me.

Ramona: Look at me. My life has no meaning or direction, and I'm happy.

Bernice: At home we had a pet skunk. Mama used to call it Justin Matisse. Do you think that's just a coincidence? All day long she would to scream, "You stink Justin Matisse!" Then one day she just picked up a club and killed it.
Justin: Now that's a sad story.
Bernice: If you liked the skunk, which we didn't.

Birdee: Childhood is what you spend the rest of your life trying to overcome.