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Margaret White: I'm here on the Lord's work, Mrs. Snell; spreadin' the gospel of God's salvation through Christ's blood! Mrs. Snell: Yes, of course. Margaret White: These are godless times, Mrs. Snell. Mrs. Snell: I'll drink to that, Mrs. White, I like to contribute five... ten dollars. Margaret White: I see. I pray you find Jesus.

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Margaret White: I know you're listening, Carrie, come on downstairs! Carrie White: [Coming down from upstairs or closing the door, Margaret has called her down after the phone call she received] Momma, who is that? Who called? Margaret White: So, you’re a woman now. Carrie White: Why didn't you tell me, Momma? I... [Margaret slaps Carrie's face begins to read a verse from The Woman's Bible] Margaret White: [Reading from religious manual] And God made Eve from the rib of Adam, and Eve was weak and loosed the raven on the world, and the raven was called sin. (pause) Say it, the raven was called sin. Carrie White: Why didn't you tell me, Momma? Margaret White: Say it. [Hits Carrie in the face] The raven was called sin. [Hits her again] Carrie White: No, Momma. [Margaret hits her again] And the raven was called sin! Margaret White: And the first sin was intercourse, the first sin was intercourse. Carrie White: I didn't sin, Momma. Margaret White: Say it. [Hits her again] Carrie White: I di

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Chris Hargensen: She can't get away with this. I'm gonna get her. Sue Snell: [Groans] Let it go, Chris. Chris Hargensen: Like hell, I will. Miss Collins: One, two. One, two. One, two. The period's not up, Hargensen! Chris Hargensen: It is for me! Miss Collins: [To the girls] Keep running! Well, there are 10 minutes left. Chris Hargensen: Stick 'em up your a...! [Miss Collins slaps her in the face, the girls gasp and Chris cries] YOU CAN'T HIT US! YOU'LL GET CANNED FOR THIS, YOU BITCH! Miss Collins: ONE MORE WORD OUT OF YOU AND I'M GONNA KNOCK YOU DOWN, DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME?! Chris Hargensen: SHE CAN'T GET AWAY WITH THIS IF WE ALL STICK TOGETHER, NORMA! Miss Collins: KEEP RUNNING! Chris Hargensen: Helen? [Helen shakes her head in ] SUE?! Sue Snell: Shut up, Chris, just shut up. Chris Hargensen: This isn't over! This isn't over by a LONG SHOT! [Storms off] Miss Collins: You're out of the prom, Hargensen! [Turns back to the girls] Okay, the show's over, in place, run! One, two. One, two.

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Chris Hargensen: Don't be in such a hurry! Billy Nolan: Don't be in such a hurry, I'm hurrying away from you, you know that?! Chris Hargensen: No, you're not! Billy Nolan: Have a pain right in the ass!

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Chris Hargensen: I want you do something. Billy Nolan: What?! Chris Hargensen: Something important. [Unzips Billy's pants and performs oral sex]] on him] Oh, Billy. Billy. Oh, Billy. Oh, Billy. Billy. Oh, Billy. Oh. Oh, Billy. I hate Carrie White. Billy Nolan: Who?!

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Margaret White: Carrie, you haven't touched your apple cake. Carrie White: It gives me pimples, Momma. Margaret White: Pimples are the Lord's way of chastising you. Carrie White: [After long pause] Momma? Margaret White: Yeah. Carrie White: Momma, please say that I've to try and get along with people better. Margaret White: [Giggles] What are you going on about, Carrie? Carrie White: I've been invited to the prom. Margaret White: [Long pause, then looking sternly at Carrie] Prom? Carrie White: Yeah, the prom... everyone's goin'. Margaret White: It was that teacher that called, wasn't it? Carrie White: Please see that I'm not like you, Momma, I'm funny... I mean, all the kids think I'm funny I don't wanna be. I wanna be normal. I wanna start to try me, a whole person before it's too late for me! Carrie White: His (Carrie's boyfriend's) name is Tommy Ross, and he's a very nice boy, Momma... Margaret White: No. Carrie White: and he promised to come in and meet you-- Carrie White: and he'd

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Margaret White: You must renounce this power, you must give it up, you must never use it. Carrie White: I'm going momma, you can't stop me, and I don't wanna talk about it anymore.

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Margaret White: [Referring to Carrie's prom gown] Red. I might have known it would be red. Carrie White: It's pink, Momma. [Presenting her corsage] Look what Tommy gave me, Mama, aren't they beautiful? Margaret White: I can see your dirty pillows, everyone will. Carrie White: Breasts, Mama. They're called breasts, and every woman has them.

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Billy Nolan: That Carrie White, she sure is cute. Chris Hargensen: Shut up, Billy! Billy Nolan: I thought you said they (Carrie/Tommy) were gonna win. Chris Hargensen: They will, it won't even be close, I called in a few favors.

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Carrie White: It was bad, Mama, they laughed at me, hold me, Momma, please hold me. Margaret White: I should've killed myself when he put it in me. After the first time, before we were married, Ralph promised never again. He promised and I believed him, but sin never dies,... sin never dies, at first it was all right, we lived sinlessly. We slept in the same bed, but we never did it. And then, that night, I saw him looking down at me that way. We got down on our knees to pray for strength. I smelled the whiskey on his breath. Then he took me. He took me, with the filthy roadhouse whiskey on his breath, and I liked it. I liked it, with all that dirty touching of his hands all over me. I should've given you to God when you were born, but I was weak and backsliding, and now the devil has come home. We'll pray. Carrie White: Yes. Margaret White: We'll pray. we'll pray. we'll pray for the last time, we'll pray.