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Adele Corners: Will you tell me more about California? Early Grayce: Yeah, I guess so. Let's see. One thing, people think faster out there on the account of all that warm weather. Cold weather makes people stupid. That's a fact. Adele Corners: I guess that explains why there's so many stupid people around here. Early Grayce: It sure does. You know what else? You never have to buy no fruit on account it's all on the trees everywhere you turn. And they ain't got no speed limits. I hear your first month's rent is free, state law. So I'm thinking till we get settled we'll just move around from month to month. How will that be with you, momma? Adele Corners: What are we going to do out there, Early? Early Grayce: By God the first thing we're going to do is get us a couple of six-packs of Lucky Lager and we're going to climb up to that famous Hollywood sign. We're going to howl at the moon, goddamn it. [howls] Yeah, just like that. Adele Corners: I heard once that there ain't nothing on that

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Adele Corners: Know what, Brian? One night when we was stayin' up late we was talkin' 'bout how much bad luck he must have comin' from all those mirrors he broke, and I swear we came to 449 years it would take for him to work it all off, and he'd have to - after he died - he's gonna have to keep comin' back to earth over and over and over again. Carrie Laughlin: Karma. Adele Corners: What? Carrie Laughlin: Karma. You know, when you do something bad to someone and fate pays you back by something bad happening to you. Adele Corners: [blowing a bubble] Is that French?

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Early Grayce: [looking at Carrie's photos, dropping them to the ground after looking at each one] Boring. Boring. Dog shit. Now that don't leave much to the imagination, does it? I know him. [photo shows a person with white mask on] That's my daddy. Fucker. [drops it and proceeds to the next photo] Boring. [drops it and then pauses a moment studying the next photo. That's you ain't it? Carrie Laughlin: Yeah, that's me. Do you like it? What do you think? Early Grayce: [studies it a moment longer, jabs his finger through it and then sticks his tongue through it] Dog shit! [drops photo on ground] Boring. Stinky. Stinky. [to Brian as he sits back in chair] You gotta learn how to control your woman better. But lucky for you, they take all kinds in California. That's where we'll be tomorrow. California.

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Adele Corners: My God, Carrie. If Early ever saw me in a picture like that I'd be black-and-blue for a week. Carrie Laughlin: You shouldn't let him do that to you. Adele Corners: You think Early's mean to me? Well, he's not. He may punish me once in a while, but he's not mean. Um, when I was 13 there was these three boys and they raped me in the back of this truck. They hurt me so bad that I was in the hospital for, like, four months. And I feel safe with Early 'cause most of the time he treats me really nice. I know that he'd never. He would never let anything like that ever happen to me again.

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Brian Kessler: How many people have you killed, Early? Early Grayce: Well, now, how many people have you seen me kill, Bri? Brian Kessler: None. Early Grayce: That's how many I killed. Brian Kessler: If you say so. Early Grayce: Damn right I do. Shut up! Eat your food. You ain't never killed no one, have you, Bri? Brian Kessler: No. Early Grayce: No. Ain't seen nobody killed either, have you? Brian Kessler: No, I haven't. Early Grayce: No. Tell me something, big time. How are you going to write a book about something you know nothing about?

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Brian Kessler: [at the sound of a gunshot] What was that? Adele Corners: [nervously] Nothing, Brian. It was just the thunder. Oh my God. Brian Kessler: [to Early who's dragging Carrie along] Hey, Early, what the fuck are you doing? We talked about this. Early Grayce: Oh, Brian. You gonna like this one. Get in. Big fella you riding shotgun. Adele, you drive. [throws Carrie into backseat with him] Brian Kessler: What's going on? What are you doing? Early Grayce: Come on bud, let's go. Get us out of here momma. Brian Kessler: What happened back there? Carrie Laughlin: [crying] Oh my God. He shot him. He shot him in the head. Brian Kessler: Who shot who in the head? Adele Corners: No, he didn't Carrie. Early Grayce: Everybody just shut up! Goddamn, bitch, quit squawking. Nothing's changed. I'm gonna get you there, safe, to California. [chuckles] That is, if Adele don't kill us with her driving first.

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Early Grayce: [after shooting two cops] Got them both on the dead run. Adele Corners: No! No, no, no Early! Early Grayce: Come on, momma. [Walks over to Brian who is standing over the wounded cop] Tell me that don't hurt. Here. [Hands Brian a gun while pointing another one at his head] Brian Kessler: What? Early Grayce: Gotta put that crippled dog out of his misery. You wanna know about it, you gotta do it, son. Shoot him. Come on, lay it on in there. Come on, mean boy. Come on, mean boy. Do it! Shoot him! Shoot the dog! Time to live, boy. Shoot him. Come on. Go! Go, mean boy. Early Grayce: You faggot. Brian Kessler: Look at his face! It's not your father. Look at him! Early Grayce: I know that, you idiot. That's police in a world of hurting. This here's a mercy killing. Carrie Laughlin: Oh God! Early Grayce: Let's hit the road.

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Early Grayce: You haven't even said thank you. Adele Corners: Thank you. Early Grayce: Thank you for what, Adele? Adele Corners: I don't know, Early. Early Grayce: Well, Adele, it's for saving your fucking life back there! Goddamn! You were this close, momma, from spending the night in the county morgue. Carrie Laughlin: He wasn't going to shoot her, you murdering son of a bitch! Brian Kessler: Stop it, Carrie. Carrie Laughlin: What are you fucking insane? Brian Kessler: Shut up! Carrie Laughlin: God, why are you so fucking blind, Brian? He's a murderer for crying out loud. Brian Kessler: Just shut up! Early Grayce: Goddamn bunch of loons.

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Early Grayce: Momma? What are you crying for? I'm the one who got hit. Adele Corners: Cos I decided, Early, I'm not gonna climb up that Hollywood sign with you. Early Grayce: And why not? Adele Corners: Cos you're mean, Early. Early Grayce: No, I'm not. Adele Corners: You hurt those people, Early. I don't wanna do it with you. I loved you, Early. You just be quiet. You are mean.