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Ma: Ssh. Go back to sleep. Jack: [reciting to himself] Once upon a time, before I came, you cried and cried and watched TV all day, until you were a zombie. But then I zoomed down from heaven, through skylight, into Room. Whoosh-pshew! And I was kicking you from the inside. Boom, boom! And then I shot out onto Rug with my eyes wide open, and you cutt-ed the cord and said, "Hello, Jack!"

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Jack: Is bad tooth hurting? Ma: Mmhmm, but you know mind over matter. Jack: If you don't mind, it doesn't matter Ma: You're right. Hey do you know what we're gonna do today? Jack: What? Ma: We're going to bake a birthday cake Jack: A birthday cake? Ma: Mmhmm Jack: Like from TV? Ma: Mmhmm, but for real Jack: No way!

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Ma: [about the mouse] He's on the other side of this wall. Jack: What other side? Ma: Jack, there's two sides to everything. Jack: Not on an octagon. Ma: Yeah, but... Jack: [Interrupts] An octagon has eight sides Ma: But a wall, okay, a wall's like this, see? And we're on the inside and mouse is on the outside. Jack: In outer space? Ma: No, in the world. It's much closer than outer space. Jack: I can't see the outside-side. Ma: Listen, I know that I told you something else before, but you were much younger. I didn't think that you could understand, but now you're so old, you're so smart. I know that you can get this. Where do you think that old Nick gets our food? Jack: From TV by magic!

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Ma: You're gonna love it. Jack: What? Ma: The world.

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Jack: Are we in another planet? Ma: Same one. Just a different spot.

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Ma: He needs to play with something real. I'm worried about him being on the phone. Nancy: He's doing fine. Ma: Well, I don't give him my phone, so I'd appreciate it if you didn't give him yours. Nancy: Okay, I won't. Ma: Great. [pause] I just want him to connect with something. Nancy: Joy. Joy, he's really doing fine. Ma: I don't know what's wrong with me. I'm supposed to be happy. Nancy: You just need to rest, okay? Ma: No, I don't. I don't need to rest! Nancy: That's... That's what the doctor... Ma: [Interrupts] That is not what the doctor said. You don't know what he said, because it was a confidential conversation, and you don't know what he said! Nancy: All right, all right, all right! You're impossible to talk to right now. Ma: Well, sorry. Nancy: No. No, you're not sorry! Ma: Yeah, I'm not sorry! You have no idea what's going on in my head. Nancy: Yeah. Well, try me! I have asked you. Ma: And then what? Then, every time you look at me, that's all that you see? Nancy: When I loo

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Talk Show Hostess: When he's older, will you tell Jack about his father? Ma: Jack's not his. He's not his. Talk Show Hostess: So are you saying that there were other men? Ma: No! No. Um... A father is... a man who loves his child. Talk Show Hostess: Of course. That's so true in a very real sense, but the... the biological relationship that you... Ma: That's not a relationship.

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Jack: Grandma? Nancy: Yes? Jack: I need the scissors. Nancy: What for? Jack: For cutting my hair. Nancy: Do you really want to do that? Jack: I want to send it to Ma. Nancy: How come? Jack: She needs my strong more than me, so I want to send it to her, or you could take it to her? Nancy: I could help you, if you'd like? Jack: Yes please. Jack: Do you think this will work? Can my strong be her strong, too? Nancy: Oh. Of course it can. We all help each other stay strong. No one is strong alone. You know, you and your mom, you help each other through, don't you? Jack: Yep.

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Ma: [after she returns from the hospital after a suicide attempt] I'm sorry Jack. Jack: It's okay. Don't do it again. Ma: I promise Jack: Are you better now? Ma: Yeah, I'm starting to be. Hey, Jack? Jack: Yeah? Ma: When Grandma brought this to me [Shows Jack the trimmings of his hair] I knew that I could get better. You saved me... Again.

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Jack: It can't really be Room if door's open. Ma: Do you want me to close it? Jack: Nah. Ma: Jack, can we go? Jack: Bye, plant. Bye, chair number one. Bye, chair number two. Bye, table. Bye, wardrobe. Bye, sink. Bye-bye, skylight. Ma, say bye-bye to room. Ma: [looks around then mouths silently] Bye, Room.