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Mrs. Myers: If any of you try to download this essay, you will be downloaded into detention. Mrs. Myers: Jesse Aarons! I got it from your sisters. I certainly do not need it from you! Leslie Burke, May Belle Aarons, Little Kids: [chanting] Free the pee! Free the pee! Free the pee! Bill Burke: She loved you, you know. Bill Burke: Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing - Teddy Roosevelt said that, not me. Jack Aarons: She brought you something special when she came here, didn't she? That's what you hold on to. That's how you keep her alive. May Belle Aarons: [To Leslie] If you don't believe in the bible, God'll damn you to hell when you die!

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Jesse Aarons: What happened to you? Leslie Burke: Janice Avery is a very talented person. She can shoot ketchup packets over four rows of seats. Jesse Aarons: [snickers] Jeez.

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Jesse: That's what Leslie Burke says, she told me to keep my mind wide open. Ms. Edmonds: Leslie Burke is right. With a mind like yours wide open, you could create a whole new world.

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Scott Hoager: So I guess you're the fastest kid in school now, huh? Scott Hoager: It's a joke, dude! Scott Hoager: Are you nuts?! Mrs. Myers: [furious] Jess Aarons! Go wait for me out in the hall now! Mrs. Myers: [to her students] Silent reading until I get back. [Jesse angrily opens the door and exits, she follows Jesse]

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Leslie: I don't think God goes around damning people to hell. Jesse: Why not? Leslie: Because He's too busy running all this!

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Leslie: My dad says that TV kills your brain cells. Scott Hoager: Your dad doesn't know anything. We watch TV, like every day! Leslie: I rest my case.

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Jesse: What were you thinking? May Belle: I was worried about you. Jesse: Well, don't be. I just don't want you here. [angrily jumps in front of her] May Belle: But I wanna come with you. Jesse: [sternly] This is our place, go home. This is our place! Jesse: [enraged] I said GO HOME!!!

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Jesse: It's just that you're a good builder... for a girl. Leslie: Yeah, well you're pretty good at art... for a boy!

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Jesse: [crying] Is it like the bible says? Is she going to hell? Jack Aarons: [shakes head] I don’t know everything about God. But I do know he’s not gonna sent that little girl to hell. Jesse: [sobs] Then I'm going to hell because it's all my fault!

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Jesse: Hey, guys. May Belle: See? I told you. Mary: Oh, my God, Jess. [hugs him] [sobs] Jack: Where in God's name have you been? Mary: Where have you been? Jesse: Mom... I asked you. It wasn't like-- Brenda: They thought you were dead. Jack: Brenda, hush. Jesse: Dead? What's going on? Jack: Your friend Leslie's dead. She drowned in a creek this morning. Apparently, she tried to swing across on a rope, but it broke. They think she hit her head. Jesse: No. No, it... it's... It's not that kind of rope. It... It... It couldn't break. It wouldn't have. Jack: But it did. [gets up from the chair and tries to comfort him] I'm sorry, son. Jesse: [backs away] No, you're lying. She's not even dead! You're lying! [throws the book to the floor and runs out of the house to find Leslie] Mary: Jess! [sobs]