The Glass Castle Movie Quotes
Young Jeannette
It's so ugly, Dad, I look like a demon.
Rex
There's nothing ugly about you. You hear me? One day I promise you you're gonna look at this as just another side of how strong you are. You're a Walls, Mountain Goat. And we ain't like other people. We got a fire burning in our bellies. And that there is goddamn proof of it. Now... this knife is especially designed to hunt demons. It's very sharp. Don't take it out unless you see him. You can borrow it for the night. You know, all monsters are the same. They like to frighten people, but the minute you stare them down, they turn tail and run. I love you, Mountain Goat.
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David
Jeanette...
Jeannette
They were homeless before that for three years before that, which was pretty much how they raised us. My dad is not developing a technology for bituminous coal but he could tell you anything you want to know about it. He is the smartest man I know. He is also a drunk.
[inhales]
Jeannette
never finishes what he starts and can be extremely cruel. But he dreams bigger than anyone I've ever met. And he never tries to be somebody that he's not. He never wanted me to either.
[Exhales]
Jeannette
I'm sorry, but I have to leave.
David
Go.
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Rex
What does an investment banker use as birth control? His personality.
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Jeannette
I feel so... fortunate.
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Jeannette
Do you think... Erma ever did something to Dad?
Rose Mary
Like what?
Jeannette
Like what she did to Brian.
Rose Mary
You can't think about things like that. It'll make you crazy.
Jeannette
...
[Meets Rex in a bar]
Jeannette
Dad... I'm sorry about Erma.
Rex
Whenever it's time to go, you go.
Jeannette
I'm not talking about that... "it's impossible to breathe when you're drowning in shit."
Rex
...You still believe in your old man?
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Jeannette
You did all this for me?
Rex
Since when is it wrong for a father to take care of his little girl?
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Jeannette
We were never a family, Mom. We were a nightmare.
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Jeannette
When it comes to my family, let me do the lying.
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Rex
You learn from living, everything else is a lie.
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[first lines]
Rex
[narrating]
Most city folk live in fancy apartments, but their air's so polluted, they can't even see the stars. We'd have to be out of our minds to trade places with any of 'em.
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