"Jack Field: Holden was a thief and a disturbed young man and what happened was a sad thing. Perhaps we can learn a lesson from this tragedy like don't steal and don't be disturbed."

"Corny: It's a church. You can't make water without bumping your nut on a bible."

"Attention, shoppers. There's a Retail Rodeo special on aisle 3. Liquid Drain Cleaner, 2 12-ounce cans for $5.00. Liquid Drain Cleaner has churning power and it will churn right through your pipes. Ladies, you need female plumbing. Shove something clean and new up your filthy pipes. That's Liquid Drain Cleaner on aisle 3. Have a good day and thank you for shopping at Retail Rodeo."

"[in a letter] Dear Justine, because of you I'll be quitting the Retail Rodeo. The last two days have been the most godawful of my life. I have not been able to get rid of you in my head. I'll never want anything so bad, and I've wanted many things. I'd given up long ago on being 'gotten' by someone else, and then you came along. The idea that I could be gotten because of circumstance, or never get got, is the worst feeling I've ever felt, and I have felt many bad feelings. I'm sorry I can never see you again Justine, forgive me for being so weak, but that's who I am. Goodbye, Holden. If for some reason, you could change your mind and wanna be with me, body and soul, meet me after work. I will be waiting for you at 5pm outside Chuckie Cheese. If you are not there at five, you will never see me again in your lifetime."

"I thought if I died today what would happen to me? A hateful girl... A selfish girl... An adulteress... A liar."

"How it all came down to this, only the Devil knows. Retail Rodeo is at the corner on my left. The motel is down the road to my right. I close my eyes and try to peer into the future. On my left, I saw days upon days of lipstick and ticking clocks, dirty looks and quiet whisperings. And burning secrets that just won't ever die away. And on my right, what could I picture? The blue sky, the desert earth, stretching out into the eerie infinity. A beautiful never-ending nothing."

"You're a writer so you have yourself a goal, I guess. I used to, you know, lay in bed and imagine other cities, other jobs I could have; other husbands. Now I don't even know what to imagine anymore."

"As a girl you see the world as a giant candy store filled with sweet candy and such. But one day you look around and you see a prison and you're on death row. You wanna run or scream or cry but something's locking you up. Are the other folks cows chewing cud until the hour comes when their heads roll? Or are they just keeping quiet like you, planning their escape."

"[to Holden] I was looking at you in the store and I liked how you kept to yourself. I saw in your eyes that you hate the world. I hate it too."

"Aimee Garcia - Nurse"

"Deborah Rush - Gwen Jackson"

"Mike White - Corny"

"Alma Del Mar: Don't try and fool me no more, Ennis. I know what it means. Jack Twist? Jack Nasty!"

"Anne Hathaway - Lureen Newsome Twist"

"Michelle Williams - Alma Beers Del Mar"

"Jake Gyllenhaal - Jack Twist"

"Heath Ledger - Ennis Del Mar"

"Cassie Cartwright: You don't say much but you get your point across."

"Lureen Newsome: What are you waitin' for, cowboy? ...a mating call?"

"Joe Aguirre: You boys sure found a way to make the time pass up there. Twist, you guys wasn't gettin' paid to leave the dogs babysittin' the sheep while you stem the rose."

"Alma Del Mar: You didn't go up there to fish!"

"(mourning Jack's death) Jack, I swear..."

"If you can't fix it, you gotta stand it."

"Jack, I swear."

"Two guys livin' together? No way."

"This is a one-shot thing we got goin' on here."

"You know friend, this is a God damn bitch of an unsatisfactory situation."

"There ain't never enough time, never enough..."

"You know it could be like this, just like this, always."

"Brokeback got us good, don't it?"

"I wish I knew how to quit you."

"You sit down before I knock your ignorant ass into next week!"

"Truth is, sometimes I miss you so much I can hardly stand it."

"It's nobody's business but ours."

"Brian Avery — Carl Smith"

"Walter Brooke — Mr. McGuire"

"Buck Henry — Room clerk"

"Elizabeth Wilson — Mrs. Braddock"

"Murray Hamilton — Mr. Robinson"

"William Daniels — Mr. Braddock"

"Katharine Ross — Elaine Robinson"

"Anne Bancroft — Mrs. Robinson"

"Dustin Hoffman — Benjamin Braddock"

"All right, now listen to this. I don't know whether I can prosecute, but I think I can. I think I can get you behind bars if you ever look at my daughter again. Now, I've seen Elaine, and I've made damn sure you can't get to her. Stay away from me, Ben! I don't want to mince words with you. As far as Elaine is concerned, you're to get her out of your filthy mind right now! Is that perfectly clear to you? And that's all, Ben. You'll pardon me if I don't shake hands with you. I think you are filth. I think you are scum. You are a degenerate!"

"I wish I was that age again because Ben...you'll never be young again...Ben, can I say something to you?...uh, how long have we known each other now? How long have you and I known each other? How long have your dad and I been partners?...I watched you grow up, Ben...In many ways, I feel as though you were my own son...So I hope you won't mind my giving you a friendly piece of advice...I think you ought to be taking it a little easier right now than you seem to be...Sow a few wild oats, take things as they come, have a good time with the girls and so forth...You have yourself a few flings this summer. I'll bet you're, you're quite a ladies man...You look to me like the kind of guy who has to fight 'em off. [To Mrs. Robinson, who enters] Now doesn't he look to you like the kind of guy who has to fight 'em off?"

"I've had this feeling ever since I graduated. This kind of compulsion that I have to be rude all the time...It's like I was playing some kind of game, but the rules don't make any sense to me. They're being made up by all the wrong people. I mean no one makes them up. They seem to make themselves up."

"Eddra Gale — Woman on bus"

"Alice Ghostley — Mrs. Singleman"

"Marion Lorne — Miss DeWitte"