"My life is a disaster, but not in the way you'd think reading this shit. These things reduce us, and they do it over and over again because too many white people and people, apparently like you, devour this slop like pigs in a dumpster to stay current at fucking cocktail parties."

"People wanna love you, Monk. I personally don't know what they see in you, but they wanna love you. You should let them love all of you."

"Neal Lerner - Wilson Harnet"

"The dumber I behave, the richer I get."

"Raymond Anthony Thomas - Maynard"

"Miriam Shor - Paula Baderman"

"Myra Lucretia Taylor - Lorraine"

"Keith David - Willy the Wonker"

"Okieriete Onaodowan - Van Go Jenkins"

"Michael Cyril Creighton - John Bosco"

"Patrick Fischler - Mandel"

"Leslie Uggams - Agnes Ellison"

"Sterling K. Brown - Dr. Clifford "Cliff" Ellison"

"Adam Brody - Wiley Valdespino"

"J. C. MacKenzie - Carl Brunt"

"Potential is what people see when they think what's in front of them isn't good enough."

"Erika Alexander - Coraline"

"John Ortiz - Arthur"

"Issa Rae - Sintara Golden"

"Sergio Montalvo as Alejandro Santiago"

"You can't make someone want education."

"Jason Finn as Marcus"

"If you look in my eyes, you'll see a lonely girl. If you like at my smile, you'll see nothing wrong. If you pull up my shirt, you'll see the bruises. What did I do to make him so mad?"

"In every war, there is an enemy. I watched my mother being hlaf-beaten to death, and watched as bloodand tears streamed down her face. I felt useless and scared, and furious at the same time. I can still feel the sting of the belt on my back and my legs. One time he couldn't pay the rent. That night he stopped us on the street and pointed to the concrete. He said, "pick a spot.""

"Deance Wyatt as Jamal Hill"

"Mario as Andre Bryant"

"Nobody cares what I do. Why should I bother coming to school?"

"Kristin Herrera as Gloria Munez"

"Nobody ever listens to a teenager. Everybody thinks you should be happy just because you're young. They don't see the wars that we fight every single day. And one day, my war will end. And I won't die. And I will not tolerate abuse from anyone. I am strong."

"Miss Gruwell, he just took my damn bag!"

"Jaclyn Ngan as Sindy"

"Vanetta Smith as Brandy Ross"

"Patrick Dempsey as Scott Casey"

"My brother taught me what the life is for a young black man. Pimp, deal, whatever. Learn what colors to wear. Gang banners. You can sell to one corner, but you can't sell another. Learn to be quiet. The wrong word can get you popped."

"Scott Glenn as Steve Gruwell"

"She can't even look at me because I look like my dad."

"Hilary Swank as Erin Gruwell"

"Imelda Staunton as Margaret Campbell"

"Gabriel Chavarria as Tito"

"Clive was my boy. He had my back plenty of times. Me and him was like one fist. One army. [Clive pulls a gun out of a paper bag and accidentally shoots himself] I sat there until the police came. But when they come, all they see is a dead body, a gun, and a nigger. They took me to juvenile hall. First night was the scariest. Inmates banging on the walls, throwing up gang signs, yelling out who they were and where they from. I cried my first night. I never let anybody know that. I spent the next few years in and out of cells. Every day I worry, when will I be free?"

"My PO doesn't understand that schools are like the city and the city is just like a prison."

"I was having trouble deciding what candy I wanted. Then I heard gunshots. I looked down to see that one of my friends had blood coming from his back and his mouth. The next day I pulled down my shirt and got strapped with a gun I found in an alley outside my house."

"April Hernandez Castillo as Eva Benitez (as April Lee Hernandez)"

"Our story. Our words."

"Their story their words."

"Pat Carroll as Miep Gies"

"John Benjamin Hickey as Brian Gelford"

"Robert Wisdom as Dr. Carl Cohn"