"The whole universe depends on everything fitting together just right. If one piece busts, even the smallest piece... the entire universe will get busted."

"Everybody loses the thing that made them. It's even how it's supposed to be in nature. The brave men stay and watch it happen, they don't run."

"Lemme tell you somethin', when you're a child people tell you that everything's gonna be all hunky-dory and all that bullshit, but I'm here to tell you that it's not. So get that out your head right now. Life's some big old feast, yeah, but you? You ain't nothin' but a stupid little waitress. Everything you got on your platter gonna fall on the floor and ain't nobody gonna be there to pick it up for you. Someday it's all gonna be on you."

"I hope you die and after you die I'll go to your grave and eat birthday cake all by myself."

"Strong animals know when your hearts are weak."

"I see that I am a little piece of a big, big universe, and that makes it right."

"Quvenzhané Wallis - Hushpuppy and Narrator"

"All the time, everywhere, everything's hearts are beating and squirting, and talking to each other the ways I can't understand. Most of the time they probably be saying: I'm hungry, or I gotta poop. [listening to bird's heartbeat] But sometimes they be talkin' in codes."

"Philip Lawrence - Dr. Maloney"

"When daddy kill me I won't be forgotten. I'm recording my story for the scientists in the future. In a million years, when kids go to school, they gonna know: Once there was a Hushpuppy, and she lived with her daddy in The Bathtub."

"Dwight Henry - Wink"

"Blake Lindsley - Laura White"

"Ming Lo - Clerk"

"Robin Weigert - Susan Fernbach"

"Helen Hunt - Cheryl Cohen-Greene"

"William H. Macy - Father Brendan"

"BASED ON THE TRIUMPHANT TRUE STORY"

"[to Mark O'Brien] It's amazing to me how often God is brought into the sex act. I understand even among non-believers the most common expression of sexual ecstasy is "Oh, God!""

"Moon Bloodgood - Vera"

"THE FESTIVAL HIT OF THE YEAR!"

"[to Amanda] I'm interested in the opinion of an asshole."

"[to Father Brendan] My penis speaks to me, Father Brendan."

"Annika Marks - Amanda"

"Holy Mother of God, what are "body awareness exercises"?"

"Rhea Perlman - Mikvah lady"

"James Martinez - Matt"

"Rusty Schwimmer - Joan"

"[to Mark O'Brien] It was penis-vagina all the way. And you definitely get an A for orgasm."

"Adam Arkin - Josh"

"W. Earl Brown - Rod"

"Jennifer Kumiyama - Carmen"

"John Hawkes - Mark O'Brien"

"Roberto Gari - Ancient Jew"

"Jacob Green - Young Danny"

"Joshua Harto - Kyle"

"Elizabeth Reaser - Miriam"

"Summer Phoenix - Carla Moebius"

"Ronald Guttman - Mr. Balint"

"Heather Goldenhersh - Linda"

"Theresa Russell - Lina Moebius"

"Ryan Gosling - Daniel "Danny" Balint"

"Garret Dillahunt - Billings"