"[narrating] This notion is not a new one but this time it is a definite plan which we intend to carry out. We have worked it out carefully and are both thrilled by the idea. Naturally we feel a trifle nervous, but the pleasure of anticipation is great."

"[from her diary] My new year's resolution is a far more selfish one than last year. It is to make my motto, eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow, you may be dead."

"[narrating] We realized why Deborah and I have such extraordinary telepathy and why people treat us and look at us the way they do. It is because we are MAD. We are both stark raving MAD!"

"[voiceover, from her diary] We have decided how sad it is for others that they cannot appreciate our genius."

"She is most unreasonable. Why could not mother die? Dozens of people are dying all the time, thousands, so why not mother? And father too."

"P. J. Soles - Suzy"

"Amy Wright - Nancy"

"Hart Bochner - Rod"

"Robyn Douglass - Katherine"

"Paul Dooley - Raymond Stoller"

"Jackie Earle Haley - Moocher"

"Daniel Stern - Cyril"

"Dennis Quaid - Mike"

"Dennis Christopher - Dave Stoller"

"The movie that tells you exactly what you can do with your high school diploma!"

"Somewhere between growing up and settling down..."

"You know, I used to think I was a really great quarterback in high school. Still think so, too. Can't even bring myself to light a cigarette 'cause I keep thinkin' I gotta stay in shape. You know what really gets me, though? I mean, here I am, I gotta live in this stinkin' town, and I gotta read in the newspapers about some hot-shot kid, new star of the college team. Every year, it's gonna be a new one. Every year it's never gonna be me. I'm just gonna be Mike. Twenty year-old Mike. Thirty year-old Mike. Old, mean old man Mike. These college kids out here - they're never gonna get old or out of shape 'cause new ones come along every year. And they're gonna keep calling us 'Cutters'. To them, it's just a dirty word. To me, it's just somethin' else I never got a chance to be."

"I was sure I was going to get that scholarship. My dad of course was sure I wasn't. When I didn't, he was real understanding, you know. He loves to do that. He loves to be understanding when I fail."

"I was proud of my work. And the buildings went up. When they were finished the damnedest thing happened. It was like the buildings were too good for us. Nobody told us that. It just felt uncomfortable, that's all."

"[to Dave] What's the matter? What are you cryin' for? I think you lost your wallet or something. I didn't want you to be this miserable. A little bit's all I asked for."

"No, I don't feel lucky to be alive! I feel lucky I'm not dead. There's a difference."

"Accept me as I am. Only then can we discover each other."

"Guido Alberti - Pace, il produttore"