Quotes
Mama Lil: You got a man?
Novalee Nation: No.
Mama Lil: Well, where is the prick who put you in this mess?
Novalee Nation: California.
Mama Lil: That figures. All the pricks move to California. They should just call it Prickafornia.
Novalee Nation: I ain't never lived in a house that didn't have wheels on it.
Thelma 'Sister' Husband: Dear Lord, we ask that you bless this food to the nourishment of our bodies. And we ask forgiveness, Lord, for the fornication that Mr. Sprock and me committed this morning on this very table.
Novalee Nation: I think I might be pregnant. You remember that guy I told you about last month?
Lexie Coop: The good-lookin' mechanic?
Novalee Nation: I don't know what's wrong with me. I didn't even want to be with him.
Lexie Coop: Didn't he use anything?
Novalee Nation: Just me.
Ruth Meyers: Jesus Christ, another guitar player. What's your name?
Willy Jack Pickens: Willy Jack Pickens.
Ruth Meyers: I bet you didn't even have to make that up, did you?
Willy Jack Pickens: What?
Ruth Meyers: So, you just carry that guitar around to keep your balance?
Willy Jack Pickens: You want me to play?
Ruth Meyers: What the fuck do you think I want you to do, call bingo? One tune; your best shot.
Willy Jack Pickens: Well, I wrote this one myself.
Ruth Meyers: I have goosebumps already.
Thelma 'Sister' Husband: Harry, we're alcoholics, we're generally satisfied to hurt ourselves.
Novalee Nation: I lied because I thought you deserved something better.
Forney Hull: Something better than you? Novalee, nothing could be better than you.
Novalee Nation: You tell them that our lives can change with every breath we take. We both know that. And you tell them to let go of what's gone. Because men like Roger Briscoe never win. And you tell them to hold on like hell to what they've got. Each other, and a mother who would die for them, and almost did. You tell them we've all got meanness in us, but we've got goodness too. And the only thing worth living for is the good. That is why we've got to make sure we pass it on.