- Leslie Burke: [speaking about the Bible] You have to believe it, and you hate it. I don't have to believe it, and I think it's beautiful.
- Jesse Aarons: [crying] Is it like the Bible says? Is she going to Hell?
- Jack Aarons: I don't know everything about God, but I do know he's not going to send that little girl to Hell.
- Jesse Aarons: [sobs] Then I'm going to Hell, because it's all my fault.
- Jack Aarons: Don't you think that, even for a minute.
- Bill Burke: You know, the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing. That's Teddy Roosevelt said that, not me.
- Jack Aarons: She brought you something special when she came here, didn't she? That's what you hold onto. That's how you keep her alive.
- Jesse Aarons: How come you're so good at that?
- Leslie Burke: Good at what?
- Jesse Aarons: Building stuff. I mean, you're really good at it for a girl.
- Leslie Burke: Same way I'm fast... for a girl.
- Jesse Aarons: You know what I mean.
- Leslie Burke: You're pretty good at art, for a boy.
- Jesse Aarons: Okay, okay, truce.
- Mrs. Myers: When my husband died, people kept telling me not to cry. People kept trying to help me to forget. But, I didn't wanna forget.
- [sniffles]
- Mrs. Myers: Excuse me.
- [chuckles]
- Mrs. Myers: The things that girl came up with. I don't get students like her too often. So I realize, that if it's hard for me, how much harder it must be for you.
- Jesse Aarons: That's what Leslie Burke says. She told me to keep my mind wide open.
- Ms. Edmonds: Leslie Burke is right. Mind like yours wide open, you could create a whole new world.
- Leslie Burke: What if you don't have a TV?
- [the class laughs]
- Leslie Burke: My dad says the TV kills brain cells.
- Scott Hoager: Your dad doesn't know anything. We watch TV like every day!
- Leslie Burke: I rest my case.
- Mrs. Myers: Well then, Leslie, you don't have to write this essay. You can pick something else to write about.
- Scott Hoager: Yeah, like how to live in a cave!
- Leslie Burke: I seriously do not think God goes around damning people to hell. He's too busy running all this!
- Leslie Burke: You're lucky to have a sister.
- Jesse Aarons: Yeah, I got four of 'em, and I'd trade 'em all for a good dog.
- Leslie Burke: Write, "Dear Janice..."
- Jesse Aarons: You do it.
- Leslie Burke: No way. Boys' handwriting sucks. No offense. It's gotta be you.
- Scott Hoager: So, looks like you're the fastest kid in the class now, huh?
- [Jesse stands and turns]
- Scott Hoager: It's a joke, dude!
- [punches him hard into a wall]
- Scott Hoager: Are you nuts?
- Jesse Aarons: [to Leslie about going into the bathroom to talk to Janice Avery] What's the matter? A girl who can stand up to a giant troll is afraid of some dumb eighth grader?
- Jesse Aarons: [squogres come] Where are Terabithian warriors when you need 'em?
- Leslie Burke: I don't know!
- Jesse Aarons: [Terabithian warrior comes] Great! Now there's three of us!
- May Belle Aarons: Alexandra! My daddy gave me Twinkies. And neither one squished 'cause I didn't put 'em next to my drink.
- Jesse Aarons: May Belle. I'd shut up about those Twinkies if I were you.
- May Belle Aarons: You're just mad 'cause I got some and you didn't.
- Jesse Aarons: Whatever. Just don't come cryin' to me when you lose them.
- May Belle Aarons: I'm gonna eat 'em, not lose 'em.
- Leslie Burke: ...I check my air. I don't have as much time as I need to see everything, but that is what makes it so special.
- Jesse Aarons: Look, the Squogre and the Vulture.
- Gary Fulcher: Hey, here he comes.
- Leslie Burke: And a guy who can stand up to a squogre is scared of a Hoager?
- Jesse Aarons: [pauses, then walks up to Ms. Edmunds's car] Ms. Edmunds?
- Ms. Edmonds: [gasps] He speaks!
- Mrs. Myers: Be forewarned. If you download any essay off of the internet, you will be downloaded into detention.
- Jack Aarons: Your friend, Leslie's dead. She drowned in the creek this morning. Eventually, she tried to swing across on the rope, and it broke. They think she hit her head.
- Jesse Aarons: [stutters] No. No, it... it's... It's not that kind of rope. It... It... It couldn't break. It wouldn't have.
- Jack Aarons: But it did.
- [gets up to comfort him]
- Jack Aarons: I'm sorry, son.
- Jesse Aarons: [tearfully] No, you're lying. She's not even dead! You're lying!
- [throws his book to the floor and runs outside]
- Mary Aarons: Jess!
- Jesse Aarons: May Belle, how many times have I told you to stay out of my stuff!
- May Belle Aarons: It wasn't me!
- Jesse Aarons: It was to you!
- May Belle Aarons: You can't prove it!
- [after he helped May Belle up from the log bridge]
- Jesse Aarons: What were you thinking?
- May Belle Aarons: I was worried about you.
- Jesse Aarons: Well, don't be. I don't want you here!
- [angrily jumps in front of her]
- May Belle Aarons: But I wanna come with you.
- Jesse Aarons: This is our place, go home! This is our place!
- [May Belle starts to follow Jesse, but he stops and grows furious]
- Jesse Aarons: I said go *home*!
- [Jess then furiously pushes May Belle, her feelings start to hurt. He then storms off and May Belle runs off in tears]
- [after Janice tripped over on the school bus]
- Kenny - Bus Driver: What's the problem?
- Janice Avery: Jess Aarons tripped me! On purpose!
- Kenny - Bus Driver: [to Jess] Okay, Aarons, hit the road.
- Leslie Burke: He didn't do anything.
- Kenny - Bus Driver: Go.
- [Jess then gets off the bus, getting a look at Janice with it]