Kodi Smit-McPhee credited as playing...
- Owen: Are you a vampire?
- Abby: I need blood to live.
- Owen: But how old are you, really?
- Abby: Twelve. But... I've been twelve for a very long time.
- Abby: [touching Owen's bandaged cheek] What happened there?
- Owen: Just some kids from school. Where do you go to school anyway? I've never seen you...
- [interrupted]
- Abby: [interrupting Owen] Owen, listen.
- Owen: What?
- Abby: You have to hit back. You have to hit back hard.
- Owen: I can't. There's three of them.
- Abby: Then you have to hit back even harder. Hit them harder than you dare and then they will stop.
- Owen: What if they hit me back?
- Abby: You have a knife.
- Owen: Yeah, and what if that doesn't stop them?
- Abby: Then I'll help you.
- Abby: Owen, do you like me?
- Owen: Yeah. A lot.
- Abby: Would you still like me... even if I wasn't a girl?
- Owen: What do you mean? I don't know. I guess. Why?
- Abby: No reason.
- Owen: Do you want to go steady?
- Abby: What do you mean?
- Owen: Do you want to be my girlfriend?
- Abby: Owen, I'm not a girl.
- Owen: You're not a girl? What are you?
- Abby: I'm nothing.
- Owen: You know, it's ok if you don't want to be my girlfriend. You don't have to make stuff up.
- Abby: Can't we just keep things the way they are?
- Owen: Yeah, fine. Whatever.
- Owen: How old are you?
- Abby: Twelve... more or less. How old are you?
- Owen: Twelve years, eight months, and nine days.
- Abby: What are you doing?
- Owen: Nothing. What are you doing?
- Abby: Nothing.
- Abby: You know, I really want to be left alone.
- Owen: Me too.
- Abby: So leave.
- Owen: You leave! I've lived here longer than you.
- Owen: [to his father on phone] Do you think there's such a thing as evil?
- Abby: Just so you know, I can't be your friend.
- Owen: Why not?
- Abby: That's just the way it is.
- Owen: Well, who said I wanted to be your friend? Idiot.
- Owen: Look, it's so cool!
- [shows Abby Morse Code]
- Owen: We can talk to each other through the wall!
- Abby: Can you hear me through the wall?
- Owen: Only sometimes.
- Abby: Did you hear anything the other night?
- Owen: A little. What was your dad so mad about? Where's your mom?
- Abby: My mom is dead.
- Owen: My mom and dad are getting a divorce.
- Owen: You smell kind of funny.
- [pauses]
- Owen: Aren't you cold?
- Abby: I don't really get cold.
- Kenny: What are you going to do with that?
- Owen: [holding metal pole] I'm going to hit you with it if you try something.
- Owen: [after Owen gives Abby the Morse Code] Tap-tap-tap-tap... pause... tap-tap.
- [Hi]
- Abby: Tap-tap-tap-tap... pause... tap-tap.
- [Hi]
- Owen: When is your birthday?
- Abby: I don't know.
- Owen: You don't celebrate your birthday? Don't get birthday presents?
- Owen: I want to go! Are you going to let me?
- Abby: I told you we couldn't be friends.
- Owen: [singing] Eat some now. Save some for later.
- Owen: You kill people.
- Abby: I do it because I have to.
- Owen: Are you scared little girl?
- Owen: What are you? Really?
