Jesse Aarons
Leslie Burke
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[Jesse tries to hand Leslie the fake letter to Janice Avery] You have to write. Boy’s handwriting sucks. No offense.
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[on the ride back from church, about Christianity] You have to believe it, and you hate it. I don't have to believe it, and I think it's beautiful.
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Jack Aarons: She brought you something special when she came here, didn't she? That's what you hold on to. That's how you keep her alive.
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[Leslie has ketchup all over her face]
Jesse Aarons: What happened to you?
Leslie Burke: Janice Avery is a very talented person. She can shoot ketchup packets over four rows of seats.
Jesse Aarons:
[snickers] Jeez.
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Jesse: That's what Leslie Burke says, she told me to keep my mind wide open.
Ms. Edmonds: Leslie Burke is right. With a mind like yours wide open, you could create a whole new world.
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Scott Hoager: So I guess you're the fastest kid in school now, huh?
[Jesse makes a fist at him]
Scott Hoager: It's a joke, dude!
[punches him hard into a wall]
Scott Hoager: Are you nuts?!
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Leslie: I don't think God goes around damning people to hell.
Jesse: Why not?
Leslie: Because He's too busy running all this!
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Leslie: My dad says that TV kills your brain cells.
Scott Hoager: Your dad doesn't know anything. We watch TV, like every day!
Leslie: I rest my case.
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Jesse: It's just that you're a good builder... for a girl.
Leslie: Yeah, well you're pretty good at art... for a boy!
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Jesse:
[crying] Is it like bible says? Is she going to hell?
Jack Aarons:
[shakes head] I don’t know everything about God. But I do know he’s not gonna sent that little girl to hell.
Jesse:
[sobs] Then I'm going to hell because it's all my fault!
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Jesse: Hey, guys.
May Belle: See? I told you.
Mary: Oh, my God, Jess.
[hugs him] [sobs]
Jack: Where in God's name have you been?
Mary: Where have you been?
Jesse: Mom... I asked you. It wasn't like--
Brenda: We thought you were dead.
Jack: Brenda, hush.
Jesse: Dead? What's going on?
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Jack: Your friend Leslie's dead. She drowned in a creek this morning. Apparently, she tried to swing across on a rope, but it broke. They think she hit her head.
Jesse: No. No, it... it's... It's not that kind of rope. It... It... It couldn't break. It wouldn't have.
Jack: But it did.
[gets up from the chair and tries to comfort him] I'm sorry, son.
Jesse:
[backs away] No, you're lying. She's not even dead! You're lying!
[throws the book to the floor and runs out of the house to find Leslie, only to find the police at her place, believing she's really dead]
Mary: Jess!
[sobs]