"CAN I GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT?"

"Hi, Joey,” she said. “I’m your mom.”

"You are a handful at times.”

"Mrs. Maxy, I ate my key!”

"...OR IF IT WAS JUST THE EVERYDAY SADNESS OF HER LIFE WITH ME."

"Welcome. Our place looks like a tornado’s just hit.”

“All of you in the room have the power to change the world for the better.”

"I’m the one that’s messed, not you.”

"MY MOM IS NOT THE PROBLEM. I AM."

"IT WAS IF MY LIFE WAS TRAPPED BETWEEN TWO WORDS: RUN OR STAY."

"THAT'S ONE OF THE DIFFERENCES...I KNOW HOW TO KEEP MY MOUTH SHUT."

"SPECIAL ED SAID I MIGHT GET MAD AT HER SOMEDAY AND HE WAS RIGHT."

"I HAD AN IDEA ABOUT WHAT I WANTED TO FIND IN PITTSBURGH."

"..., BECAUSE I HADN'T SEEN MOM LOOK NICE AT A MAN EVER.

"IF YOU CAN DO IT, THEN MAYBE HAROLD CAN TOO, SOMEDAY."