Winter's Bone (2010) quotes

Director
Debra Granik.

Cast
Jennifer Lawrence.
John Hawkes.
Garret Dillahunt.

An unflinching Ozark Mountain girl hacks through dangerous social terrain as she hunts down her drug-dealing father while trying to keep her family intact.

Maybe they’ll share some of that with us.
– Sonny
That could be.
– Ree
Maybe we should ask.
– Sonny
Never ask for what oughta be offered.
– Ree

Do we eat these parts?
– Sonny
Not yet…
– Ree

This fella with the money have a name?
– Ree
Shit no. Probably left that in his other pants.
– Satterfield

What are we ever gonna do with you, baby girl?
– Megan
Kill me I guess.
– Ree
That idea’s been said already. Got any others?
– Megan
Help me. Nobody’s said that idea yet, have they?
– Ree

Are you wanting to leave us?
– Sonny
I’d be lost without the weight of you two on my back. I ain’t goin’ anywhere.
– Ree

You know all those people, Teardrop. You could ask.
– Victoria
Shut up.
– Teardrop
None of them’s gonna be in a great big hurry to tangle with you.
– Victoria
I said shut up once already, with my mouth.
– Teardrop

Havin’ balls is good, boy. Don’t let ’em get you hurt.
– Blond Milton

What I really can’t stand is the way I feel ashamed… for dad.
– Ree
Well, he loved y’all. That’s where he went weak.
– Teardrop

You always have scared me.
– Ree
That’s cuz you’re smart.
– Teardrop

I didn’t shoot the other night cuz you were there in the truck. He never backed me down.
– Sheriff Baskin
It looked to me like he did.
– Ree
Don’t you let me hear that’s a story gettin’ around.
– Sheriff Baskin
I don’t talk much about you, man. Ever.
– Ree

He might be hangin’ around with Little Arthur and them. You think?
– Ree
You don’t wanna go around Little Arthur’s askin’ them people about anything they ain’t offered to talk about. That’s a real good way to end up et by hogs… or wishin’ you was.
– Teardrop