- [first lines]
- Martin Steckert: The cabin was just home. Just me, my father. And he died, and it was just me.
- Martin Steckert: Up there by the lake there was no need to earn anything. You don't owe, you don't need. You just live.
- Hitchhiker: Just asking if you're going to be a policeman like your old man here?
- Martin: Yeah, yeah, a policeman or a violinist.
- Hitchhiker: [caught driving police car] Boy you guys sure take your speeding seriously in this Province.
- Dr. Mennen: Most kids grow up with "don't fight me", "do your homework", "eat your dinner", "keep off the grass". Now for the first time this kid has found somebody who doesn't give a shit about the rules. A friend who probably listens to him, who scares him, he likes him, and who definitely never says, "what the hell do you know, you're just a kid". They both broke out of prison.
- Lt. Lardner: Yeah well, how come they're having such a great time and we're not?
- Dr. Mennen: Because it's our job to put them back in.
- [last lines]
- Martin Steckert: You promised to come and visit me, now.
- Martin: [yes]
- Martin Steckert: Is that a deal?
- Martin: Hard, fast deal.
- Martin Steckert, Martin: [starting to sing] I took my hat and fourteen dollars / and I went through all the troubles / of the life that always follows. / When you're rich and huntin' romance / But my huntin' days are over I can tell you that...
- Martin Steckert: [about Karen's daughter] She is cute.
- Karen: Now she is cute. Just give her 10 minutes
- [meaning, once the daughter gets acquainted, she will show what a menace she really is]
- Martin: [about Karen] You know, I bet she would have helped us, if she could.
- Martin Steckert: In 10 years, you can work up one hell of a pile of sweet dreams.
- Martin: 10 years?
- Martin Steckert: Every vacation has its last day. Now go on. Go!
- Martin: You could put the gun to my head, Like you did at school. They wouldn't shoot. We could go on.
- Martin Steckert: Listen, martin. Martin, they know about us now. That's why they're here. Because they know. They know I wouldn't hurt you, kid. So putting the gun to your head Just wouldn't work anymore.
- Martin: But...
- Martin Steckert: martin. They know I couldn't pull the trigger. They know. They know that I love you, kid.