Hero Boy Quotes in The Polar Express (2004)

[last lines]

Hero Boy: At one time most of my friends could hear the bell, but as years passed it fell silent for all of them. Even Sarah found one Christmas that she could no longer hear its sweet sound. Though I've grown old the bell still rings for me, as it does for all who truly believe.

[first lines]

Hero Boy: On Christmas Eve many years ago I laid quietly in my bed. I did not rustle the sheets, I breathed slowly and silently. I was listening for a sound I was afraid I'd never hear: the sound of Santa's sleigh bells.

Hobo: That skirt you're chasing must've moved on ahead. We got to high tail it to the hog, pronto!

Hero Boy: The hog?

Hobo: The engine. The engine, you tenderfoot. We've got to make it before we hit Flat-Top Tunnel.

Hero Boy: Why?

Hobo: [sighs] So many questions. There's but one inch of clearance between the roof of this rattler and the top of Flat-Top Tunnel. Savvy?