MJ Quotes in Free Ride (2013)

[Christina picks her kids up from school to drive them to Florida]

Christina: Come on, get in. I'm going to need a co-pilot.

[Christina holds the maps up to her oldest daughter MJ]

Christina: I'll be damned if I'm going to take any lame asses across state line. We either do this together or not at all.

Shell: I'm not a lame ass.

MJ: Why are we going to Florida?

Christina: [Christina takes off her sunglasses and shows MJ the bruises her boyfriend gave her] I called Sandy. She said she could get me a job. It's as simple as that.

MJ: Does Grandma know?

Christina: I'll tell her when we get there. I need to get down there and make some money first. I'm not going to sit here and listen to her tell me what a fucking loser I am for having to move us back in her house. You're either in or you're out.

[MJ takes the maps]

Christina: Travellin' '77 south.

[Christina and her daughters lay together for bed in the back seat of the car while on their way to Florida]

Christina: Lock your doors. We wouldn't want some trucker crawling in here looking for a warm bed full of ladies.

MJ: Yeah, sure you wouldn't.

Shell: Good night, John-Boy.

Christina: It's not going to be forever.

MJ: What if it sucks?

Christina: Then we go back to Grandma's.

Shell: Is it just going to be the three of us?

Christina: Just the three of us.

MJ: Do you promise?

Christina: Yeah, I promise.

Shell: Good night, John-Boy.

MJ: Good night, Elizabeth.

Christina: Good night, Mary Ellen.

[MJ and Shell walk back to their motel room from the store]

MJ: Where did you get that?

Shell: What?

MJ: That gum in your mouth.

Shell: Um... Back there.

MJ: Back where?

Shell: In the store.

MJ: We didn't buy any gum, Shell.

Shell: Well, I couldn't hold it, so I put it in my pocket and I forgot it was there.

MJ: Spit it out.

[MJ holds her hand out]

MJ: Spit it out.

[Shell spits the gum into MJ's hand]

MJ: Okay, we're going to go back, and you're going to tell the story lady you stole it. She'll probably make you give something back.

Shell: Why?

MJ: We're not trash, Shell. We don't steal.

Shell: I didn't mean to.

MJ: Okay, but you did. Come on.

Shell: This sucks.

MJ: Sorry, bud.

[MJ and Shell lay together on the back of the horse while looking up at the stars]

Shell: Why do some look bigger than others?

MJ: I don't know.

Shell: Why are some brighter?

MJ: Maybe they were born that way.

Shell: Why?

MJ: God wanted it that way, I guess.

Shell: I don't think so. I think they were all born bright, and then after a while, all the stuff around them, dust and stuff, covered them up. So you just can't see them. But they're still bright underneath. It's still there if you look closely.

MJ: That's why you're going to be the doctor and I'm going to ride horses.

Tom: Come here! What did you do with Sue?

MJ: I didn't touch her, I swear!

Tom: I don't believe you!

MJ: Please, for God's sake! She's a girl!