All We Had (2016)

Stefania LaVie Owen: Ruthie Carmichael

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• Ruthie Carmichael : Mister, superheroes don't fly or look like Jesus. They drive broken-down cars. They take their kids with them no matter where they go or how bad things get, and sometimes they make mistakes just like anyone else.

• Ruthie Carmichael : [narrating]  I was the one who always knew when it was time to leave. Eventually, all of my mother's boyfriends turned out to be creeps. We did what we always did. We took what we could and ran. This was me - and my mom.

• Ruthie Carmichael : When you live this close to the bottom, calling the cops doesn't do any good.

• Ruthie Carmichael : [narrating]  Bullies exist in every town. Big and small. People hate what they don't understand.

• Peter Pam : Really smart people usually end up killing themselves. Which is sort of like not finishing a book after you've started. The right ending can make the whole story fall into place. You just have to keep reading.

  Ruthie Carmichael : I don't even know what you just said...

• Ruthie Carmichael : [narrating]  To me, the hanging tooth felt like rock bottom.

• Ruthie Carmichael : [narrating]  My mom was better at loving men than choosing them. With every new town came a new boyfriend.

• Rita Carmichael : You'd make a great president, Ruthie. You know, with you as president, we wouldn't even need a vice president.

  Ruthie Carmichael : Sure, mom.