Riding in Cars with Boys (2001)

Mika Boorem: Beverly Donofrio - Age 11

Quotes 

• Mr. Leonard Donofrio : I'm telling you nicely, you're too young.

  Beverly (Age 11) : Pop, you can't negotiate my boobs. Whether I'm too young to have 'em or not, I got 'em. I'm a woman. It's just hard to see it through all these clothes.

  Mr. Leonard Donofrio : Quiet! The answer is no. Keep your mind on books, not boys.

  Jason : [narrating]  This is why therapists are wealthy, moments like this. Why didn't he just get her the bra? It's certainly cheaper than a bicycle. Ah, parents and the damage they can do. Sometimes it's endless. But she survived. You know what they say: that which doesn't kill you, makes you want to die. You see, if she was from the south she would have turned her life into a country song. But since she's from Connecticut, she turned it into a book.

• Beverly (Age 11) : For Christmas I'd like a bra, to enhance what I got, which is a lot more than that Melissa Thomas.

• Beverly (Age 11) : There on a wind-swept bluff, he stands waiting. The man of your dreams. The man that will love you more than anything else for the rest of your life.

  Janet Donofrio - Age 8 : Wow!

  Beverly (Age 11) : You run to each other. Your bodies, your lips, they're coming closer, and closer together, until finally, you kiss!