Janey Carver: A person's body is his temple.
Janey Carver: Mikey's been out of it since the day he was born.
Philip Edwards: Perhaps you find in books what I try to find in people.
Elena Hood: That sounds vaguely like an insult.
Ben Hood: The only big fight we've had in years is about whether to go back into couples therapy.
Philip Edwards: Sometimes the shepherd needs the comfort of the sheep.
Elena Hood: I'm going to try hard not to understand the implications of that.
Janey Carver: Mikey have you heard the explosions coming from the back yard?
Mikey Carver: ...I dunno.
Janey Carver: Do you know what you brothers been up to?
Mikey Carver: I... I dunno.
Wendy Hood: I'll show you mine if you show me yours.
Ben Hood: Well, that's the whole point of the holidays, Paul. So you and your sister can mope around the house, and your mother and I can wait on your hand and foot, while the two of you occasionally grunt for more food from behind the hair in your faces. Believe it or not, we actually enjoy it.