Curse of the Starving Class (1994)

Henry Thomas: Wesley Tate

Quotes 

• Wesley Tate : How come I'm going backwards?

  Emma Tate : Because you don't look ahead, that's why. You can't just believe people when they look you in the eyes. You have to look behind them. And see what they're standing in front of, what they're hiding. Everybody's hiding.

• Wesley Tate : [talking about their farm]  I ain't leaving.

  Ella Tate : We're all leaving. He sealed the deal, the whole enchilada. Over. Including your father.

  Wesley Tate : You're too late, you missed the boat. He already sold it.

  Ella Tate : What? Where is he? Couldn't sell a goddamn shoe-string.

• [last lines] 

  Wesley Tate : Long silence. No sound, so sight. Plain still hanging. Hearts still pounding. And no sound. Then mom, crying soft. Soft crying. And no sound. Then sofly crying, then moving around the house. Then, no moving. Then sofly crying and stopping. And far off, the freeway can be heard.

• Ella Tate : We're not rich, we're not poor.

  Wesley Tate : What are we, then?

  Ella Tate : Somewhere in between.