Where the Heart Is Quotes

Lexie Coop: Americus? What kind of a name is Americus?
Novalee Nation: I wanted her to have a strong name.
Lexie Coop: Well, I guess I shouldn't talk. I named my kids after snack foods: Brownie, Praline, Cherry and Baby Ruth.

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Mama Lil: You got a man?
Novalee Nation: No.
Mama Lil: Then where is the prick who put you in this mess?
Novalee Nation: California.
Mama Lil: That figures. All the pricks move to California. They oughta call it Prickafornia.

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Novalee Nation: You hear that? That little bom-bom-bom? That's where the heart is.

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Novalee Nation: I ain't never lived in a house that didn't have wheels on it.

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Ruth Meyers: Jesus Christ, another guitar player. What's your name?
Willy Jack Pickens: Willie Jack Pickens.
Ruth Meyers: I bet you didn't even have to make that up, did you?
Willy Jack Pickens: What?
Ruth Meyers: So, you just carry that guitar around to keep your balance?
Willy Jack Pickens: You want me to play?
Ruth Meyers: What the **** do you think I want you to do, call bingo? One tune; your best shot.
Willy Jack Pickens: Well, I wrote this one myself.
Ruth Meyers: I have goosebumps already.

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Thelma 'Sister' Husband: [answers the door] Yes?
Religious Man: Ma'am, we've come here today to give the word of God to the Wal-mart baby, and to her young unmarried mother.
Religious Woman: We drove all the way up from Midnight, Mississippi.
Thelma 'Sister' Husband: Well, you folks could have saved yourselves a trip because the word of God has been in this house for a very long time. [slams door in their faces]

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