- Sheila Jackson: [Coming out of a depression-fueled daze] What time is it? Are you skipping school because of me?
- Debbie Gallagher: I didn't wanna go anyway. All anybody ever does is try to copy off me, but no-one wants to sit with me at lunch. Everybody's mean. Middleschool's stupid. Mean girls suck.
- Sheila Jackson: My daughter's a mean girl. I don't know how it happened.
- Debbie Gallagher: It's not your fault.
- Sheila Jackson: But I'm her mother.
- Debbie Gallagher: If how we turn out is all about how our mother is, then I'm pretty screwed. Right?