- Young Jack: I guess you never know if the last time you see someone is going to be the last time you ever see someone.
- [first lines]
- Jack McCall: My name is Jack McCall. If you can hear me, what you're listening to is not the sound of my voice. It's the sound of my inner voice, the one inside my head. I'd like to talk to you, but I can't. Because if I say just one more sentence out loud... I'll die.
- Jack McCall: [last words at his father's grave before all the leaves fall off the tree] I forgive you.
- Aaron Wiseberger: I went to community college, and that was only because my grandma was sleeping with the dean.
- Jack McCall: [testing the tree by singing...] I want my baby-back, baby-back, baby-back, I want my baby-back, baby-back ribs!
- Aaron Wiseberger: [speaking for Jack at a business meeting] I'm Aaron Wiseberger! You better recognize, son!