18 'Hope Floats' Quotes That Everyone Will Remember

In the 1998 film Hope Floats, directed by Forest Whitaker, Birdee Pruitt (played by Sandra Bullock) returns home to Smithville, Texas, to start a fresh chapter of her life with her daughter Bernice (played by Mae Whitman). The storyline addresses love, loss, heartache, and the complexities of a mother-daughter relationship with an all-star cast. Here are a few of the most memorable lines from the movie.

• "Mothers always love their daughters, even if they show it poorly." -Ramona Calvert to Birdee Pruitt
• "Childhood is what you spend the rest of your life trying to overcome." -Birdee Pruitt
• "Oh, I like all of God's creatures; I just like some of them better stuffed. And he's one of them." Ramona Calvert about Bill Pruitt

• "My life has no big meaning or direction or purpose, and I’m happy." –Ramona Calvert

• "People fall in love. They fall right back out. it happens all the time." - Birdee Pruitt
• "Childhood is what you spend the rest of your life trying to overcome. That’s what Momma always says." - Birdee Pruitt

• "The harder I tried to be what he wanted me to be, the less I saw in his eyes. And then one day I looked and I was gone." - Birdee Pruitt
• "You know, I always thought I was gonna be, I don't know, special. But I'm not. I'm just an ordinary person. And that's okay, because you make me special." - Birdee Pruitt

• "What can I say, Mama? I am my own crown of thorns." - Birdee Pruitt to Ramona Calvert
• "Do you always say what’s on your mind, or is it just my lucky day?" -Justin Matisee to Birdee Bruitt
• "Boy, she had a face on her like a bucket of worms." - Ramona Calvert

• "At home we had a pet skunk. Mama used to call it Justin Matisse. Do you think that's just a coincidence? All day long she would scream, 'You stink Justin Matisse!' Then one day she just picked up a club and killed it." - Bernice Pruitt to Justin Matisse

• "Once upon a time, your mama knew what it meant to shine." -Birdee Pruitt to Bernice Pruitt
• "Is this where you were 'cream of corn'?" -Bernice Pruitt " 'Queen of Corn,' honey. Three years runnin'. A feat unsurpassed in the history of Smithville." -Birdee Pruitt
• Mom, are you gonna marry Justin Matisse?... I just don't want to be known as Bernice Matisse!" - Bernice Pruitt to Birdee Pruitt