- Pam Hobbs: My son is eight years old! He sleeps with a night light on, he did not run away from home!
- Margaret Lax: The police seem so certain, are you sure you wanna do this?
- Ron Lax: Yes. Yes I am.
- Margaret Lax: It's just that sometimes you take these things so personally. You know, you lose perspective. You get obsessed.
- Ron Lax: That's right, Magggie. When I see something like this happen, when I see a town lose three of its children, and they sacrifice three more for revenge, then I do take it personally.
- Ron Lax: But if these three boys are innocent, would you want three families to lose their children too?
- Ron Lax: Come on, Jerry. All that occult crime, Satanic panic stuff's been studied by the FBI and they said it's all smoke and no fire.
- Jerry Driver: I know what I've seen with my own two eyes, and I'm telling you evidence of occult activity was everywhere that summer.
- Judge David Burnett: I'm not gonna allow you to drag in every possible suspect unless you've got something to tie those persons to some event in this case!
- Judge David Burnett: And I'll repeat, I am acutely aware there's a great deal of emotion involved, and this court will not tolerate any verbal outburst, any display of emotion, whatsoever!
- Chris Morgan: Last time I've seen Stevie was about a year and half ago, when I sold him some ice cream. I'm sure I sold ice cream to all three of those boys.
- Terry Hobbs: [Looks out the car window] I don't see the boy.
- Pam Hobbs: Well when you do, tell him he's grounded. Two weeks.
- [first lines]
- Stevie Branch: [sings] Well, that's all right, mama / That's all right for you / That's all right, mama, just any way you do.
