Boys Don't Cry quotes Flashcards
Dante seeing Emma’s impact on his dad
‘took enough pictures to fill a dozen photo albums. It was just like old times’
‘It made me smile to watch him at work with his camera again’
Dante starting to accept baby Emma
went from addressing her as ‘it’ to calling her by her real name, ‘Emma’.
Melanie when dumping Emma on Dante
“she’s your child too, and it’s your turn’.
Adam being reminded of his mum when Emma comforts him
‘she kissed Adams cheek’
‘And what made it hurt so much was that it was exactly like when Mum used to hold me.’
Joshs attack on Adam
uses derogatory terms, such as ‘Queer’ and ‘Poof’.
The repeated punches at Adam leaves him ‘unrecognisable’.
Dante nervous about his future
‘I must admit, I didn’t expect to be so nervous’
‘My whole future rested on a slip of paper’
‘One sheet of paper was going to change the rest of my life’
Dante’s father wishing him well
‘Good luck today. Hope you get what you want and need.’
Ironic, because he ends up not needing his A-level results.
Adam about sexuality
‘What are you so scared of? What I am isn’t contagious’
Tyler about responsibility
‘You want to play grown up games? Well, this right here is what comes along with it’
Melanie to Dante
‘Dante, you’re the dad. Emma is our daughter’
