Spanglish

Evelyn Wright: "We have to talk."
Deborah Clasky: "Mother, are you buzzed?"
Evelyn Wright: "No. I quit drinking weeks ago! No one noticed, but I guess that's a pretty good indicator that I conducted myself quite well when I was drunk. But this isn't about me right now."

Deborah: "How are you nicer than me?"
John: "You didn't set the bar that high."

"Worrying about your kids is sanity, and being that sane... can drive you nuts."

"They should name a gender after you... looking at you doesn't do it, staring is the only way that makes sense... and trying not to blink so you don't miss anything... and all of that and you're you... it's just that you are drop dead crazy gorgeous... so much so, that I'm actually considering looking at you again before we finish up here..."

"Lately, your low self-esteem is just good common sense."
[to Deborah]

"I've been overwhelmed by your encouragement to apply to your university and your list of scholarships available to me. Though, as I hope this essay shows, your acceptance, while it would thrill me, will not define me. My identity rests firmly and happily on one fact: I am my mother's daughter. Thank you, Cristina Moreno."

John Clasky: "I know. I know."
Cristina: "Yo sé. Yo sé."
John Clasky: "Aw shit!"
Cristina: "Ay mierda!"

"Is what you want for yourself, to become someone very different than me?"