The Polar Express

"On Christmas Eve many years ago I laid quietly in my bed. I did not rustle the sheets, I breathed slowly and silently. I was listening for a sound I was afraid I'd never hear: the sound of Santa's sleigh bells."
[Hero Boy]

Hobo: "One more thing... do you believe in ghosts?"
[The Boy shakes his head no]
Hobo: "Interesting..."

Hobo: "What exactly is... is your persuasion on the Big Man, since you brought him up?"
The Boy: "Well, I... I want to believe... but..."
Hobo: "But you don't want to be bamboozled. You don't want to be led down the primrose path! You don't want to be conned or duped. Have the wool pulled over your eyes. Hoodwinked! You don't want to be taken for a ride. Railroaded! ... Seeing is believing. Am I right?"

Hero Girl: "It says 'lead', like a lead balloon."
The Conductor: "I believe that also spells 'lead', as in leading others. [salutes] Follow you anywhere, ma'am."

"I've wanted to do that my whole life!"
[after he sounded the train whistle]

"That's more like it."
[The Conductor]

Hobo: "That skirt you're chasing must've moved on ahead. We got to high tail it to the hog, pronto!"
Hero Boy: "The hog?"
Hobo: "The engine. The engine, you tenderfoot. We've got to make it before we hit Flat-Top Tunnel."
Hero Boy: "Why?"
Hobo: "[So many questions. There's but one inch of clearance between the roof of this rattler and the top of Flat-Top Tunnel. Savvy?"

"Here we only got one rule
Never, ever let it cool
Keep it cooking in the pot
Soon we got hot chocolate!"
[The Conducto, singing]