Kate: Why isn’t she running faster?
Ashley: Because she’s running in heels.
Kate: No, she’s … run faster! He’s gaining on you! He’s gaining on you! Go, run! He’s gonna get you! Run!

Kate: Then why would you send this letter?!
Joy: Because you need a bad guy! That is what motivates you since the time you were a little thing and I needed you to take this lawsuit seriously!
[Joy walks closer to Kate]
Joy: I didn’t protect you from Martin Harris, and I’m sorry. But I will die trying to protect you from everything else, even if you hate me for it.
Kate: I miss you too.

Before you go calling me names and making me out to be the bad guy, I want you to remember EXACTLY how you ended up here.

Martin

Jamie: I’m planning on getting Kate a promise ring for her birthday.
Rod: That’s a pretty big commitment at 16.

Cindy: I think your sister is lying and I think your dad is afraid to admit it. I know I shouldn’t tell you that.
Derek: Mom, no. No, you shouldn’t.
Cindy: Well, I have to because there is this ocean inside of me and it is spilling over and I need somebody to talk to, and I need to talk about it!

Cindy: I like you, Angela. I can see why Greg likes you. You’re so smart, you’re open, and you’re bold. Bold freaks Greg out a little bit, but deep down he likes it.
Angela: I like you too.
Cindy: I’m glad, and surprised that we can just sit here together like this. Cheers!
[They cheer glasses]

Jeanette: You seem happy.
Vince: Insanely.
Jeanette: Okay, good! Then we’re all happy! You can tell Ben we’re all happy, okay?
Vince: Okay.

Cindy: I think this is the key to Martin Harris’ house.
Greg: It’s a little bit of a stretch, don’t you think?
Cindy: I know, just … call it a mother’s intuition. I feel it in my bones.

Greg: Being on your side cost me my job, my reputation, my family as I once knew it. I bet it will probably cost me this house too.
Jeanette: So, that’s a yes?
Greg: If anyone asks, you were the perfect daughter. Your first word was “Dada” and you wouldn’t hurt a fly.
Jeanette: Thank you.
Greg: That I know of.
[He drinks a beer]

Sylvia: [Via tape recording] Are you familiar with the concept of grooming?
Kate: Are you saying Martin befriended me because he planned to kidnap me?
Sylvia: On some level, yes.

Jeanette: Why are you doing this?
Angela: You deserve kindness, Jeanette.
Jeanette: I don’t want it.
Angela: You’ve built a fortress around yourself for good reason. But if you never leave the fortress, even to sing a little karaoke, it’s a prison.

Jamie: What about Jeanette? I didn’t kiss her … since before. I promise you.
Kate: I want to believe you, but…
Jamie: You can believe me! I don’t know what you’ve heard, but I’m telling you right here…
Kate: I didn’t hear anything, I followed you that night!
Jamie What?
Kate: I saw you with my own eyes.

Cruel Summer Quotes

Jeanette: Mallory, I don’t know what’s going on, but I’m here. I’ve been here. You can say that I pulled away from you, but you pulled away from me too. So, I don’t understand where all this rage is coming from, but if you want to talk, you know where to find me.
[Jeanette gives Mallory a hug]
Mallory: God, you sound just like her.

Jeanette Turner, I hope you rot in hell.

Kate