88: What's a girl like you doing here?
Esme: Making a living.
88: Yeah, but how do you stand it? The smell of them walking down the street -- they leave a residue.
Esme: It's brown, flush it down, right? My daddy had that on his bumper, back when we were allowed to have free speech.

Esme: There was blood all over the street. And you know what I did? Nothing. I just watched.
Aaliyah: You were a kid.
Esme: But I'm not anymore.

Britney: I planned my life around you.
Jack: We can still have that life.
Britney: How? I don’t even know who you are.

Some things break and are meant to stay broken — and that’s okay.

Britney

Mr. Fletcher would like the world to see him as a caring educator, an enthusiastic teacher, but that is not what this man is…this man is a predator.

Prosecutor

Defense Attorney: Can you explain why no one ever witnessed one inappropriate moment between the two of you
Clara: He took me to get an abortion; thats inappropriate.

If you tell anyone, I'll do it again. I swear to God. I'll do it again next chance I get. And you won't be able to stop me!

Clara

Jack: Britney, please!
Defense Attorney: Jack, Stop!
Jack: I need to talk to her!
Defense Attorney: Don't make my job any harder. Believe me, it's hard enough.

Believe it or not, I do have a social life that doesn't involve teenagers.

Jack

We are their teachers, not their friends, not their therapists.

Britney

Shandiin: This is all my fault.
Naataanii: Don't say that.
Shandiin: Yes, it's true. And I'm sorry. I should have listened to you.

It makes sense now why you came back. Sure as hell wasn't to help your people.

Shandiin