- Kevin Arnold - The Narrator: That night of my sister's eighteenth birthday, a lot of things happened. Maybe more than she knew. Because that night, when my father let Karen go out, he let Karen go. Maybe that's how it had to be. Children leave, and parents stay behind. Still, some things are deeper than time and distance. And your father will always be your father.
- [Jack switches the porch light on]
- Kevin Arnold - The Narrator: And he will always leave a light on for you.
- Kevin Arnold - The Narrator: [as Kevin and Wayne are laid on their beds reading] Still, there was a bright side to the war between dad and Karen. It had brought my brother and me...
- Wayne Arnold: What are you looking at?
- Kevin Arnold - The Narrator: ...closer together.
- Kevin Arnold: Nothing.
- Wayne Arnold: Well, look somewhere else.
- Kevin Arnold: Hey, this is a free country.
- Wayne Arnold: Get lost, will ya, scrote!
- Kevin Arnold: I can't get lost!
- Wayne Arnold: Butthead!
- Kevin Arnold: Dork!