How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from Sling Blade.
Quote #7
FRANK: That don't seem right. It seems like you would have took kept him and took care of him if he was your brother.
Frank and Karl share a sad moment when Karl admits that his younger brother was born premature, so Karl buried him in a shoebox in the yard. Frank, who would do anything to have more male family members, believes he would have made a different decision from the one Karl did, but Karl knows that his poor brother wouldn't have stood a chance.
Quote #8
DAD: I ain't got no boy. […] You ain't no kin to me.
We doubt Dad's opinion that he doesn't have a son, spoken to his son standing in front of him, is a new one. We imagine that Dad voiced this opinion even when Karl was young, and that played a big part in Karl wanting his own father dead.
Quote #9
DOYLE: See, your mama and I don't have no problems except for you. Fact is, we never have a bad word between us. But since you do exist and I'm gonna be the head of the household then you're gonna learn to live by my rules. And the first rule is: You don't speak unless you're spoken to. You got me? Now you stay the hell out of my way. And do what a regular kid does. You're a weird little s***, Frank. And I don't get you. So wake up and face what they call reality. See, we're gonna be a family, Frank. My family. I'll be paying all the bills. So that means, you're stuck with my ass, but I ain't your daddy. You just act like I am.
Doyle's idea of family sounds more like a dictatorship to us. Just sayin'.