Ben quotes from It

My dad says there's no way to date this one. He says it's probably from the early or mid-1700s when Derry was a logging town.

Hold it. P-P-P-Pennywise the Clown?

That's him. That's him!

200 years ago? He was here then?

Stan

Come on, it's just a drawing!

Now, look; Here he is again. The same man.

It's not a man.

It... IT! [the scrapbook begins flapping] Th-That's what happened back in Georgie's room. [the scrapbook stops at a page and the picture comes to life. The kids see IT/Pennywise dancing] Look!

Pennywise

I'll kill you all! [laughs] I'll drive you crazy, and I'll kill you all! I'm every nightmare you've ever had! I'm your worst dream come true! I'M EVERYTHING YOU EVER WERE AFRAID OF!

Stan

[grabs the book and throws it] NO!

YES!

Don't let it get to you, man.

You saw it, too.

Stan

I didn't want to...

But you did.

Stan

...Yes. Okay. If that's what you want... Yes.

Yes, that's what I wanted, you t-turkey.

What are we gonna do?

Stan

Do? What do you mean "do"? I just want to forget about it.

It's not just us, it's all the other kids too. Like Velma Daniels, she was in my class. Who's gonna be next?

B-Bev's right, we gotta do something.

We gotta tell somebody.

They don't see what we see.

Why?

When you grow up, you stop believing.

They'd just laugh their heads off and put us in a nuthatch.

IT kills kids. Damn it.

We've gotta do something.

[after a long pause] Help me. You killed my brother George, you bastard! Let's see you now. Let's see you now. It's scared of us you know? I can feel that. I swear to God I can. I-I wanna kill it. Help me. Please help me. Help!

[reading a paper] He...thrusts his-his...

[takes the paper] "He thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts." That's all it says, over and over.

[stuttering heavily] My m-m-mom g-g-gave me that to say to to... to help with my s-s-stutter!

No offense pal, it ain't helping.

Swear to me. Swear to me that if IT isn't dead, we'll all come back.

I swear.

Swear.

I swear it.

I swear.

I swear, too.

Stan

Swear.

...If you want to see Henry Bowers, you'll find him up at Juniper Hills.

Ever since the trial where he confessed to all the murders of all the children.

He was down there with us, down there in the sewer.

That creep was going to kill Stan.

He was going to kill us all.

I remember when they pulled him out, his hair had turned white...

He was babbling about a bright light...

...and a clown.

And no one believed him.

Except when he said that he murdered all the kids.

I hope that someone remembered to bring something useful, like a machine gun.

[holding up slingshot] I brought this. It's the only thing I saved from those days.

I remember you were a dead shot, Bev.

Couldn't miss.

IT was like it was supposed to be, Bev. Remember? You hit the clown, Pennywise, in the head. It broke open.

And underneath it was a light.

Bright lights.

Deadlights.

We'll have a home of our own one day, Benny, I promise.

I know, Mama.

Benny, as long as we're guests in this house, I need you to help me.

They wouldn't treat us like this if Daddy were still alive.

Come on inside now and apologize.

Apologize? But he was...

Benny, you must.

No, I hate it here! I hate it here! [climbs onto his bicycle and rides off in despair]

Benny, come on, Benny! Benny!

Ben! Benny! Up here, Ben!

[turns around and gets up] Daddy?

Benny! [Ben motions towards waterworks building] Ben! Ben! Hi, Ben!

Daddy?

That's my home now, son! [Ben cannot believe it when suddenly he sees his father holding balloons]

You want a balloon, Ben? They float!

Pennywise

They all float.

Come here, son! You'll like it down there!

Pennywise

You'll never have to grow up! [laughs, changes back to normal, points at Ben, and disappears as a skeleton comes out of the water] They float. They all float. And when you're down here with me, Fatboy, you'll float too. [laughs]

That's great, Ben. You should write that one down.

Bill's our writer.

I just write horror stories.

So, you, Haystack, what are you building? A dam or something?

Yeah.

Have you ever built one before?

No.

How do you know it will work?

Well, of course it would. Why wouldn't it?

Yeah, but how do you know?

I just know.

Yeah, he just knows.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Stan

Yeah.

Well, okay.