“When I become rich and famous for this one day, don't come crawling back, saying, oh, my God, Dustin, I'm so sorry for being mean to you back in 8th grade.”

— Justin Doble, Dustin Henderson, Gaten Matarazzo, imdb.com

Tagged: Pollywog, Going On To Do Great Things, Discovering New Species In 8th Grade

“I am on a curiosity voyage, and I need my paddles to travel. These books are my paddles. I need my paddles!”

— Justin Doble, Dustin Henderson, Gaten Matarazzo, imdb.com

Tagged: Books, Curiosity, Learning

“But this girl's special, you know. It's just, like, something about her.”

— Kate Trefry, Dustin Henderson, Gaten Matarazzo, imdb.com

Tagged: Crush, puppy love

“All living organisms develop defense mechanisms against attack. They adapt. They find some way to survive.”

— Kate Trefry, Dr. Owens, Paul Reiser, imdb.com

Tagged: The Will To Survive, Defense Mechanisms, Always Come Back Stronger, Find A Way To Live

“People don't spend their lives trying to get a look at what's behind the curtain. They like the curtain. It provides them stability, comfort, definition.”

— Jessie Nickson-Lopez, Murray Bauman, Brett Gelman, imdb.com

Tagged: Bourgeois, Conventional Thinking, Don't Get Me Outside of My Box

“There's nothing simple about it. Nothing simple about anything you've told me.”

— Jessie Nickson-Lopez, Murray Bauman, Brett Gelman, imdb.com

Tagged: What Seems Simple, Complex Things

“A safe place to what? Be creepy?”

— Jessie Nickson-Lopez, Max, Sadie Sink, imdb.com

Tagged: creepy

“It's like when you have a dream and you can't remember it unless you think really hard.”

— Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer, Will Byers, Noah Schnapp, imdb.com

Tagged: Dreams, Remembering, Now Memories

“Sorry but you ate my cat!’”

— Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer, Dustin Henderson, Gaten Matarazzo, imdb.com

Tagged: cats, Strange Creatures, Pollywog

“Stop stalking me.”

— Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer, Max, Sadie Sink, imdb.com

“I felt this evil like it was looking at me.”

— Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer, Will Byers, Noah Schnapp, imdb.com