Quotes We Love From <i>The Breakfast Club</i>

Remember the great John Hughes film, in which five high school students (labeled as "the brain, the athlete, the basketcase, the princess and the criminal") are forced to peacefully coexist in Saturday detention?
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Remember the great John Hughes film The Breakfast Club, in which five high school students (labeled as "the brain, the athlete, the basketcase, the princess and the criminal") are forced to peacefully coexist in Saturday detention? As the movie celebrates its 30th anniversary, cinemas throughout the United States are screening a special newly restored version of the movie on on March 26th and March 31. (Visit here for details.)

The Breakfast Club's many great lines continue to resonate. Like this passage:

Andrew: My God, are we gonna be like our parents?
Claire: [teary] Not me... ever.
Allison: It's unavoidable; it just happens.
Claire: What happens?
Allison: When you grow up, your heart dies.
John: So, who cares?
Allison: I care.

To read more memorable quotes from The Breakfast Club, click on this Parade.com story.

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