Bonnie and Clyde Family Quotes

How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from Bonnie and Clyde.

Quote #1

CLYDE: Now, that's murder, and now it's going to get rough. Now look, I can't get out, but you can. I want you to say the word to me and I'll put you on that bus back to your mama.

Clyde tells this to Bonnie after he's killed his man. In doing so, he's asking her to choose between a life of relative safety and security with her mother and a life of danger and great uncertainty with him. Bonnie, of course, decides to stay with Clyde, who ultimately becomes her new family.

Quote #2

BUCK: Hey, sis, I'm just so glad to meet you.

By using the word "sis," Buck immediately accepts Bonnie into the Barrow family. Buck and Clyde have a unique relationship in the film. Instead of driving a wedge between them and their families, their decision to join up as outlaws brings them closer together. In a way, they make bank robbing the family business.

Quote #3

BUCK: Hey, let me get the Kodak here. We'll take some pictures.

This ritual of family life—taking group pictures—becomes a ritual for the Barrow gang at different times during the film. This is certainly one vivid way of showing that the group quickly becomes a de facto family.