Rain Man Guilt and Blame Quotes

How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from Rain Man.

Quote #1

CHARLIE: Just take it easy! What is my crime here, huh? What is my goddamn crime?
SUSANNA: Your crime is that you use people. You use people! You're using Raymond, you're using me. You use everybody.
CHARLIE: I'm using Raymond?

When Susanna calls Charlie on being a user, particularly with his brother, he's not willing to admit it—or accept blame for any of his behavior in the wake of his father's death. He continues to believe he is the one who's been wronged.

Quote #2

CHARLIE: What is this? What are you writing? What the fuck is this? "Serious—Serious injury list: Charlie Babbitt"? "Serious injury list'? Are you f***in' kidding me?
RAYMOND: Number 18 in 1988. Squeezed and pulled and hurt my neck in 1988.
CHARLIE: Squeezed and pulled and hurt your neck in 1988?

Here, Charlie is learning that Ray keeps a diary of bad things that people do to him… and because Charlie has been rough with him, he records that Charlie has harmed him. Naturally, instead of feeling guilty/apologizing, Charlie just becomes enraged.

Quote #3

RAYMOND: Scary! Hot! Scary bad! Scary bad! Scary!
CHARLIE: What's scary about it?
RAYMOND: Hot water burn baby! Water!
CHARLIE: "Hot water burn baby"? What baby? Me?
RAYMOND: Yeah. Yeah.
CHARLIE: Easy, easy.

Apparently, Ray also remembers the bad stuff he's done to others—and he was involved in some kind of accident/incident that almost hurt Charlie when Charlie was a baby. In fact, we soon learn, that incident led to his departure for Wallbrook.