How we cite our quotes: All quotes are from The Sixth Sense.
Quote #7
COLE: How could you help me if you don't believe me? Some magic's real.
Cole is desperate when he realizes that Malcolm doesn't believe him. Since Malcolm had done some goofy magic trick earlier in the film, Cole references that in trying to get him to see that some "magical" things actually do exist.
Quote #8
MALCOLM: You know what "Yo no quiero morir" means? It's Spanish. It means "I don't want to die. " What do you think these ghosts want when they talk to you? I want you to think about it, Cole. I want you to think about it really carefully. What do you think they want?
COLE: Just help.
MALCOLM: That's right. That's what I think too. They just want help, even the scary ones. I think I might know a way to make them go away.
COLE: How?
MALCOLM: Listen to them.
COLE: What if they don't want help? What if they're just angry and they just want to hurt somebody?
MALCOLM: I don't think that's the way it works.
COLE: How do you know for sure?
MALCOLM: I don't.
Malcolm has come around to believing Cole, because he now knows that his former patient Vincent had experienced the same thing. Malcolm listened to a tape of his old sessions with Vincent that revealed the faintest little trace of someone else in the room saying, "I don't want to die." Now, Malcolm's able to offer Cole some concrete ideas for how to deal with the ghosts. His last sentence, "I don't," adds some authenticity to what he's saying. He's being honest with Cole. He doesn't have all the answers.
Quote #9
COLE: I'm ready to communicate with you now.
LYNN: Communicate?
COLE: Tell you my secrets.
LYNN: What is it?
COLE: You know the accident up there?
LYNN: Yeah.
COLE: Someone got hurt.
LYNN: They did?
COLE: A lady. She died.
LYNN: Oh, my God. What, you can see her?
COLE: Yes.
LYNN: Where is she?
COLE: Standing next to my window.
LYNN: Cole, you're scaring me.
COLE: They scare me too sometimes.
LYNN: They?
COLE: Ghosts.
LYNN: You see ghosts, Cole?
COLE: They want me to do things for them.
LYNN: They talk to you? They tell you to do things?
COLE: They're the ones that used to hurt me. What are you thinking, Mama? You think I'm a freak?
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COLE: Grandma comes to visit me sometimes.
LYNN: Cole, that's very wrong. Grandma's gone, you know that.
COLE: I know. She wanted me to tell you...
LYNN: Cole, please stop.
COLE: She wanted me to tell you she saw you dance. She said when you were little, you and her had a fight, right before your dance recital. You thought she didn't come to see you dance. She did. She hid in the back so you wouldn't see. She said you were like an angel. She said you came to the place where they buried her, asked her a question. She said the answer is, "Every day." What did you ask?
LYNN: Do I make her proud?
This is a big moment for Cole and Lynn, since Cole has been terrified to tell his mom his secret. She's scared and incredulous—understandably. However, he manages to convince her with some details about Lynn's mother that he could only know through supernatural means. As a result of this convo, it looks like the two are finally on their way to the real honesty that Lynn has been hoping for all along. As freaked out as Lynn must be, it's an explanation for what has been happening, and that's what a mom wants to know. Not knowing and just worrying is much worse.