Our list of the best quotes from Netflix’s fantasy drama series created by Jim Mickle based on the comic book of the same name by Jeff Lemire. Sweet Tooth follows the story of Gus (Christian Convery), part deer, part boy, who lives safely in his secluded forest home. However, after unexpectedly befriending a wandering loner named Jepperd (Nonso Anozie), together they leave the forest and set out on in search of answers, about Gus’s origins, Jepperd’s past, and the true meaning of home.
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Season 1 Quotes
Narrator: This is a story. A story of a very special boy, who found himself at the end of the world.
Narrator: No one knew which came first. The hybrids, or the virus. But that question would become the biggest mystery of our lifetime.
Richard Fox ‘Pubba’: Once upon a time, bad people ruled the Earth. Doing what they wanted, taking from the planet. Just like those ants. They were greedy things, self-destructive, only out for themselves. So Nature made everyone sick, and wiped away as many as she could. And then a miracle happened. Your kind. They called them hybrids.
Richard Fox ‘Pubba’: No one knows where you came from, or how. But the people who were left feared you. They were meaner now, angrier. They didn’t like you because you were different. So Nature set the rest of the Earth on fire. And now it burns forever.
Richard Fox ‘Pubba’: Sometimes it’s okay to bend the truth, if it helps someone you love.
Richard Fox ‘Pubba’: I’m the luckiest dad in the world. You know why? Because I got to spend the last nine years with a very, very special boy. You. In a world we got to build together. I couldn’t ask for anything else.
Narrator: Sometimes all a boy has is his imagination.
Tommy Jepperd: They don’t make them bigger than me.
Tommy Jepperd: I’m an a**hole, but even I got limits.
Narrator: The boy broke his father’s rules slowly, and then, all at once.
Narrator: Aimee lived inside a cage. The cage of a mundane life. And that cage was about to get smaller.
Gus: Where do you live?
Tommy Jepperd: Nowhere.
Gus: Where’s that?
Tommy Jepperd: Anywhere I want.
Gus: What’s it like having a mom?
Rusty Anderson: It’s cool, I guess. It’s like having a dad, but better.
Narrator: Great leaders are created in the most unexpected of places. Some are born to follow, and some are born to lead. For Gus, he was just happy to have someone to guide him.
Tommy Jepperd: Word of advice, kid. Don’t ask questions you don’t want the answers to.
Tommy Jepperd: [to Gus] You’re going to be faking that you’re fake, even though you’re real.
Tommy Jepperd: Don’t do any weird deer s**t.
Gus: What do I do when I get there?
Tommy Jepperd: You’re Sweet Tooth. You’ll think of something.
Narrator: Great leaders are created in the most unexpected of places. But the worst, they are made the old fashioned way.
Gus: [referring to the computer] What’s in them?
Rhino: The whole world’s in here, man.
Gus: [referring to Jepperd] He tried to help me. He might not be very good at it, but at least he tried.
Narrator: We’re looking for family from the moment we’re born. Turns out, we just never know where we’re going to find it.
Narrator: And sometimes our families end up looking nothing like we thought they would. And sometimes, we do things for family that we never thought we could. Because family is always worth it. At least, well, we sure as hell hope so.
Narrator: Some say there’s no greater equalizer than Father Time. That’s because of one simple thing. No matter who you are, or where you go, well, let’s just say old Time has got a knack for catching up to us all.
Narrator: Yep, time’s funny that way. A constant companion, until it’s not.
Bear: You know, sometimes when we build up a person in our minds, they don’t always live up to that image.
Tommy Jepperd: [referring to Gus] That little dude’s got hope coming out of every pore. No clue where he gets it from.
Bear: Valley of Sorrows.
Gus: It looks pretty happy to me.
Richard Fox ‘Pubba’: We don’t always know what’s right. That’s part of growing up. You just have to follow what’s in here. Even when it’s hard.
Richard Fox ‘Pubba’: So you’re learning. Human beings are complicated.
Aditya Singh: We settled here in search of kindness, and all we found are savages with better haircuts.
Narrator: Indeed, there are moments in our lives when Time is kind to us, when we’re given an extra second, an extra minute, an extra moment with the ones we love. And sometimes, it’s like I said. Time catches up to us.
Narrator: Whatever the case may be, Father Time sure has a funny way of bringing everything together when, well, when the time’s right.
Narrator: The past is a funny thing. We like to hold onto it so tight. But sometimes it’s better to let go. Sometimes we just got to move on. And sometimes, well, sometimes the past won’t let go of us.
Narrator: It’s a difficult thing, letting go. It’s tough to say goodbye. But the thing we don’t always realize, when we let go of something, it opens up a little space to grow. It shows us who we are, what we’re capable of. We find out what really matters, and who we really were, all along.
Narrator: In life, you’re always searching for answers. Where do you come from? Where do you belong? But most importantly, why are you here? For some, these answers come quite easily. And for others, they have to search the ends of the Earth to find them.
Richard Fox ‘Pubba’: Sometimes you just got to hang it up and see what tomorrow brings.
Birdie: [to Pubba] I have a real bad sweet tooth. Don’t tell anyone.
Tommy Jepperd: [as they’re going to into the attic] I’m pretty sure this is how most horror films start.
Gus: [reading Birdie’s file] G-U-S. It spells out my name. Genetic Unit Series 1? What does that mean?
Narrator: And when the answers you’ve been searching for are finally revealed, so is your purpose. But sometimes, well, sometimes the truth hurts. And sometimes those answers leave us more in the dark than ever.
Narrator: The Great Crumble happened slowly at first. But the cracks had been forming for some time.
Narrator: The thing that should have brought us together only pulled us further apart. We felt scared. We felt alone.
Aimee: They’re better than us. Better than you or me. They’re the good part of us. Without the complications. Nature doesn’t want us back. We never gave her a good reason to keep us around in the first place.
Gus: Everything’s stupid. Everyone wants to kill me. Everyone lies.
Tommy Jepperd: Being honest is hard sometimes.
Tommy Jepperd: Come back with me.
Gus: And go where?
Tommy Jepperd: Anywhere we want.
Gus: What would we do?
Tommy Jepperd: Anything we want to do.
Narrator: Sometimes, everything we thought we’d lost was right there all along. When things fall apart, we find out who we really are.
Narrator: If we can see past the fear, we find out what really matters. And we learn that sometimes, the things that set us apart can also bring us together. Because family is what we make it. Each one of us. Together.