• "I tell you that the world is a funny place, because I am very rich, and I am very powerful, and I am just one man."

• "The police don't ask questions because they want to know the answers; they ask questions because they want to show you that they control the answers."

Brotherhood & Loyalty

• "The truth is, we were all scared. But we were also together, and somehow that made us brave."

• "Gardo and Rat are the only family I have. We're brothers. We're all brothers."

Poverty

• "We were born and raised in the trash. We were just trash boys. There's millions of us. We're just the ones who survived."

• "In Behala, a penny is a lot. In Behala, if you have a penny, you're rich."

• "Rock and roll is a risk. You risk being ridiculed." ~ Brendan to Conor 

  
  

• "But that's what love is - happy-sad." ~ Raphina to Conor 

  
  

• "You can never do things by half, do you understand that?" ~ Raphina to Conor 

  
  

• "I think she's this amazing human being. Never seen anyone like her." ~ Conor talking about Raphina to Brendan 

  
  

• "And you're gonna use somebody else's art to get her? Are you kidding?" ~ Brendan to Conor

  
  

• "Okay so this is our last song. It's called Brown Shoes. And it's for every Christian Brother and for every bully you ever knew." ~ Conor to the crowd at the dance 

  
  

• "The band will be fine. Just go to London and get a record deal, come back and get us out of this shithole." ~ Eamon to Conor 

  
  

• "You just moved in my jet stream. And people laugh at me, Conor. The stoner, the college dropout. And they praise you, which is fine! But once, I was a fucking jet engine!" ~ Brendan to Conor 

• 14 years old

• lives on a landfill called Behala

• best friends with Gardo

• spends time sifting through mountains of trash in search of valuable items to sell for food

• Key Moment

• Raphael is forcefully brought to Ermita Police Station to be ’questioned’ about information on the bag he had found belonging in to José Angelico, containing a stolen fortune of money. The police brutally beat him in order to gain information, injuring Raphael severely. Raphael does not give in as he feels solidarity with Jose Angelico, who was killed during a police interrogation.

• Quote

• "My name is Raphael Fernandez and I am a dump site boy."

• Straightforward, accepted his reality

• Cheerful yet resigned

• Not embarrassed to talk about his unfortunate circumstances