In the Heights Quotes

“[NINA]
When I was a child I stayed wide awake
Climbed to the highest place
On every fire escape
Restless to climb

I got every scholarship
Saved every dollar
The first to go to college
How do I tell them why
I’m coming back home?”
― Lin-Manuel Miranda, In the Heights: The Complete Book and Lyrics

“I WISH I WAS MAD— (She kisses him.) I’M JUST TOO LATE.”
― Lin-Manuel Miranda, In the Heights: The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway Musical

“ATENCIÓN. ATENCIÓN. ROLL DOWN YOUR WINDOWS. TURN UP YOUR RADIOS. UN MOMENTO, POR FAVOR. (CAMILA enters, stands beside him.) ATENCIÓN. ATENCIÓN. PLEASE DRIVE SLOW. LET EVERYBODY KNOW ABUELA CLAUDIA PASSED AWAY AT NOON TODAY.”
― Lin-Manuel Miranda, In the Heights: The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway Musical

“VANESSA, FORGET ABOUT WHAT COULDA BEEN. DANCE WITH ME, ONE LAST NIGHT, IN THE HOOD AGAIN.”
― Lin-Manuel Miranda, In the Heights: The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway Musical

“NINA ÁMAME. BENNY LOVE ME. NINA PERHAPS I DO.”
― Lin-Manuel Miranda, In the Heights: The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway Musical

“One day you’ll both need my sympathy and will I be there? Probably.”
― Lin-Manuel Miranda, In the Heights: The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway Musical

“SONNY Uh, my cousin over there with his tongue hanging out, has been meaning to ask you … VANESSA Yes? SONNY What a lady such as yourself might be doing tonight? VANESSA Does your cousin dance? SONNY Like a drunk Chita Rivera.”
― Lin-Manuel Miranda, In the Heights: The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway Musical

“Cómo? Uh … dónde estás? Uno momento. Yo, cabrón, I’m trying to help you!”
― Lin-Manuel Miranda, In the Heights: The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway Musical

“END OF SHOW”
― Lin-Manuel Miranda, In the Heights: The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway Musical

“YES! MAYBE YOU’RE RIGHT, SONNY. CALL IN THE CORONERS! MAYBE WE’RE POWERLESS, A CORNER FULL OF FOREIGNERS. MAYBE THIS NEIGHBORHOOD’S CHANGING FOREVER MAYBE TONIGHT IS OUR LAST NIGHT TOGETHER, HOWEVER! HOW DO YOU WANNA FACE IT? DO YOU WANNA WASTE IT, WHEN THE END IS SO CLOSE YOU CAN TASTE IT? YOU COULD CRY WITH YOUR HEAD IN THE SAND. I’M A-FLY THIS FLAG THAT I GOT IN MY HAND!”
― Lin-Manuel Miranda, In the Heights: The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway Musical

“DANIELA (To GRAFFITI PETE.) Here. It’s called a broom. (To VANESSA.) It’s the Fourth of July, show some fucking spirit! (Neighbors reluctantly clean.)”
― Lin-Manuel Miranda, In the Heights: The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway Musical

“KEVIN I’m sorry. CAMILA Huh. DAMN RIGHT YOU’RE SORRY.”
― Lin-Manuel Miranda, In the Heights: The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway Musical

“ABUELA CLAUDIA REMEMBER THE STORY OF YOUR NAME? IT WAS ENGRAVED ON A PASSING SHIP ON THE DAY YOUR FAMILY CAME. YOUR FATHER SAID “USNAVI, THAT’S WHAT WE’LL NAME THE BABY.” USNAVI IT REALLY SAID U.S. NAVY, BUT HEY, I WORKED WITH WHAT THEY GAVE ME, OKAY?”
― Lin-Manuel Miranda, In the Heights: The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway Musical

“(BENNY finds NINA , grabs her. They kiss, illuminated by fireworks.)”
― Lin-Manuel Miranda, In the Heights: The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway Musical

“(USNAVI grabs VANESSA from CLUB GUY and dances with her. CLUB GUY is pissed.”
― Lin-Manuel Miranda, In the Heights: The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway Musical

“KEVIN (To NINA.) Excuse me. You’re the princess, Claudia is the queen. CAMILA And what does that make me? KEVIN The dictator. (KEVIN and CAMILA kiss.)”
― Lin-Manuel Miranda, In the Heights: The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway Musical

“YOU ARE GONNA CHANGE THE WORLD AND THEN WE’RE ALL GONNA BRAG AND SAY, “WE KNEW HER WHEN!” THIS WAS YOUR HOME.”
― Lin-Manuel Miranda, In the Heights: The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway Musical

“Yo, Sonny. (Gestures that SONNY should get lost.)”
― Lin-Manuel Miranda, In the Heights: The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway Musical

“DONALD TRUMP AND I ON THE LINKS, AND HE’S MY CADDY!”
― Lin-Manuel Miranda, In the Heights: The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway Musical

“My boss, my boss.” You’re paving the road to someone else’s dreams. Man, strike out on your own.”
― Lin-Manuel Miranda, In the Heights: The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway Musical

“BENNY Exit fourteen, follow signs to Fort Tryon. NINA The U-turn off exit fifteen is quicker. BENNY It’s also illegal.”
― Lin-Manuel Miranda, In the Heights: The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway Musical

“I’M RUNNIN’ TO MAKE IT HOME AND HOME’S WHAT VANESSA’S RUNNIN’ AWAY FROM! I’M RUNNIN’ TO MAKE IT HOME AND HOME’S WHAT VANESSA’S RUNNIN’ AWAY FROM”
― Lin-Manuel Miranda, In the Heights: The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway Musical

“(We hear the cacophony of the most beautifulhorn chart ever written.)”
― Lin-Manuel Miranda, In the Heights: The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway Musical

“USNAVI So, did you kick some college ass? NINA I got mine handed to me on a silver platter.”
― Lin-Manuel Miranda, In the Heights: The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway Musical

“The making of In The Heights was joyful, rich, rewarding, and full of life, much like the show itself.”
― Lin-Manuel Miranda, In the Heights: The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway Musical

“It spoke to every demographic and every age group—it was the kind of show a fifteen-year-old could go to with her friend and have one experience, and then take her grandmother to see and have an altogether different one.”
― Lin-Manuel Miranda, In the Heights: The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway Musical

“The show ultimately ran on Broadway for 1,184 performances, closing on January 9, 2011, and went out on two national tours.”
― Lin-Manuel Miranda, In the Heights: The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway Musical

“The Broadway incarnation of In The Heights began previews at the Richard Rodgers Theatre on February 14, 2008, almost five years to the day when I had seen the reading in the basement of the Drama Book Shop, and a little over eight years since Lin first presented the material at his twentieth birthday party in his parents’ house in Inwood, the neighborhood just north of Washington Heights where he grew up.”
― Lin-Manuel Miranda, In the Heights: The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway Musical

“Look at your father.
He doesn't sleep when you're gone.
He's worked his whole life to help you go farther.
And he can't admit when he's wrong.
Now who does that remind you of?
You two deserve each other!
For months you've lied to us.
What did we do
to make you think we wouldn't do anything and everything for you?
When you have a problem you come home.
You don't run off and hide from your family all alone!
You hear me?
When you have a problem you come home.
As long as we're alive, you're never on your own.”
― Lin-Manuel Miranda, In the Heights: The Complete Book and Lyrics