How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
Quote #7
FERRIS: Cameron, what have you seen today?
CAMERON: Nothing good.
FERRIS: Nothing—wha—what do you mean "nothing good?" We've seen everything good. We've seen the whole city! We went to a museum; we saw priceless works of art! We ate—we ate pancreas!
Throughout the film, Cameron often seems determined to have a bad time, sometimes to an irritating degree. Why do you think that is? Does it give him pleasure to be brooding and disagreeable? Does he like the attention? Is he modeling his parents' behavior? And, more importantly, they ate pancreas? (They did, Shmooper. In a deleted scene.)
Quote #8
SLOANE: He didn't leave. He's probably doing something.
CAMERON: No, it really busts my hump, you know.
SLOANE: Aw, Cameron. He didn't ditch us or anything. He's here. He's here.
CAMERON: Hey, for all we know, he went back to school. Probably took the train home.
SLOANE: He would not go back to school.
CAMERON: Yeah, he'd do it; he'd just do it just to make me sweat.
SLOANE: No, he would not. Cameron, come on.
CAMERON: Makes me mad.
Cameron's starting to crack here. He's not just anxious, he's angry—heck, he's paranoid. As Sloane points out, there's no way Ferris went back to school. Still, Cameron thinks Ferris is out to get him. Living in his parents' cold culture of fear and order, he's conditioned to assume the worst in people, even his best friend since fifth grade.
Quote #9
CAMERON: You know, as long as I've known him, everything works for him. There's nothing he can't handle. I can't handle anything: school, parents, the future. Ferris can do anything.
We told you Cameron was starting to break. He wants what Ferris has. This is also the point in the film—after he discovers that Ferris didn't leave, but was sneaking on a parade float so he could dedicate "Danke Schoen" to his friend Cameron "who hasn't seen anything good today"—that Cameron finally relaxes. He and Sloane walk through the parade holding hands, discussing the future, and Cameron looks completely at ease. (Too bad it'll be so short-lived.)