Home Alone Courage Quotes

How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from Home Alone.

Quote #7

KEVIN: This is my house. I have to defend it.

At this point in the movie—when he's about to send the burglars through a gauntlet of booby traps—Kevin is really seizing the sword. He's become fully competent, able to buy his own toothpaste and mac n' cheese and torture a couple of burglars half to death. So now it's bloodbath time.

Quote #8

KEVIN: This is it! Don't get scared now.

Kevin's addressing himself and the audience here—he can't lose his cool against the burglars. And he doesn't. They're much less prepared than he is: very outmatched (except at the end when Kevin needs Marley's help to get out of the situation).