- Chaz: Hi, what're you reading?
- Nan: Milton's "Paradise Lost", for Professor Russo's course in English epic. You know, it's a shame; it's a dying form.
- Chaz: Dying...
- Nan: Not too many people read it nowadays, even in college.
Clayton Rohner - Chaz
Leah Pinsent - Nan

“- Michael: I'm getting tired of everything I write being read in the can.
- Harold: You can read Dostoyevsky in the can.
- Michael: Yes, but they can't finish it.”
Jeff Goldblum - Michael
Kevin Kline - Harold

It takes Shakespeare, a genius, to come up with "He dies". And yet every time I read those two words, I find myself overwhelmed with dysphoria. And I know it's only natural to be sad, but not because of the words "He dies". but because of the life we saw prior to the words.

Dustin Hoffman - Mr. Edward Magorium

“- Kathleen Conklin: What's gonna happen to me?
- Peina: Read the books. Sartre, Beckett, Burroughs. Who do you think they're talking about? You think they're works of fiction?”
Lili Taylor - Kathleen Conklin
Christopher Walken - Peina

- Nun: Let me get this straight: you don't believe in God because of "Alice in Wonderland"?
- Loki: No, "Through the Looking Glass".
Betty Aberlin - Nun
Matt Damon - Loki