“- Terry Brogan: Say, eh, there's not too much going on on this island. Do you know where I can go to have a good time?
- Jessie Wyler: Get off the island. The ferry leaves every morning.”
Jeff Bridges - Terry Brogan
Rachel Ward - Jessie Wyler

“- Emmeline Lestrange: We're never getting off this island, Richard.
- Richard Lestrange: Thanks to you!
- Emmeline Lestrange: This is where we live, Richard. This is our home, now and forever.”
Brooke Shields - Emmeline Lestrange
Christopher Atkins - Richard Lestrange

“- Brody: I mean what is it about this place? Everybody's a boat freak.
- Ellen Brody: It's an island.”
Roy Scheider - Brody
Lorraine Gary - Ellen Brody

“My friends on the mainland think just because I live in Hawaii, I live in paradise. Like a permanent vacation. Are they insane? Do they think we are immune to life? How can they possibly think our families are less screwed up, our cancers less fatal, our heartaches less painful?”

George Clooney - Matt King

“I saw an island in the Pacific once. I've never been able to forget it. That's where I'd like to take her.”

Clark Gable - Peter