“- Molly: That man in the library in your house... nurse said he's in a coma from a massive stroke. That's your father, huh?
- Ray: Was. He's a vegetable now. Soon he'll be nothing.
- Molly: That's kinda harsh.
- Ray: It's a harsh world.”
Dakota Fanning - Ray
Brittany Murphy - Molly

“- Robyn Starling: I'm an orphan, my mother died when I was a baby.
- Jerry: What about your father? What happened to him?
- Robyn Starling: My father was on an expedition climbing in the mountains when the snow gave way in a, a...
- Tom: Avalanche?
- Robyn Starling: Uh huh, and he was the most wonderful father in the world.”
Anndi McAfee - Robyn Starling
Dana Hill - Jerry
Richard Kind - Tom

“We lost our mom, we lost our dad, and if I'm losin' you well, that's... too bad!”

Cliff De Young - Brad Majors

“What do you think's worse? Losing a father or a wife?”

Nicolas Cage - Little Junior Brown

“I worry if they take Lucy away from her father they will take away an enormous piece of her, and I worry that she will spend the rest of her life trying to fill that hole.”

Dianne Wiest - Annie