“When my son was born healthy, I never asked why. Why was I so lucky? What did I do to deserve this perfect child, this perfect life? But when he got sick, you can bet I asked why. I demanded to know why. Why was this happening?”
Ruth Nelson - Mrs. Lowe

“- Maggie Vogel: Do you smell that?
- Caroline: No.
- Maggie Vogel: Are you sure? It smells like food.
- Caroline: It's probably your father cooking up something he shouldn't have. I'll get the drops.”

Abigail Breslin - Maggie Vogel
Joely Richardson - Caroline

“How you live your life is your business, just remember, our hearts and our bodies are given to us only once. And before you know it, your heart is worn out, and, as for your body, there comes a point when no one looks at it, much less wants to come near it. Right now, there's sorrow, pain. Don't kill it and with it the joy you've felt.”

Michael Stuhlbarg - Mr. Perlman

“- Val: how's your health?
- Hirsch: Well, they took something out of me a couple of months ago.
- Val: What'd they take out?
- Hirsch: I don't know. I didn't ask, it's none of my business. But I'm a little more streamlined now, a little more aerodynamic.”
Al Pacino - Val
Alan Arkin - Hirsch

“Sanity's not a choice, Marshall. You can't just choose to get over it.”

Ben Kingsley - Dr. Cawley