- Dr. Sanderson: I think that your sister's condition stems from trauma.
- Elwood P. Dowd: From what?
- Dr. Sanderson: Uh, trauma. Spelled t-r-a-u-m-a. It means shock. There's nothing unusual about it. There's the "birth trauma" - the shock of being born...
- Elwood P. Dowd: That's the one we never get over.
Charles Drake - Dr. Raymond Sanderson
James Stewart - Elwood P. Dowd

“I will be there in spirit. I promise. You can talk to me whenever you want, all right? Remember what we talked about, the little baby Jesus? Remember that? Well, I will be up there with Him. And I will be watching you. And I'll wait for you. And if you want to talk to me anytime, I will be there listening.”

Isaiah Washington - Frank Louis Beechum

“- John Keller: What happened to Karen was a tragedy that touched us all, changed us all and it's best forgotten.
- Jan Curtis: Have you ever forgotten?
- John Keller: Clear out of here!
- Jan Curtis: Mr. Keller, please!”

Ian Bannen - John Keller
Lynn-Holly Johnson - Jan Curtis

“- Dr. Austin Sloper: Do you remember her mother? Her mother who had so much grace and gaiety. This is her child.
- Elizabeth Almond: Austin, no child could compete with this image you have of her mother.
- Dr. Austin Sloper: You're not entitled to say that. Only I know what I lost when she died and what I got in her place.”

Ralph David Richardson - Dr. Austin Sloper
Selena Royle - Elizabeth Almond

“Right then I knew we'd lost her. She'll always love us of course, but not in the old way. From now on her love will be handed out like a farmer's wife tossing scraps to the family rooster.”

Spencer Tracy - Stanley T. Banks