“- Stuart St. John: Please, don't hate me. I'm not responsible for what happened.
- Kim Mills: I don't hate you, Stuart. But for the last two years, every time I looked into my mom's eyes the only thing I saw was hurt and sadness. And for that, I do hold you responsible.”
Dougray Scott - Stuart St. John
Maggie Grace - Kim Mills

“- Kate: Do you believe in love? The kind that lasts forever?
- Luc Teyssier: I loved my mother.
- Kate: No, everybody loves their mother. Even people who hate their mothers love their mothers.”
Meg Ryan - Kate
Kevin Kline - Luc Teyssier

“I didn't hate my mother. It was an accident!”
Raul Julia - Gomez Addams

“It's a terrible thing to hate your mother. But I didn't always hate her. When I was a child, I only kind of disliked her.”
Laurence Harvey - Raymond Shaw

- Calvin "Cal" Jarrett: He just wants to know that you don't hate him.
- Beth Jarrett: Hate him! How could I hate him? Mothers don't hate their sons!

Donald Sutherland - Calvin
Mary Tyler Moore - Beth