“Dear Lana, by the time you read this I'll be back home in Lincoln. I'm scared of what's ahead, but when I think of you I know I'll be able to go on. You were right. Memphis isn't far at all. I'll be making a trip out on the highway before too long. I'll be waiting for ya. Love always and forever, Brandon.”
Hilary Swank - Brandon Teena

“- Melissa: They were scary, your letters.
- Jeremy Collier: They were scary 'cause I was scared.”
Carla Gugino - Melissa
Emilio Estevez - Jeremy Collier

“- Emmy Brown: Good night.
- Georges Iscovescu: It's better than good! Somehow, these walls will not seem so empty inside. You will be here very close to me. Breathing in the same night.”
Olivia Mary de Beauvoir de Havilland - Emmy Brown
Charles Boyer - Georges Iscovescu

“- Rose Smith: Why are we eating early?
- Esther Smith: You certainly don't want the whole family sitting there drinking in every word while a man proposes to you long-distance.”

Lucille Bremer - Rose Smith
Judy Garland - Esther Smith

“I'm going to be worrying about you every second while you're gone.”

Mary Elizabeth Winstead - Wendy Christensen