“- Gordon Miller: You could go back if you wanted to.
- Leo Davis: My mother seemed very happy when I left.”
Groucho Marx - Gordon Miller
Frank Albertson - Leo Davis

“- Dana Freeling: Mom! I'm going to dinner with Janice and Brian.
- Diane Freeling: Is your room all packed up?
- Dana Freeling: Everything but the bed!”
Dominique Dunne - Dana Freeling
JoBeth Williams - Diane Freeling

“- Amanda Kirby: All right Eric, I'm gonna leave you just for a minute, okay? Then you're gonna be right behind me, okay?
- Eric: Mom... I've been alone in a water truck for eight weeks. I think I can manage the next two minutes without you.”
Téa Leoni - Amanda Kirby
Trevor Morgan - Eric Kirby

“I always figured I'd leave my mother. But she left me first.”
Evan Rachel Wood - Harriet Frankovitz

- Mrs. Copperbottom: I told you I'd find him! It's a mother's instinct.
- Herb Copperbottom: What instinct? He left us a note, "I'm leaving, I'll be at the train station".
Dianne Wiest - Mrs. Copperbottom
Stanley Tucci - Herb Copperbottom