“The real reason Mud's in all the trouble he's got is because of her. He's been in love with that girl since he was your age. Trouble is she don't care about nobody but herself.”
Sam Shepard - Tom

“You don't care about anything except you. You just want to persuade people that you love them so much that they ought to love you back. Only you want love on your own terms. Something to be played your way, according to your rules.”

Joseph Cotten - Jedediah Leland

“You don't love anybody! Me or anybody else! You want to be loved - that's all you want! Whatever you want - just name it and it's yours! Only love me! Don't expect me to love you!”

Dorothy Comingore - Susan Alexander Kane

“- Max Beissart: You love me and I love you.
- Anna Crowley: You love you and I love Walter.”
Alexander Godunov - Max Beissart
Shelley Lee Long - Anna Crowley

“- Sam Monroe: Having me here, was for your sake. You selfish fuck. Having me here trying to get me to like you.
- George Monroe: No, Sam I wasn't trying to get you to like me. I was trying to get you to love me.
- Sam Monroe: Well, congratulations... Because you fucking pulled it off.”
Hayden Christensen - Sam Monroe
Kevin Kline - George Monroe