“- Sandy's Sister: Mom's blind in one eye, deaf in one ear.
- Sandy Bates: Oh. I hope the same side of the head, right? Because that's important. So she's even. She should be even at that age.”
Anne De Salvo - Sandy's Sister
Woody Allen - Sandy Bates

“This is when I know I'm helpless. My hands are down there on the bed. I can't put them on again without calling to somebody for help. I can't smoke a cigarette or read a book. If that door should blow shut, I can't open it and get out of this room. I'm as dependent as a baby that doesn't know how to get anything except to cry for it.”

Harold Russell - Homer Parrish

“For a man in a wheelchair, he certainly gets around marvellously.”

Charlotte Zucker - Banquet Lady

“- Carolyn McDuffy: I'm afraid I'm falling in love but I don't want to. He's mentally retarded.
- Dr. Frederico Cruz: How retarded?
- Carolyn McDuffy: Retarded retarded.”
Christina Ricci - Carolyn McDuffy
Julio Oscar Mechoso - Dr. Frederico Cruz

“- John Henry Irons: I can imagine how you feel.
- Susan Sparks: No. No you can't.
- John Henry Irons: You're right. I can't.”

Shaquille O'Neal - John Henry Irons
Annabeth Gish - Susan Sparks