“- Dr. Leo Marvin: Why are you always wearing black? What is it with you and this death fixation?
- Sigmund 'Siggy' Marvin: Maybe I'm in mourning for my lost childhood.”
Richard Stephen Dreyfuss - Dr. Leo Marvin
Charlie Korsmo - Sigmund 'Siggy' Marvin

“- Alexis Zorba: Why do the young die? Why does anybody die?
- Basil: I don't know.
- Alexis Zorba: What's the use of all your damn books if they can't answer that?
- Basil: They tell me about the agony of men who can't answer questions like yours.
- Alexis Zorba: I spit on this agony!”
Anthony Quinn - Alexis Zorba
Alan Bates - Basil

“- Kathie Moffat: I'm sorry he didn't die.
- Jeff Bailey: Give him time.”
Jane Greer - Kathie Moffat
Robert Mitchum - Jeff Bailey

“- Mary Maceachran: She's gone.
- Constance: Aw, it's a pity, really. I thought it was a good idea to have someone in the house who is actually sorry he's dead.”

Kelly Macdonald - Mary Maceachran
Maggie Smith - Constance Trentham

“It's okay to miss her. I mean, as hard as it is to be sad about it, don't you think maybe it's harder not to be?”

America Ferrera - Carmen