Anyone else would have left my father a note that would have ruined his sleep for the rest of his life. But Anne gave both of us a magnificently considerate present: she allowed us to believe her death was an accident. My father never mentions the word "suicide" to anybody - not even to me.

Jean Seberg - Cecile

- Mrs. de Winter: But you didn't kill her. It was an accident!
- "Maxim" de Winter: Who would believe me? I lost my head. I just knew I had to do something, anything.

Joan Fontaine - Mrs. de Winter
Laurence Olivier - "Maxim" de Winter

- Julie James: Please... it was an accident!
- Benjamin Willis: I know all about "accidents", and let me give you some advice: when you leave a man for dead, make sure that he's really dead!

Jennifer Love Hewitt - Julie James
Muse Watson - Benjamin Willis

“- Ray Bronson: We have to think about this...
- Julie James: About what? About what? He was crossing the road in the middle of the night! It was an accident!”

Freddie Prinze Jr. - Ray Bronson
Jennifer Love Hewitt - Julie James

“- Danforth Keeton III: I just killed my wife. Is that bad?
- Leland Gaunt: Hey, these things happen.”
J. T. Walsh - Danforth Keeton III
Max von Sydow - Leland Gaunt