“My father's people say that at the birth of the sun and of his brother the moon, their mother died. So the sun gave to the earth her body, from which was to spring all life. And he drew forth from her breast the stars, and the stars he threw into the night sky to remind him of her soul.”
Daniel Day-Lewis - Hawkeye

- Michael "Mike" Ward: He's a worm - the kind you ought to jump on with heavy boots.
- Martin: You'll have to do an awful lot of jumping. The Earth is covered with them.

John McGuire - Michael "Mike" Ward
Cliff Clark - Martin

“- Roy Cronin: I knew I wouldn't sleep so I've been walking in the garden, confiding my good luck to the stars.
- Myra: Were they pleased?
- Roy Cronin: No, they seemed indifferent. They went on glittering, the little exhibitionists!”
Robert Taylor - Roy Cronin
Vivien Leigh - Myra

“Don't ask for the moon. We have the stars.”

Bette Davis - Charlotte Vale

“- Ling Tan: How can you dig such a thing without help? The Earth is stubborn.
- Ling Tan's Wife: Heaven gave me the thought. Heaven will provide the help. The shovel is there.”
Walter Huston - Ling Tan
Aline MacMahon - Ling Tan's Wife