“- Dr. Austin Sloper: Do you remember her mother? Her mother who had so much grace and gaiety. This is her child.
- Elizabeth Almond: Austin, no child could compete with this image you have of her mother.
- Dr. Austin Sloper: You're not entitled to say that. Only I know what I lost when she died and what I got in her place.”

Ralph David Richardson - Dr. Austin Sloper
Selena Royle - Elizabeth Almond

“Right then I knew we'd lost her. She'll always love us of course, but not in the old way. From now on her love will be handed out like a farmer's wife tossing scraps to the family rooster.”

Spencer Tracy - Stanley T. Banks

“Had you not by wondrous fortune come, this vengeance on me had they executed! Revenge it, as you love your mother's life or be ye not henceforth called my children!”
Jessica Lange - Tamora

“Your mother needs you, Ellen! Jesus Christ, you got a Harvard education, but where is your heart?”

William Hurt - George Gulden

“- Jenny Lerner: When I was 11, I stole $32 from your wallet.
- Jason Lerner: When you were a baby I once dropped you on your head.”
Téa Leoni - Jenny Lerner
Maximilian Schell - Jason Lerner