“As terrible as it was, something began to change. We could feel a sense of time. As if each moment held its own significance. We began to realize that for our existence to hold any value it must end.”

Tricia Helfer - Number Six

“Dear Mr. Inman, I began by counting the days, then the months. I don't count on anything anymore except the hope that you will return, and the silent fear that in the years since we saw each other, this war, this awful war, will have changed us both beyond all reckoning.”
Nicole Kidman - Ada Monroe

“- Grace Rohan: This war, has put an end to decent things.
- Mac: We can't change what's past. Not even the war can do that.
- Grace Rohan: We did the proper thing. But we lost love. And that's sad, Mac.”
Sarah Miles - Grace Rohan
Derrick O'Connor - Mac

“- Maurine Collier: I just don't understand what went wrong. His whole life he was so grown-up, so polite.
- Karen Collier: War changes people.
- Maurine Collier: War doesn't make you rude to your parents!”

Kathy Bates - Maurine Collier
Kimberly Williams-Paisley - Karen Collier

“- Young Student: You say you want to end the war, so why don't you?
- Richard M. Nixon: Change always comes slowly. I pulled out more than half the troops. I'm trying to cut the military budget for the first time in 30 years. I want a volunteer army. But it's also a question of American credibility, our position in the world.”
Joanna Going - Young Student
Philip Anthony Hopkins - Richard M. Nixon