“- Douglas: Will you keep out all the sadness?
- Max: I have a sadness shield that keeps out all the sadness, and it's big enough for all of us.”
Chris Cooper - Douglas
Max Records - Max

“- Nicole:I want to be good for you.
- Carlos: You are good for me.
- Nicole: Not if I keep taking you away from everything you've worked so hard for. I want to make things better for once, not worst. Cause I really want to be with you, I can't keep running away from things.
- Carlos: I'm here for you.
- Nicole: I know you are.”
Kirsten Dunst - Nicole Oakley
Jay Hernandez - Carlos Nuñez

“I followed all of the rules, man's and God's. And you, you followed none of them. And they all loved you more. Samuel, Father, and my... even my own wife.”
Aidan Quinn - Alfred Ludlow

“- Susannah: You know, I still sometimes dream, that I am the mother of your children. I wanted her to die. Or maybe I even wanted Samuel to die.
- Alfred: You had nothing to do with Samuel's death and you had nothing to do with isabel's death.
- Susannah: Didn't I?”
Julia Ormond - Susannah Fincannon
Aidan Quinn - Alfred Ludlow

“She was like the water that freezes inside a rock and breaks it apart. It was no more her fault than it is the fault of the water when the rock shatters.”
Gordon Tootoosis - One Stab