“Marla's philosophy of life is that she might die at any moment. The tragedy, she said, was that she didn't.”
Edward Norton - The Narrator

“You built your time machine because of Emma's death. If she had lived, it would never have existed. So how could you use your machine to go back in time and save her? You are the inescapable result of your tragedy.”

Jeremy Irons - Über-Morlock

“The misery! The exquisite tragedy! The Susan Hayward of it all!”
Rupert Everett - George Downes

“- Chris Nielsen: Where is God in all of this?
- Albert Lewis: Oh, he's up there. Somewhere shouting down that he loves us. Wondering why we can't hear him. You think?”
Robin Williams - Chris Nielsen
Cuba Gooding Jr. - Albert Lewis

“1,500 people went into the sea when Titanic sank from under us. There were 20 boats floating nearby and only one came back. One. 6 were saved from the water, myself included. 6... out of 1,500. Afterward, the 700 people in the boats had nothing to do but wait. Wait to die, wait to live, wait for an absolution that would never come.”
Gloria Stewart - Old Rose