“- Dr. Edward G. Armstrong: We all build islands of imagination. Represents escape. Half of my patients are sick because they're trying to escape reality.
- Judge Francis J. Quinncannon: And what's your answer?
- Dr. Edward G. Armstrong: I tell them fairytales. I build them islands of imagined security.”
Walter Huston - Dr. Edward G. Armstrong
Barry Fitzgerald - Judge Francis J. Quincannon

“- Joanne: All those kids in there want to run away and join the circus.
- Helena: Great, they can have my life. I want to run away and join real life.”
Gina McKee - Joanne Campbell
Stephanie Leonidas - Helena

“I report from the streets. I'm educating and keeping it real.”
Demetrius Shipp Jr. - Tupac

“They say that when a ship is sinking all the rats leave. Goodbye, rats! But you're mistaken if you think I'm sinking!”

Tyrone Power - Juan

“Those who escaped, the wicked ones, their legend haunts the village where I was born.”

Simone Simon - Irena Dubrovna Reed