“- Alison Kantrowitz: You love the blouseman more than all of us?
- Pearl Kantrowitz: No. Sometimes it's easier to be different with a different person.”

Anna Paquin - Alison Kantrowitz
Diane Lane - Pearl Kantrowitz

“- Bessie: Oh, Lee, I've been so lucky. I've been so lucky to have Dad and Ruth. I've had such love in my life. You know, I look back, and I've had such... such love.
- Lee: They love you very much.
- Bessie: No, that's not what I mean. No, no... I mean that I love them. I've been so lucky to have been able to love someone so much.”
Diane Keaton - Bessie
Meryl Streep - Lee

“Let me tell you a little something about love, Dennis. It has a voracious appetite. It eats everything: friendship, family, it kills me how much it eats. But I'll tell you something else: you feed it right, and it can be a beautiful thing, and that's what we have.”
Keith Gordon - Arnie Cunningham

“I don't care if you ruined my life. I love you!”
Miriam Flynn - Cousin Catherine

“Out of all the Korean liquor stores, why did my dad have to walk into that one?”
Maritza Murray - Keecia