“- Don: Talk to me, Gal. I'm here for you. I'm a good listener.
- Gal: What can I say, Don? I've said it all. I'm retired.
- Don: Shut up.”
Ben Kingsley - Don Logan
Ray Winstone - Gal

“- Kay Hamilton: It's just one of those days. Let's sit down and have a good cry.
- Jean Maitland: All right. You can cry on my shoulder. I'm gonna go bathe anyhow.”
Andrea Leeds - Kay Hamilton
Ginger Rogers - Jean Maitland

- Mrs. John Day - Peggy: Listen to the wheels, don't they seem to be saying something?
- Mrs. Stephen Haines - Mary: No.
- Mrs. John Day - Peggy: Don't they seem to be saying "Go back, go back, go back, go back?".

Joan Fontaine - Mrs. John Day - Peggy
Norma Shearer - Mrs. Stephen Haines - Mary

“When the heart speaks, Brother Orchid, other hearts must listen.”
Donald Crisp - Brother Superior

“- Flora: How did you speak to him?
- Ada: I didn't need to speak. I could lay thoughts out in his mind like they were a sheet.
- Flora: Why didn't you get married?
- Ada: He became frightened and stopped listening.”

Anna Paquin - Flora
Holly Hunter - Ada