“Apparently my birth is not considered a blessed event; that's me in the basket, and that's my mother carrying me. And that's my mother running away.”
Michael Oliver - Junior

“- Margaret Lewin: Any animal can give birth. That doesn't make it a mother.
- Khaila Richards: Are you calling me an animal? If you think you're going to just take my baby from me like some puppy from a pound, you got another thing coming, lady!”
Jessica Lange - Margaret Lewin
Halle Berry - Khaila Richards

“We may feel that our lives are not our own, that death controls and frames our lives. Our birth is nothing but death begun.”
R. David Stephens - Minister

“- Professor Johnston: Died 1382.
- Kate Ericson: Born 1971.”

Billy Connolly - Professor Johnston
Frances O'Connor - Kate Ericson

“- Network Executive: For God's sake, Chris! The whole world is watching. We can't let him die in front of a live audience!
- Christof: He was born in front of a live audience.”
Philip Baker Hall - Network Executive
Ed Harris - Christof