“- Grace Learner: Mrs. Wheldon was wondering if you'd like to play in the school concert. Maybe practice with her after school. You don't have to do anything you don't want to do.
- Emma: Can you hear music if you're in Heaven?
- Grace Learner: [pauses] Yes.
- Emma: Okay, then. I'll do it.”
Jennifer Lynn Connelly - Grace Learner
Elle Fanning - Emma

“- April Logan: Texas must be heaven.
- Dusty Rivers: It will be when you get there.”
Madeleine Carroll - April Logan
Gary Cooper - Dusty Rivers

“All astronomers are amateurs. When it comes to the heavens, there's only one professional.”
Claude Rains - Sir John Talbot

“- Ling Tan: How can you dig such a thing without help? The Earth is stubborn.
- Ling Tan's Wife: Heaven gave me the thought. Heaven will provide the help. The shovel is there.”
Walter Huston - Ling Tan
Aline MacMahon - Ling Tan's Wife

“You've never seen the ocean? Don't you know what happens when you get to Heaven? In Heaven, all they talk about is the ocean. How gorgeously beautiful it is. And all the sunsets that they saw. How you could feel the sun loose its strength. And how the cool water splashed forward and the only fire left was the fire in their souls.”
Til Schweiger - Martin Brest