“- Davy Jones: Ten years, I looked after those who died at sea, and finally, when we could be together again, you weren't there. Why weren't you there?
- Tia Dalma: It is my nature. Would you love me if I was anything but what I am?
- Davy Jones: I do not love you!
- Tia Dalma: Many things you were, Davy Jones, but never cruel.”
Bill Nighy - Davy Jones
Naomie Harris - Tia Dalma

“If life wasn't so cruel, everything would be beautiful.”
Elizabeth Kaitan - Daria

“This is life's ultimate cruelty. It offers us a taste of youth and vitality, and then it makes us witness our own decay.”
Isabella Rossellini - Lisle Von Rhuman

“Life isn’t always fair. Sometimes the world can be cruel, and that’s why you have to learn to be cruel yourself.”
Martin Kove - John Kreese

“- Jamal: We've been talking about your book at school.
- Forrester: People have been talking about it for years. They just haven't been saying anything.
- Jamal: I think I got it down, though. I figure you were writing about how life never works out.
- Forrester: Really? You had to read a book to figure that out?”
Rob Brown - Jamal Wallace
Sir Sean Connery - William Forrester