“Some celestial event. No... no words. No words to describe it. Poetry! They should've sent a poet. So beautiful. So beautiful... I had no idea.”

Jodie Foster - Eleanor Arroway

“- Harry Sanborn: Some people consider rap poetry.
- Erica Barry: C'mon, how many words can you rhyme with bitch?”
Jack Nicholson - Harry Sanborn
Diane Keaton - Erica Barry

“The making of a good compilation tape is a very subtle art. Many do's and don'ts. First of all you're using someone else's poetry to express how you feel. This is a delicate thing.”
John Cusack - Rob Gordon

“If food is the prose of poetry, then lights are its poetry. I like that. If music were the food of love, play on. I'm going out of my mind.”
Marcia Gay Harden - Allison

“- Mrs. Pascal: Oh my God, I sounded just like a mother! Didn't I sound just like a mother?
- Marty Pascal: You are a mother.
- Mrs. Pascal: I know, but I still can't believe it. I look at you people and wonder, how did you ever fit in my womb?”
Geneviève Bujold - Mrs. Pascal
Josh Hamilton - Marty Pascal