“- Harry Beecham: Did you find the answers to all those questions? I mean, what was wrong with the world and...
- Sybylla Melvyn: Yes. Partly me.”
Sam Neill - Harry Beecham
Judy Davis - Sybylla Melvyn

“- Sawyer: What did you say you did for a living?
- Jeff Blue: I'm an airline pilot.
- Sawyer: I thought you said you were a vacuum cleaner salesman.
- Jeff Blue: Well if you knew, why did you ask?”
Obba Babatundé - Sawyer
Dennis Quaid - Jeff Blue

- Marie: Mister, what does it mean... when a man "crashes out"?
- Healy: Crashes out? That's a funny question for you to ask now, Sister. It means he's free.

Ida Lupino - Marie
Jerome Cowan - Healy

“Why in all conscience should these be the ones to suffer? Children, old people, a young girl at the height of her loveliness. Why these? Are these our soldiers? Are these our fighters? Why should they be sacrificed?”
Henry Wilcoxon - Vicar

“Most people, when they see something like this, their immediate reaction is to ask how could somebody do this and why. Even when we catch the killer, they want to know the how and why.”
Nick Nolte - Inspector Cray