“- Emma: It didn't work out.
- Emilia: Oh, so what? He liked boys better than girls?
- Emma: Oh, not exactly. He knew my priority was dancing.
- Emilia: Are you... sorry?
- Emma: No. I don't believe in being sorry. We are what we are.”
Anne Bancroft - Emma
Leslie Browne - Emilia

“The only thing worse than biting it from cancer is having a kid bite it from cancer.”
Shailene Woodley - Hazel

“How you live your life is your business, just remember, our hearts and our bodies are given to us only once. And before you know it, your heart is worn out, and, as for your body, there comes a point when no one looks at it, much less wants to come near it. Right now, there's sorrow, pain. Don't kill it and with it the joy you've felt.”

Michael Stuhlbarg - Mr. Perlman

“- Frank: You know, when you were two years old, we thought you had polio. Did you know that?
- Gil: Yeah, Mom said... something about it a couple of years ago.
- Frank: Yeah, well, for a week we didn't know. I hated you for that. I did. I hated having to care, having to go through the pain, the hurt, the suffering. It's not for me.”

Jason Robards - Frank
Steve Martin - Gil

“Who you goin to the dance with anyway? Spalding?”