“When it comes to picking somebody else to raise your kids, no one seems right. No one is you. And so you choose someone who is most like you. Someone that will give the kids a taste of their real mom, the mom they lost and never really got to know. In so many ways, we are so much alike, that's why I chose Helen.”

Felicity Huffman - Lindsay Davis

“- Davidson: If you come up with something interesting, well, shit happens. Unofficially.
- Jack Elgin: My son has just lost his mother! I think it's important that I stick around!
- Davidson: Maybe you owe them more than that.”
Jason Priestley - Davidson
Jeremy Irons - Jack Elgin

I explained to Alice that I had spoken to Sheryl's mom because I knew her husband would have wanted to do the same thing. You know what she said to me? "What'd he do, write you a letter from Heaven?".
John Dossett - Larry Bloom

“We lost our mom, we lost our dad, and if I'm losin' you well, that's... too bad!”

Cliff De Young - Brad Majors

“- Corrina Ramsey Parker: Ma's dead. She went to Heaven.
- Dorie Kay: That's right, Ma's dead. But you're not. And Lonnie's not. And I'm not. And neither is Tiger. What kind of mother lies in bed when she has a child to tend to?”
Amelia Campbell - Corrina Ramsey Parker
Juliette Lewis - Dorie Kay