“- Jake: It's a story about the violation of expectations and a crushing loss of faith, and love, and life, and art.
- Bill: So it's a girl?”
John Cusack - Jake
Christopher Plummer - Bill

“What's the matter, child? Aren't you happy? I thought so. I knew there was something on your mind. There, there, there now. What's the matter? You haven't fallen in love with someone else, have you?”

Walter Connolly - Andrews

“- Nick Marshall: I know how hard it is to go out with someone new. I mean, there's always that fear of... well... getting hurt. At least that's how I feel inside.
- Lola: Do you really?
- Nick Marshall: All the time.”
Mel Gibson - Nick Marshall
Marisa Tomei - Lola

“I admit I wasn't much of a husband, but you can always count on me, Hildy.”
Cary Grant - Walter Burns

“- Lockwood: You say that was Cathy's ghost I heard at the window?
- Ellen Dean: Not a ghost, but Cathy's love, stronger than time itself, still sobbing for its unlived days and uneaten bread.”
Miles Mander - Lockwood
Flora Robson - Ellen Dean