“What were you trying to prove by going to war? Your place was here with your family. I loved you, but that wasn't enough, was it? You want to leave not because of the war, you want to leave me.”

Nicole Kidman - Grace Stewart

“- Guy: Sorry about your family.
- Vera: It's war.”

Dennis Quaid - Guy
Natasa Ninkovic - Vera

“I ain't much about no prayin', now. I ain't never had no family, and... killed off my mama. Well, I just... y'all's the onliest family I got. I love the 54th. Ain't even much a matter what happens tomorrow, 'cause we men, ain't we?”

Denzel Washington - Pvt. Trip

“- Y B'ham: Boy have no family. All killed.
- Capt. T.C. Doyle: You mean in the war?
- Y B'ham: No, hit by falling star... Yes, in war.”

James Hong - Y B'ham
Ray Liotta - Capt. T.C. Doyle

“- Agu: Are you liking war?
- Strika: [Shakes his head].
- Agu: Hey, I'm asking you a question and you are not talking. Are you having family?
- Strika: [Shakes his head again].
- Agu: I am thinking about my mom... and brother... and my little sister.”
Abraham Attah - Agu