- Brenda Chenowith: We're all wounded. We carry our wounds around with us throughout life and eventually they kill us. Things happen that leave a mark in space, in time... in us.
- Claire Fisher: Great. So I get nothing.
- Ruth Fisher: You get an education, Claire, something not all people are privileged to.
- Claire Fisher: Well, what if I don't want to go to college?
- Attorney: Nowadays college is a necessity in life not only to succeed, but to survive.
- Claire Fisher: Spare me the tough-love rationalization, just bottom-line it, please.
- Attorney: If you choose not to go to college, the money will be available to you when you're 25.
- Claire Fisher: It's like blackmail from beyond the grave.
- Nathaniel Fisher: [as they look at his tombstone] Is that the best anyone could come up with - "Father, Husband, Caregiver"?
- Nate Fisher: How would you prefer it - "Introvert, Sadist, Mindfucker"?