- Vincent Atwood: You see the good in everything. That's your curse.
- Sister Evangelina: And you don't. And that's yours.
- Sister Evangelina: We can't choose where we love, can we?
- Shelagh Turner: No. Nor can we choose what happens when we do.
- [first lines]
- Mature Jenny: [narrating] I had made Nonnatus House my home. When I needed peace and comfort, when I needed to grieve and to be restored, I did not go far. It was as though its roof still sheltered me, as though I was still safe within its walls.
- [last lines]
- Mature Jenny: [narrating] Perfection is not a polished thing. It is often simply something that is sincerely meant. Perfection is a job complete, praise given, prayer heard. It can be kindness shown, thanks offered up.
- Mature Jenny: [as Sally opens a gift package] Perfection is what we discover in each other, what we see reflected back.
- Mature Jenny: [Sister Evangelina accepts a modest bouquet from Vincent] And if perfection eludes us, that doesn't matter. For what we have within the moment is enough.