- Edith Cross: [to Hetty] Frank always starts talkin' about his son when one of us is sick. Well, you're bound - you're bound to think of posterity at our age. Doesn't mean you're gonna shake it by the hand.
- Hetty Wainthropp: [to Edith about Frank's death] It's all down to luck who goes first, and you lost... and now you're bein' a sore loser.
- Chalky White: [after Hetty jokingly says she a policeman in disguise] Now, that's a coincidence 'cause I'm searching too for a deeply rewarding relationship with an intelligent, mature woman. You just might fit the bill.
- Hetty Wainthropp: I am the bill... the old bill.
- Hetty Wainthropp: [to Geoffrey when she recognizes him on the bus trip] You and me got a lot of talkin' to do young man and a lot of time to do it.