- Brigitta: Everything I loved was taken away from me right before my eyes, and there was nothing I could do about it.
- [Ben forces Brigitta to look at his leg, amputated due to WWII injuries]
- Ben Emery: Look at it. Look at it! Germans like you did this to me.
- Brigitta: No, soldiers like you did that.
- [Tom tries to justify his going to war after his brother Ben dies of battle injuries]
- Tom Emery: Ben told me all about the war.
- Brigitta: And where is Ben now?
- [last lines]
- [quoted from a German opera retold during the story]
- Martin Conlon: Together we shall fly.