- [Bill has arrived home late without telephoning Faith]
- Joe Grayshot: By the way, your dinner's on the wall.
- Faith: Well can't he do his own cleaning. Good grief he's not helpless is he?
- Hannah: God, you lot are so reactionary. I suppose it's because your generation came through all the women's lib years that makes you so aggressive.
- Faith: I am not aggressive Hanna, I just don't want you becoming a slave to some man's whims
- Hannah: Well our generation would be quite happy to be kept women and have babies. But you all rushed about giving us equal rights, now we all have to have careers.
- Faith: I was brought up to have dignity and respect for yourself not to spend all your time trying to please some man.