- Deirdre Striden: If only I could be old, old for one day, twenty-five years old. Even a day of problems, a trip to the obstetrician or a marriage counselor, a secret day with a married man. Just to be twenty-five for a flash. That would hold me forever.
- Eugene Striden: It'll be a... a play for the ages!
- Philip: [excitedly] Ooh, will there be potato salad?
- Deirdre Striden: [to Sara, angrily] We DID have faith! Maybe not *your* kind of faith, but we had it, all right! And a little happiness never hurt anyone!
- Eugene Striden: Reputation... that's a very grown-up word.
- Philip: [solemnly, sounding wise beyond his years] So's 'dying'.
- [Philip runs into the woods before Eugene an reply]
- Philip: On Deirdre's impending death: My mother says you may linger for a while.
- Deirdre Striden: Your mother's a fat bitch.
- Ruth Striden: Deirdre!
- Philip: Oh, that's OK. My daddy's always calling her that.
- Dr. Hallet: [upon knowing that Deirdre is going to probably die over the summer] ... Happy birthday, kid.
- [sadly walks away]
- Deirdre Striden: [to Philip as the sun beams down on them both] I wish I could see what you'll look like when you're grown-up.
- Ruth Striden: [Deirdre has collapsed on the ground after dancing outside, and Ruth sees her husband staring in shock] You let her DANCE!
- [her husband gets out of his stupor and rushes over to his daughter]
- Philip: [while lying there at the beach in Nova Scotia, hand-in-hand with Deirdre] I hope sex is as nice as this!
- Philip: [Philip sees Deirdre painting her face with makeup to make herself look like an old hag on purpose] Wow, you look SEXY!
- Eugene Striden: It'll be a play about...
- [in unison with Philip]
- Philip: ...REPUTATION!
- [Eugene hugs Philip and spins around with him in the sunshine]
- Sara: [about Dierdre's heart condition] Maybe it's a punishment because you're parents don't believe in God.
- Sara: [about Philip] that boy should NOT be over here! He's mentally unbalanced, and...!
- [her words falter when she sees Dierdre's father rolling around in the grass with his daughter like a lunatic]
- Philip: [last lines of the film] ... You wouldn't remember me.
- [Philip runs away to the beach, crying while Dierdre calls out his name]