- Leroy Johnson: Doris, I am an expert on short stories.
- Bruno Martelli: The thing is, I doubt that 'Slave Girls of Pluto' qualify as short stories.
- Julie Miller: A cello is two things. One: an instrument capable of creating great beauty. And two: something I really get mad about when people make cheap jokes! Do I need to say any more?
- Cop: [Leroy is walking down the street carrying Julie's cello] Hey kid! Where you going with that big fiddle?
- Leroy Johnson: I'm going to my cello lesson.
- Julie Miller: Mr. Shorofsky, my cello's 200 years old. This is brand new. My cello's English. This is American factory...
- Mr. Benjamin Shorofsky: I know it's not your cello, Miller. It's an orphan cello. Adopt it. Make it your foster cello. Play.