- Ida: I didn't know, nobody told me that it cost money to get old. I just figured that was one thing you got for free.
- [Dorothy smiles]
- Ida: But it isn't,
- [Dorothy looks somber]
- Ida: The retirement home costs money, the doctors cost money, medicine costs money. I always thought it was so sad I'd outlived my whole family; but I didn't know that it was going to be a punishment.
- Rose Nylund: [the lights go out] What's that?
- Ben: Oh, bedtime, Rose.
- Rose Nylund: Does that mean we have to stop talking?
- Ben: No, they just like you to stay in your own bed.
- Kenny: It's all about pressure, and family, friends, professors. No room to slide, you always have to be perfect. Guess what, Blanche? I'm not perfect.
- Dorothy Petrillo Zbornak: Who's the letter from, Ma?
- Sophia Petrillo: Joanne Pescatori! She's coming to Miami for a visit!
- Dorothy Petrillo Zbornak: Joanne Pescatori, didn't she own that little candy store down the street from us in Brooklyn?
- Sophia Petrillo: That was Jeanette Pasadano.
- Dorothy Petrillo Zbornak: Oh. Then who was Joanne Pescatori?
- Sophia Petrillo: How the hell should I know? This letter's for Rose.
- Dorothy Petrillo Zbornak: Ma, why are you reading Rose's mail?
- Sophia Petrillo: Because all you got were bills... Listen to this part at the end, tell me if you think Joanne's a lesbian.
- Dorothy Petrillo Zbornak: Ma!
- [Snatches the letter from Sophia]
- Rose Nylund: [about Blanche's jacket] It looks like you got a jacket somebody else returned. It's kind of beat up.
- Dorothy Petrillo Zbornak: Rose, that's the style, it's an aviator's jacket.
- Blanche Devereaux: And now all I need is some accessories for it.
- Rose Nylund: Like a handbag?
- Blanche Devereaux: Like an aviator.
- Dorothy Petrillo Zbornak: What did you do with it?
- Sophia Petrillo: [grabs a vase with flowers] Stand back, I'm not afraid to use this.
- Dorothy Petrillo Zbornak: Spill it, Ma.
- [Sophia dumps the water out of the vase]
- Dorothy Petrillo Zbornak: What you did with the jacket, Ma!
- Sophia Petrillo: I'm scared, I'll do anything you say.
- Dorothy Petrillo Zbornak: [scratching off their tickets] What if you get three palm trees?
- Sophia Petrillo: You don't have three palm trees, that means you win $10,000.
- Dorothy Petrillo Zbornak: Ma, I know what three palm trees looks like.
- Sophia Petrillo: You also know what a handsome doctor looks like, doesn't mean you have one.
- Rose Nylund: Oh darn, I forgot to brush my teeth.
- Ben: I know what you mean, I'm used to brushing my teeth after every meal... you wouldn't happen to have a meal on you, would you?
- Blanche Devereaux: I suppose I could try a little friendly persuasion.
- Rose Nylund: Friendly persuasion hell, this isn't for lunch at the Rainbow Room, this is for 10 big ones, give him what he wants!
- Ben: [to Rose] The hotel business started to slump, hundreds of people got laid off. I tried to find work but it turns out not many businesses are interested in training a 55 year old black hotel porter, go figure, eh? The winters were hard in Minnesota, it took me nearly 3 months but I finally made it to Miami. Oh, listen to me rambling on all night, tell you what, you can tell me your sad story at breakfast.
- Ida: [to Dorothy and Sophia about how she left the rest home] Then I received a letter, the money had run out. I asked for help. They gave me some... phone numbers.