- Mary Alice Young: [voice-over] It goes by so quickly. In a flash, the life we knew is gone forever and we're left to ask ourselves: How could he have left me? When did my beauty start to fade? Why has my friend changed? Was I the best mother I could have been? Of course, there are some people who understand how quickly time passes. That's why they're so determined to get what they want... before it's too late.
- Edie Britt: What the hell happened to you? Look at you. Your clothes, your hair... Carlos might be blind, but the rest of us aren't.
- Gabrielle Solis: I had two children.
- Edie Britt: For what... breakfast?
- Mary Alice Young: [voice-over] It will happen to all of us eventually. The moment will come when we ask ourselves: Where did the time go? How did the children I once cradled grow up so very quickly? How did the life I dreamt of turn into a career I never expected? And how did that woman I saw each day in the mirror become someone I don't even recognize?
- Edie Britt: Mrs. McCluskey, you're still alive!
- Karen McCluskey: It's nice to see you too, Edie. How long has it been? Five years?
- Edie Britt: This is my husband, Dave Williams.
- Karen McCluskey: [to Dave] So, how did you two meet? You run a free clinic or something?
- Dave: I'm sorry, who are you?
- Karen McCluskey: Karen McCluskey, Edie's best friend on the street.
- Photographer: No! For God sakes.
- Bree Hodge: What's wrong now?
- Photographer: Once again, The concept is, sweetie, you're taking the pie out of the oven, your face aglow with surprise.
- Bree Hodge: Why am I surprised?
- Photographer: Because it turned out so perfectly.
- Bree Hodge: That's no surprise. My pies are always perfect.
- Photographer: All right. It's your best pie ever. You've topped yourself.
- Bree Hodge: And I know this before I've tasted it?
- Photographer: Sweetie, just make whatever face you want. I just think you'll sell more cookbooks if you don't look like you just made love to an ice cube.