- [first lines]
- [the morning newspaper hits the front door]
- Ellie Hilliard: I'll get it, darling.
- Daniel Hilliard: [about the newspaper boy's routine of always hitting the front door with the newspaper] Some morning I'm gonna catch up with that kid.
- Glenn Griffin: [when Hilliard threatens him with a gun] You haven't got it in you, Pop.
- Daniel Hilliard: I've got it in me, all right. *You* put it there.
- [last lines]
- Ralphy Hilliard: Dad?
- Daniel Hilliard: Yes, Ralph?
- [Ralph kisses his father, and the two embrace]