- Norman Brinkmann: [When Alice decides to go back to New York] Listen, Alice. I am up to my neck in craziness. I've got a madwoman who wants to make everybody else cry at her own son's wedding; I got a Japanese trade delegation that wants to displace the reception; a lawyer preparing the bride's divorce; a nutcase who tried to seduce me; there are two people here who seem to sneer for a living and there's another woman who regards sexual intercourse as an unnatural act. The head caterer had a baby after making sushi that causes anaphylaxis; the mother of the groom thinks the mother of the bride is her social inferior; the mother of the bride is trying to prove the mother of the groom is wrong by spending herself into bankruptcy; the groom has managed to get himself two fathers; the bride has a secret which I am not at liberty to discuss -- no! And the two of them have gotten themselves totally lost and everything has been dumped into my lap. The only fun I've had since I got here is when you insult me.
- Alice: Relax, Norman. I'm on your side.
- Norman Brinkmann: That's why I want you to stay. We make a pretty good team, Alice... we even had a baby.