- Ava Gregory: Hello?
- Bradin Westerly: [crying] My parents...
- Ava Gregory: Bradin?
- Ava Gregory: Bradin? Bradin, what is it?
- Bradin Westerly: [crying] The river. It broke through.
- Ava Gregory: Bradin, honey, talk to me!
- Bradin Westerly: [crying] My parents... they're dead!
- Johnny Durant: What is it?
- Ava Gregory: My sister and her... her husband were killed in an accindent.
- Johnny Durant: Hey, Susannah. Ava, your office called. You know that presentation you thought you were giving at 3:00?
- Ava Gregory: Oh, he's not doing this to us again.
- Johnny Durant: Yeah. They moved it to 9:00.
- Ava Gregory: 9:00?
- Susannah Rexford: 9:00?
- Johnny Durant: 9:00. Let's roll it up, girls!
- Ava Gregory: This is enough! You know, Nikki, you're not the only person who has lost somebody, but everybody in this house is trying to make it work except you!
- Johnny Durant: Rent checks. Everybody get your rent checks out unless you want a visit from Mr. Wonderful.
- Susannah Rexford: Who died and made you the grown-up around here?
- Ava Gregory: You know, in my next life, I'm gonna come back as somebody who always knows where her checkbook is.