A Distant Thunder (2005)

Deborah Flora: Ann Brown

Quotes 

• Ann Brown : So why don't you tell us what happened after Doctor Lavin delivered the baby up to the head? Audrey?

  Audrey Thompson : That's when something happened that I'd never seen before. To everyone's surprise the baby wrapped it's, her, the baby was a girl. The baby wrapped her tiny hand around Doctor Lavin's thumb, just as gently as you please. It was such a tender moment. And I believe, and I can only speak for myself but, I believe it caused us all to stop and think about what we were doing.

• Harold Shenson : Just take a look.

  Ann Brown : Why me?

  Harold Shenson : Let's just say it's got your name all over it.

• Ann Brown : Do you ever have nightmares? I mean, really terrible ones you can't seem to shake off?

  Linda : Yeah, about my ex-boyfriend.

• Tom Condan : You're Ann Brown, aren't you? I hear you're taking the Lavin case.

  Ann Brown : Well, that didn't take long. I have nothing to say.

  Tom Condan : It's okay, I understand you can't talk about it. Yeah, you know, just one more thing and I'll keep quiet. You don't really want to take this case.

  Ann Brown : Are you threatening me?

  Tom Condan : No, it's just a warning.

  Ann Brown : And why do you feel I need to be warned?

  Tom Condan : Well, besides from it being a hopeless case, you have absolutely no idea what you're up against.

• Ann Brown : I keep trying to imagine this child struggling to live and what must have been going through her tiny little head. I know there's no way she could have comprehended what was happening to her but still. You know how they that when you die your life flashes before your eyes? What about her? She never had a chance to live so what flashed before her eyes, the future she was denied? At least she put up a fight, I'll give her that.

  Tom Condan : Do give her that.