- Mitch Leery: So... why did you do it? Why did you cheat on me?
- Gail Leery: Get ready, Mitch. If you think it can't get worse, it can. The reason why I was unfaithful is preposterous. I have no reason. I woke up one day a few months ago and I realized that my life was perfect. Everything I've ever wanted from the time I was six, has been realized. I've discovered that perfection obtained is a discomforting state. And I got restless. What do you do when everything in your life is right? When everything is just what you wanted it to be? I have the perfect home, career, the most gifted child, a husband who stimulates me mind, body, and soul every day of my life. I wanted for nothing. And I guess that made me feel empty not wanting. I just wanted to "want" again. Anything out of life. So, I set out to achieve it. And... oh boy, oh boy, did I succeed. But I want now, I want back everything I've lost. Mitch, I'm so sorry.
- Mitch Leery: Shhh! Let's just sit here. I don't want to talk anymore.
- Bodie Wells: What do you object to, Mrs. Ryan? The fact that I'm black and she's white? Or the fact that we're unmarried and about to have a child?
- Evelyn 'Grams' Ryan: What I object to most, Bodie, is when children raise children.
- Bessie Potter: Half-black, half-white, it doesn't matter. This child will be 100% loved.