- Carol Coulson: [on Joan] If she hadn't been there I might have killed my own daughter. I owe her.
- Lizzie Birdsworth: Cor, Bea, who would have thought that Fergo would do anything good for anyone?
- Bea Smith: Yeah.
- Maxine Daniels: [on Carol] Reckon she should have done us all a favour and knocked off the Freak too.
- Joan 'The Freak' Ferguson: Don't worry, I've found something that'll keep you all occupied.
- Maxine Daniels: And what's that?
- Joan 'The Freak' Ferguson: Proof reading these leaflets from the workshop.
- Lizzie Birdsworth: Oh gawd!
- Joan 'The Freak' Ferguson: Now don't worry, you can work in pairs, if that'll help you with the two syllable words.
- Lizzie Birdsworth: Bloody reading! I'm sick of reading.
- Maxine Daniels: Lizzie, I didn't know you could!
- Carol Coulson: I'm very grateful for what you're doing for Jilly, Miss Ferguson. You didn't have to get involved.
- Joan 'The Freak' Ferguson: Mrs Coulson, I've spent half my life not getting involved; you don't get involved, you don't get hurt. That's been my philosophy.
- Carol Coulson: Why the change?
- Joan 'The Freak' Ferguson: I suppose you can only run away from your feelings for so long.