- Martin Cutler: If you were a *man* I'd kick the living dog-shit out of you.
- Patty Hewes: If *you* were a man I'd be worried.
- Patty Hewes: Kids are like clients. They want all of you, all the time. I mean don't get me wrong, I love my son.
- Ellen Parsons: Well, that's the main thing.
- Patty Hewes: No. Love's nothing, love's easy. They come out of you, you love them. What you do after that is the hard part.
- [first lines]
- Detective Dan Williams: Bloody, half naked, wandering the streets at 7:00 A.M.
- Susan Marsden: Just your type. You get a name?
- Beat Cop: She's not responsive. All we found on her was this.
- Detective Dan Williams: [reading bloody business card] "Hollis M. Nye, attorney-at-law." The rest is a mess.
- Beat Cop: I guess we know her lawyer.
- Detective Dan Williams: Or her John.
- Susan Marsden: Or both. You want to get her some clothes?
- Susan Marsden: [thinking out loud] Who the hell are you, sweetheart?
- Patty Hewes: Do you see a husband in your future?
- Ellen Parsons: Yeah, I guess. I hope so.
- Patty Hewes: You know what they say. "Hope is the thing with feathers."
- Ellen Parsons: Emily Dickinson. That bitch will say anything.
- Ellen Parsons: I know how hard you worked to get your shot with me, but you turned it down to be with your family. That's an interesting choice.
- [walks away]
- Patty Hewes: Ms. Hewes? Is there any way I could still interview?
- Ellen Parsons: I think it would be a waste of time, Ellen. You're hired.
- Felicia Marquand: From 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM, Frobisher's at the spa getting a full body treatment.
- Ellen Parsons: For three hours? What was he getting waxed?