Leonard Lowe: We've got to tell everybody. We've got to remind them. We've got to remind them how good it is. Dr. Sayer: How good what is, Leonard? Leonard Lowe: Read the newspaper. What does it say? All bad. It's all bad. People have forgotten what ...
Dr Malcolm Sayer: What we do know is that, as the chemical window closed, another awakening took place; that the human spirit is more powerful than any drug - and THAT is what needs to be nourished: with work, play, friendship, family. THESE are the ...
Dr. Sayer: I'm sorry, if you were right, I would agree with you.
Dr. Sayer: You told him I was a kind man. How kind is it to give life, only to take it away? Eleanor: It's given to and taken away from all of us. Dr. Sayer: Why does that not comfort me? Eleanor: Because you are a kind man. Because he's your friend.
Beth: Miriam! I have to take your blood pressure! Miriam: I've been sitting still for 25 years. You missed your chance.
Dr. Sayer: His gaze is from the passing of bars so exhausted, that it doesn't hold a thing anymore. For him, it's as if there were thousands of bars and behind the thousands of bars no world. The sure stride of lithe, powerful steps, that around the ...
Dr. Sayer: [in job interview] It was an immense project. I was to extract 1 decagram of myelin from 4 tons of earth worms. Dr. Sullivan: Really! Dr. Sayer: Yes. I was on the project for 5 years. I was the only one who believed in it. Everyone else sa...
Margaret: Miriam, there's no easy way to tell you this, so - your husband - he was granted a divorce from you in 1952. Miriam: Oh, thank God!
Leonard Lowe: It's quiet. Dr. Malcolm Sayer: Yes, everybody's sleeping. Leonard Lowe: I'm not.
Mrs. Lowe: My son is in pain! Please, stop this! Dr. Sayer: He's fighting, Mrs. Lowe. Mrs. Lowe: He's losing.
Mrs. Lowe: When my son was born healthy, I never asked why. Why was I so lucky? What did I do to deserve this perfect child, this perfect life? But when he got sick, you can bet I asked why! I demanded to know why! Why was this happening?
Leonard Lowe: Hello. My name is Leonard Lowe. It has been explained to me that I've been away for quite some time.I'm back.
Lucy: I can't imagine being older than 22. I've no experience at it. I know it's not 1926. I just need it to be.
Dr. Sayer: You'd think at a certain point all these atypical somethings would amount to a typical something.
Dr. Sayer: Where are my glasses? Eleanor: They're on your face.
Anthony: [cheerfully] How's it going? Frank: How's it going? Anthony: Yeah, how do you feel? Frank: Well, my parents are dead. My wife is in an institution. My son has disappeared out west somewhere. [pause] Frank: I feel old and I feel swindled, tha...
Orderly #1: You see doc, we got MS, Tourette's Syndrome, Parkinson's disease, some of 'em we ain't even got a name for...