[upon hearing of her daughter's pregnancy] Aurora Greenway: Why should I be happy about being a GRANDMOTHER? Flap Horton: Does this mean you won't be knitting the baby any booties?
Aurora Greenway: It's past ten. My daughter is in pain. I don't understand why she has to have this pain. All she has to do is hold out until ten, and IT'S PAST TEN! My daughter is in pain, can't you understand that! GIVE MY DAUGHTER THE SHOT!
Aurora Greenway: Don't worship me until I've earned it.
[Lying in the surf after being thrown from the car] Garrett Breedlove: If you wanted to get me on my back, all you had to do was ask me.
Garrett Breedlove: I like the lights on. Aurora Greenway: Then go home and turn them on.
Aurora Greenway: He can't even do the simple things, like fail locally.
Aurora Greenway: [to Flap] Raising three children, working full-time *and* chasing women requires a lot more energy than you have. You know, one of the nicest qualities about you has always been that you recognized your weaknesses. *Don't* lose that ...
[Arriving back from their first date] Aurora Greenway: Would you like to come in? Garrett Breedlove: I'd rather stick needles in my eyes. Aurora Greenway: Everything would have been just fine, you know, if you hadn't gotten drunk. I was... I... I jus...
Garrett Breedlove: You're just going to have to trust me about this one thing. You need a lot of drinks. Aurora Greenway: To break the ice? Garrett Breedlove: To kill the bug that you have up your ass.
Emma Horton: You don't know how lucky you are, you know. Everybody wants to go to Des Moines. People come from all over the world just to get one look at Des Moines before they die.
Sam Burns: You're a very rude young woman. I know Douglas from the Rotary and I can't believe he'd want you treating customers so badly. Checkout Girl: I don't think I was treating her badly. Sam Burns: Then you must be from New York.
Aurora Greenway: Do you have any reaction at all to my telling you I love you? Garrett Breedlove: I was just inches from a clean getaway.
Aurora Greenway: I just don't want to fight anymore. Emma Horton: What do you mean? When do we fight? Aurora Greenway: WHEN do we FIGHT? I always think of us as fighting! Emma Horton: That's because you're never satisfied with me.
Garrett Breedlove: Wind in the hair! Lead in the pencil!
Garrett Breedlove: [on their first date] Aurora... Aurora Greenway: Yes? Garrett Breedlove: You're not *fun*, by any chance, are you? Aurora Greenway: I don't really think we should think about that right now. [pause] Aurora Greenway: Impatient boys ...
Aurora Greenway: [to workmen hanging her paintings] Careful there. Those are worth more than you'll ever make in your lifetime. [everyone stares at her] Emma Horton: [sighs] I grew up with it my whole life. You can take it for a couple of minutes.
Flap Horton: I'm thinking about my identity, and not having one anymore. I mean, who am I, if I'm not the man who's failing Emma?
Emma Horton: Momma, that's the first time I stopped hugging first. I like that.
