“[in reference to Mothers refusal to go to a party] "I'm past being humiliated by you in public, having to watch your drunken foolishness and everybody looking on”

“[Mr. Sullivan to Mrs Sullivan]"I'm a very popular man, plenty of friends, and I can move in any circle and I'm always a perfect gentleman. I'd have plenty of friends if it wasn't for you. And you talk about being humiliated by me. People think you are queer, that's what people think about you”

“Standing there. watching her go, I felt lonelier than I have ever been in my life.”

“He was blaming her for being sick, and she kept repeating, 'I'm forty, do you hear? I'm forty and I've been through enough. I'm forty, it was too much.”

“Come on Pop' I said as best I could 'don't go back now'I felt rotten, watching him go back like that.”

“Why isn't everybody the way they were at first? I wonder.”

“It was great to float on your back in a calm sea and have somebody steer you.”