- Dorothy Haley: I gotta go upstairs now. You see, my mother's dead, and my brother's boss of the house. He gets sore when I stay out late. You know, he's careful for me. But as Edna says, you can't watch a girl hard enough to keep her good if she don't want to be.
- Dorothy Haley: But as Edna says, nobody knows whether a person's good or bad but the person themselves. And they won't tell.
- Eddie Collins: I'd like to be nice to women. You know, say nice things to them, like fellas can. I can't though. I think of nice things to say, but when it comes to puttin' them into words, I only say something sarcastic and mean.
- Eddie Collins: Sure there are a lot of things in life besides money, but you gotta have money to find them.
- Eddie Collins: Listen, Dr. Burgess, I always been kinda proud, see?
- [He chokes up]
- Eddie Collins: You know, pay my own way, take nothing from nobody. But I ain't that way now, doc. I'm begging you. If she knew she was gonna help you with it, everything would be alright. But as it is, she's so sick from worry...
- [He bursts out sobbing]
- Eddie Collins: I'm afraid maybe she'll die. When'll you do it, doc?