- Qwerty Doolittle: In my profession, I see death every day. Some by accident, some by sickness, but some through despair. These are the ones I wish I could have helped.
- Qwerty Doolittle: I know that you are going to say it's time for you to leave, but I don't, I don't want you to go yet. I want you to stay.
- Rose Johnny: Are you sure?
- Qwerty Doolittle: Yeah. You can stay here, I have plenty of blankets. You can stay the night.
- Rose Johnny: I don't even know your name.
- Jack Doheny: Just stop.
- Rose Johnny: Are you afraid of me?
- Jack Doheny: I'm old enough to be your father.
- Rose Johnny: Most of them are.
- Velvet Larry: But on Christmas Eve, I'm gonna have a lot of very lonely people out of my club. Some even thinking about killing themselves. And they come here looking for companionship. They're looking for a little bit of love. They are looking for a little bit of hope.
- Randall: Welcome back.
- Jack Doheny: Just passing through. I don't have a lot of time to waste.
- Randall: I had no choice. After you went down, the feds were watching me like a hawk. I couldn't go down like that. I had a family to take care of.
- Jack Doheny: What about me, I didn't have a family? Twenty five years I did, twenty five years. You don't call, you don't write, you don't do shit. We're friends? I swear I would kill you if given a chance.
- Rose Johnny: You're not from around here, are you?
- Jack Doheny: No, just passing through.
- Rose Johnny: Yeah, I thought so. You're too nice.
- Velvet Larry: [strip club host] Just picture yourself in the arms of such a goddess. Welcome to my world, to the excruciatingly erotic world of Wild Velvet. We bring to you all the ladies that Victoria
- [audience laughs]
- Velvet Larry: has been keeping a big, big secret. And now the Wild Velvet is proud to present the luscious, the lascivious, the one, the only... *Scarlet!*
- Qwerty Doolittle: [washing her back] Why'd you leave? You didn't even leave a note.
- Rose Johnny: Men usually leave me first. I was just trying to save you the trouble.
- Qwerty Doolittle: Well, you were wrong about me.
- Rose Johnny: Why did you come today?
- Qwerty Doolittle: I came for you.
- Rose Johnny: [sighs] I'm a single mother with a kid in a coma... and I make my living by taking my clothes off. I'm a *klutz,* and I spill everything.
- Qwerty Doolittle: I work with the dead. I play with puppets.
- [shakes his head]
- Qwerty Doolittle: I've never had a real girlfriend in my life, and I get nervous around people, which triggers my asthma.
- Rose Johnny: [smiles wistfully] Don't do this to me.
- Qwerty Doolittle: I'm trying not to.
- Rose Johnny: Just promise me one thing. That... when tomorrow comes, everything's gonna be okay.
- Qwerty Doolittle: [softly] Everything's gonna be okay.
- [nods]
- Doctor Brooks: Sit down for a minute, Johnny.
- Rose Johnny: I don't want to sit. I don't want to sit.
- Doctor Brooks: Please put it out and have a seat. Have some coffee. Johnny, your boy is in what's known...
- Rose Johnny: Billy. His name is Billy.
- Doctor Brooks: Yes, Billy. I need to remind you that for the last three months, he's in what's known as a persistent vegetative state.
- Rose Johnny: He blinked. I saw it with my own eyes. While I was talking to him, he blinked.
- Doctor Brooks: That's misleading, and it's a... It's a common involuntary reflex response to motion and sound.
- Rose Johnny: Do you believe in miracles?
- Doctor Brooks: In my profession, sometimes I have no choice but to.
- Rose Johnny: Well, maybe this is one of those times. I saw him blink. I saw it with my own eyes.
- Doctor Brooks: There's not much else I can do. I'm sorry, Johnny.
- Rose Johnny: Well, fuck you. You're a doctor.
- Doctor Brooks: Calm down.
- Rose Johnny: And all you can say is I'm sorry?
- Doctor Brooks: Calm down, Johnny.
- Rose Johnny: You're a trained professional. You're supposed to help people, and my son needs help. He needs your help. You're all he's got. Don't you understand that? Is it the money? You don't think I have the money? Well, I will work every day of my life. I don't care...
- Doctor Brooks: It's not the money.
- Rose Johnny: Then what is it? It's okay. I won't tell anyone. Is this what you want?
- [she reveals her bra]
- Rose Johnny: Is this what you want?
- Doctor Brooks: I'm sorry, Johnny.
- Rose Johnny: Where are you going?
- [she covers herself up]
- Rose Johnny: Please don't leave. I'll do whatever you want. Come back here! Doctors help people! You are not a doctor! You can't help anybody! You're a fucking shit!