- Nahum Goddard: Where do you come from, Percy?
- Percy: Ohio.
- Nahum Goddard: Ohio, huh. I had some clients from Ohio once. Didn't sound like you do.
- Percy: Well I wouldn't mind coming from someplace else, if that doesn't suit you.
- Nahum Goddard: Who do you supposed is gonna keep an eye on her?
- Sheriff Walsh: Well, if she's working at the Spitfire, I'd guess everyone.
- Hannah Ferguson: Until I forget my name or start drooling at the mouth, I'll thank you to let me make my own decisions.
- [last lines]
- Clare: I just gotta find someplace to give my boy a chance, Mrs. Ferguson. That's all he really needs, just a chance. And from reading what you all wrote, well, I got to wishing maybe your town would be that place.
- Shelby Goddard: [as bags of mail for the essay contest are deposited in the diner] Holy Moses.
- Percy: Holy Mackerel.
- Hannah Ferguson: Holy Shit!
- Joe Sperling: You sound like you're from the South.
- Percy Talbot: Things ain't always what they sound.