- Ellen's father: If he loves you as much you love him, he'll make you go.
- Ellen: You've been so clever, so logical, I've never knew that you handled words so well.
- Ellen's father: That's not an answer, Elly.
- Ellen: You weren't quite so logical a few years ago when we needed some boys to ground and get killed or paralyzed.
- Ken Wilocek: He was a bad shot, or else he was impatient. He must have aimed for my head, but he got in my back. I was scared. I couldn't feel anything from my waist down. I thought I was dying. It's funny. That's very, very funny. I was afraid I was going to die, now I am afraid I am going to live.