- Claire Holmes: I don't think happiness finds you. It passes near to you, and it's up to you to jump on it.
- [talking about Andy and his new girlfriend Claire]
- Elaine Spader: Your dad wants you over at the weekend.
- Petra: I'm not going anywhere near that bitch!
- Elaine Spader: Petra. How many times have I told you? It's "that *minging* bitch".
- [discussing possible newspaper headlines after Claire has run out of church on her wedding day]
- Elaine Spader: So why d'you run away? Why waste all those vol-au-vents?
- Claire Holmes: Cos it's not like I have to wear the dress to complete the set. I don't want to read about myself in the local paper: "Brave Cancer Bride Weds".
- Elaine Spader: Or "Cancer Bride Flees Wedding".
- Claire Holmes: Shit! It *is*, isn't it? "Wedding Proves 'Tomb' Much For Brave Claire"!
- Elaine Spader: "Send Back The Cake - The Wedding's 'Cancered'"!
- [they chuckle]
- Elaine Spader: You know, in my head, some nights you were like this demon standing over me with these red eyes.
- Claire Holmes: And wings? Like the Meatloaf album.
- Elaine Spader: You have wings if you want. So what are you gonna do?
- Claire Holmes: Die, I suppose. Not so scary now, am I?
- Elaine Spader: You're still scaring me.
- [Talking about Claire, who is dying at Andy and Elaine's house]
- Paul: I would have looked after her.
- Andy Spader: Committed for life - all ten weeks of it? You know what? You haven't answered my question: are you going to the funeral. Because no matter what happens, I'm gonna be there. No matter how horrible it is.
- [Paul sneers and walks away]