- Annie Parker: Mommy was in the hospital because mommy has cancer.
- Young William (8): Didn't Aunt Joan have cancer?
- Annie Parker: Yes she did sweetie.
- Young William (8): But she died.
- Annie Parker: Yeah, she did.
- Young William (8): Are you gonna die?
- Annie Parker: Hey, no. I promise you. You are not gonna lose your mommy to cancer.
- Young William (8): But how do you know?
- Annie Parker: Because I just know. I'm not gonna die.
- Annie Parker: [narrating] There are great mysteries out there. Strange and magical, hidden in codes. Did you ever wonder if you knew those codes, could you change your future?
- Tom: You know, a lot of women can't be hot and in mourning at the same time. But you you pull it off. I don't mean any disrespect, but when you think about it, isn't sex our way of saying "fuck you" to death?
- Annie Parker: How are you still working here?
- Dr. Gold: You know, I had a teacher once who told me what the ideal breast cancer patient would be. He said the person with the highest risk would be a nun living in a cold climate, who was overweight, who ate red meat, who was breast fed, whose mother and sister had pre-menopausal breast cancer, and who was Ashkenazi Jewish.