- Susan: Did you get my jeans?
- Jo Payton: Did you get Susan's jeans?
- Bill Masen: I got a dozen pair so I hope you stop growing.
- Bill Masen: What was the Triffid count today?
- Susan: Over a thousand.
- Mary Brent: That's only 10 days after you burnt them all down.
- Bill Masen: We'll work and we'll learn, and maybe someday, either we, or our children, will be able to return.