- Helen Morrison: Stephen, Laurel is here. She's here to stay. Who has accomplished it? Couldn't you read between those pitiful lines?
- Arthur W. Morley: Mrs. Dallas, I wrote you a letter, and in it I stated...
- Stella Martin 'Stell' Dallas: You don't have to tell me what you stated, just tell me what you meant.
- Stella Dallas: Oh, Lollie! When did you-- well-- whatever brought you back?
- Laurel Dallas: Mother, how could you think? As if I could live anywhere else but with you.
- Stella Dallas: Ooh Ooh! Well, I thought you'd like it for a while. No, really. You-- you always seemed to have such a good time with your father.
- Laurel Dallas: Yes, but-- but good times, oh they aren't what make you belong. It's-- it's other kind of times. It's when you cried together and-- and when you've been through things together. Oh, that's when you seem to love the most.