- Sister Josepha Montefiore: "Father, why hast thou forsaken me?" Christ asked the same question.
- Richard: Did he get an answer?
- Sister Josepha Montefiore: Well, he wasn't a scientist so he knew that... some questions have none.
- Isaiah Haden: [Isaiah is on a plane experiencing turbulence] 3... 2... 1...
- [he snaps his fingers, the turbulence stops immediately after]
- Isaiah Haden: Coincidence? You'll never know.
- Richard: Can I ask you something? Why did you become a nun? A young woman, attractive, her whole life ahead of her. Giving up having babies, knowing men, going to parties. Never a temptation? Never a regret?
- Sister Josepha Montefiore: Regret, never. But, um, temptation, always. This is the essence of consciousness. Consciousness being awareness of choice, choice between good and evil, which is the essence of temptation.
- Richard: Boy, you know how to discourage idle chatter.
- Sister Josepha Montefiore: I'd like to wear something red sometime.
- Richard: Oh, you'll burn at the stake for that one.
- Livvie: [muttering to herself] Jesus Christ.
- Mr. Beaudrey: Just for that, you're going to church Sunday!
- Cardinal La Veigh: If it weren't for Torvald Ecklind shielding you, you'd be excommunicated.
- [pause]
- Cardinal La Veigh: Do you have anything to say?
- Sister Josepha Montefiore: May God grant him a long life. And you as well. So that you shall have to deal with *me* till the end of *your* days.
- Sister Josepha Montefiore: The pain we feel at the loss of a loved one is a testimony to the power of human love.
- Sister Josepha Montefiore: We couldn't hurt this much, if we didn't love this much.