- Asst. Dist. Atty. Catherine Chandler: I didn't know that she'd been sick for a long time. I was ten when she died.
- Vincent: The sadness must have been overwhelming.
- Asst. Dist. Atty. Catherine Chandler: It was. But what I felt this morning... what I feel now, is deeper and more terrifying than anything I felt then.
- Vincent: Yes?
- Asst. Dist. Atty. Catherine Chandler: The loss. A terrible feeling of loss. Not just my mother, but a part of my life. Safety and simplicity. Things that I've never been able to know before. I saw an old friend today, and I looked at her and I knew that she had those things. I was happy for her, but it made me sad.
- Vincent: Perhaps these feelings, these memories, are calling out to remind you.
- Asst. Dist. Atty. Catherine Chandler: Of what?
- Vincent: Something you need.
- Asst. Dist. Atty. Catherine Chandler: I don't know. I...
- Vincent: Of what you long for.
- Asst. Dist. Atty. Catherine Chandler: My life is full of complications and risks. I don't know how to have a simple life.
- Vincent: Catherine... your mother's memory reminds you of your aloneness. Of the family you lost when she died, of all the friends you left behind when our paths crossed. Because that secret that you carry now, our secret, sets you apart from your past, your friends, even from the family you are yet to have, the children waiting to be born. Catherine, the burden you bear with that secret, is your aloneness. Know that our bond, our dream, exists at the cost of all your other dreams. Know that, Catherine.
- Asst. Dist. Atty. Catherine Chandler: It's worth it.
- Dr. Grafton: You haven't introduced Vincent to any of your friends or family?
- Asst. Dist. Atty. Catherine Chandler: No.
- Dr. Grafton: Is it that he doesn't want to take part in your life or that you don't want him to?
- Asst. Dist. Atty. Catherine Chandler: He can't.
- Dr. Grafton: Why not?
- Asst. Dist. Atty. Catherine Chandler: He's not able to. He... has to live separate and apart from me, from my life. For reasons I'm not able to go into.
- Dr. Grafton: Do you want to end it?
- Asst. Dist. Atty. Catherine Chandler: No. I don't want to.
- Dr. Grafton: What do you think you're getting out of this relationship?
- Asst. Dist. Atty. Catherine Chandler: Everything. He gives me everything. All the things I never had before.
- Dr. Grafton: So what's the problem?
- Asst. Dist. Atty. Catherine Chandler: A part of me wants to go and be with him, live with him in his world. And a part of me is just a woman living in New York and trying to be happy.
- Dr. Grafton: And that feels impossible?
- Asst. Dist. Atty. Catherine Chandler: It is impossible.
- Jacob 'Father' Wells: What's distracting you, son?
- [Vincent is silent]
- Jacob 'Father' Wells: As if I had to ask.
- Vincent: She's in great turmoil. Don't worry yourself about me, Father.
- Jacob 'Father' Wells: I sometimes feel, uh... that I'm standing on the bank of a raging river, watching you try to swim across. How can I not worry? I'd be a fool. And yet, Vincent, at the same time, I have to marvel at your courage.
- Vincent: Catherine swims across that river, as well. She faces the same dangers, shows the same courage. And in many ways, the toll on her is even greater.
- Jacob 'Father' Wells: You really think that's so?
- Vincent: On her side of the river, there is no one standing on the bank watching. On her side of the river, there is no one praying for a safe passage. On her side of the river, Father, there is no one but Catherine.
- Jacob 'Father' Wells: Then I shall stand watch... and pray for both of you.
- Charles Chandler: Every year when this day comes around, it brings something different. I can't believe it's been twenty years.
- Asst. Dist. Atty. Catherine Chandler: Strange thing is it just hit me like it's never hit me before. It just came crashing down. It's the loss of her and what that meant.
- Charles Chandler: I don't think the loss of a mother, or a wife, is ever behind you.
- Asst. Dist. Atty. Catherine Chandler: I just felt her so strongly this morning. Her memory, all the things we never got to share. Wondering... what she would think of me now.
- Charles Chandler: She very much wanted you to have a happy life. Your mother didn't have a lot of happiness in her childhood. She wanted that for you.