- Mr. Donford: [at the police station, talking of their runaway daughter] The way you raised that girl... it's a wonder she didn't run away sooner.
- Mrs. Donford: And, if you had been any kind of a father... if you had disciplined her the way I wanted you to -...
- Mr. Donford: The way you wanted me to - - everything has to be what *you* want, huh?
- Mrs. Donford: ...she might've grown up to be a lady.
- Mr. Donford: Like you, I suppose.
- Mrs. Donford: Yes, like me.
- Mr. Donford: Well, I wouldn't wish that on anybody.