- Sister Monica Joan: I am as wracked and pinioned as a game bird. And no matter how I rail, I cannot take flight.
- Mr. Percival: [Referring to his pregnant daughter Jacquetta Ellings who is surrounded by family members] We are not leaving this room until I am content you are giving her the very best of care.
- Nurse Phyllis Crane: I shall be giving her an enema in a minute, which, I beg to inform you, is not a spectator sport.
- Nurse Phyllis Crane: If you could have anything you fancied for your Christmas dinner, what would it be?
- Miss Millicent Higgins: I hardly dare tell you. It's almost too disgraceful.
- Sister Julienne: I spend so much of my life trying to be the voice of reason, sometimes I fail to hear the voice of love.
- Nurse Shelagh Turner: Have you told us about all of your babies now, Gloria?
- [Gloria nods]
- Nurse Shelagh Turner: Brian, David, Peter, Ruth, Rebecca, John and Anthony.
- Gloria Venables: Thank you for saying their names.
- Nurse Phyllis Crane: I pride myself on always being game for an adventure.
- Mr. Percival: This isn't a mere adventure, Nurse Crane. This is the substance of dreams.