"[Voiceover] Young boys are so bold and courageous. No living creatures are as noble or as beautiful-- and yet so heartbreakingly awkward. I love nothing like I love the young boys. What a privilege, to gather them all in a castle they can call their own! Mostly they trust me, but sometimes they don't. And then I can feel the part of me that is made of stone. Hard and pitiless, I force them to come with me."

"[To Abel, as he watches the NaPolA cadets marching and singing at night] Mesmerizing ritual, songs and torches-- hard to resist. You are quite intoxicated by it, are you? The flames, the flags, it's a big show-- quite overwhelming, for a simple mind. [Points to Raufeisen] Look at him. His father was a grocer in Leipzig. He stands there in his uniform as if he were selling sardines."

"John Malkovich - Abel Tiffauges"

"R. D. Call - Harry Dieter"

"Juan Fernández - Harvey Torena"

"Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa - Hugh Benny"

"Clarence Gilyard, Jr. - Mustafa Jackson"

"Victor Rivers - Detective Arriaga"

"Richard Chaves - Detective Lou Casals"

"Laura Harrington - Eady"

"Alex McArthur - Patrick McLaren"

"Vincent. Recognize their M.O.?"

"Disappeared. No calls to the house. Nothing. He's probably making a move soon, though."

"Michael Rooker - Detective Bosko"

"Scott Plank - Vincent Hanna"

"Peter Dobson - Chris Sheherlis"

"Xander Berkeley - Waingro"

"Ely Pouget - Lillian Hanna"

"Daniel Baldwin - Detective Bobby Schwartz"

"Vincent Guastaferro - Michael Cerrito"

"Frankie Muniz as Willie Morris"

"Diane Lane as Ellen Morris"

"In my life I find that memories of the spirit linger and sweeten long after memories of the brain have faded."

"Like all dogs, Skip was colorblind. He made friends easily with people of all races and origins. The town was segregated back then, but as we know, dogs are a whole lot smarter than people."

"Luke Wilson as Dink Jenkins"

"Kevin Bacon as Jack Morris"

"Why in childhood and youth do we wish time to pass so quickly - we want to grow up so fast - yet as adults we wish just the opposite?"

"Judith Anderson - Mrs. Ivers"

"Roman Bohnen - Mr. O'Neil"

"Janis Wilson - young Martha Ivers"

"Darryl Hickman - young Sam Masterson"

"Kirk Douglas - Walter O'Neil"

"Mickey Kuhn - young Walter O'Neil"

"Go ahead and hit me, Sam. I've got it coming."

"I missed a bus once and I was lucky. I wanted to see if I could be lucky twice."

"[Offering a hotel room Gideon Bible] I'll loan you a book for a couple of cigarettes if you don't mind what kind of book it is."

"Hotel clerk: There's half as many baths as there is rooms. Half the rooms has a bath and half hasn't; that's one way of looking at it. Another is - for each two rooms one has a bath in the middle and the other hasn't - or - you might say - there's a half a bath to each of two rooms."

"Mrs. Ivers: [to Mr. O'Neill] I know why you offered to tutor Martha. I know why you've made Walter do his daily lessons with her. I know why you want him to live here. A scholarship for Walter, that's why! But I'm not a foundation, Mr. O'Neil. I don't care if Walter drives a truck or goes to Harvard. Probably be a lot happier driving a truck."

"Barbara Stanwyck - Martha Ivers"

"Van Heflin - Sam Masterson"

"Look! I don't like to get pushed around. I don't like people I like to be pushed around. I don't like anybody to get pushed around."

"Lizabeth Scott - Antonia "Toni" Marachek"

"Will Lee - Jeweler"

"Marie Bryant - Singer"

"Harry Harvey - Hagenheimer"

"James Nolan - Schreiber"

"Helen Craig - Mattie"

"Jay C. Flippen - Henry "T-Dub" Mansfield"