"[from her diary] My new year's resolution is a far more selfish one than last year. It is to make my motto, eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow, you may be dead."

"Elizabeth Moody - Miss Waller"

"Gilbert Goldie - Dr. Bennett"

"Peter Elliott - Bill Perry"

"Jed Brophy - John ("Nicholas")"

"Simon O'Connor - Herbert Rieper"

"Clive Merrison - Dr. Henry Hulme"

"Diana Kent - Hilda Hulme"

"Sarah Peirse - Honora Parker"

"Kate Winslet - Juliet Hulme"

"Melanie Lynskey - Pauline Parker"

"From a secret world no one could see...came a crime no one could believe."

"The true story of a crime that shocked a nation."

"Not all angels are innocent."

"[about the murder of Honora Parker] I think she knows what's going to happen. She doesn't appear to bear us any grudge."

"Stick it up your bottom!"

"Affairs are much more exciting than marriages. [pause] As Mummy can testify."

"All the best people have bad chests and bone diseases. It's all frightfully romantic."

"Only the best people fight against all obstacles in pursuit of happiness."

"It's a three act story with a tragic end."

"[narration] The next time I write in this diary, Mother will be dead. How odd... yet how pleasing."

"[narrating] This notion is not a new one but this time it is a definite plan which we intend to carry out. We have worked it out carefully and are both thrilled by the idea. Naturally we feel a trifle nervous, but the pleasure of anticipation is great."

"[narrating] We realized why Deborah and I have such extraordinary telepathy and why people treat us and look at us the way they do. It is because we are MAD. We are both stark raving MAD!"

"[voiceover, from her diary] We have decided how sad it is for others that they cannot appreciate our genius."

"She is most unreasonable. Why could not mother die? Dozens of people are dying all the time, thousands, so why not mother? And father too."

"Denzil Smith - Prince Carshena"

"Elliot Page - Hayley Stark"

"Which do you wanna fuck first, me or the knife?"