"[voiceover, after Sheba has confessed her affair] And then I realised my fury had blinded me. There was a magnificent opportunity here. With stealth, I might secure the prize long-term, forever in my debt. I could gain everything by doing nothing."

"[voiceover] As my mother would have said, the boy done her like a kipper. She has nowhere to turn but trusty old Bar. She mopes and mourns for her pubescent paramour, but she knows my interventions have saved her life. And she is sweetly grateful. Her betrayal hurt me more than I dare show. But I will forgive her and heal myself in private. She's worth it, this one. She's the one I've waited for. She's beginning to understand that her dalliance with Master Connolly was a consequence of her dead marriage. It's a sham, fueled only by the memory of former glories. I mean, the wonderful thing about Polly- Whereas we are going through the fire forging our friendship with a stronger bond each day. In fact, we are now entering a delicate new phase. We are silently and stealthily negotiating the terms of a life lived together. Now more than ever we are bound by the secrets we share."

"[voiceover] People languish for years with partners who are clearly from another planet. We want so much to believe that we've found our other. It takes courage to recognise the real as opposed to the convenient. We want so much to believe that we've found our other. Takes courage to recognize the real as opposed to the convenient. When I was young I had such a vision of myself. I dreamed I'd be someone to be reckoned with, you know, in the world. But one learns one's scale. I've such a dread of ending my days alone. But recently, I've allowed myself to think that I may not be. Am I wrong?"

"[voiceover] Judas had the grace to hang himself. But only according to Matthew the most sentimental of the Apostles. Is this the last night of her old life? I wonder how long my messenger will take. Thank you. People like Sheba think they know what it is to be lonely. But of the drip, drip of the long-haul, no-end-in-sight solitude, they know nothing. What it's like to construct an entire weekend around a visit to the launderette. Or to be so chronically untouched that the accidental brush of a bus conductor's hand sends a jolt of longing straight to your groin. Of this, Sheba and her like have no clue."

"[voiceover] This last month has been the most delicious time of my life. Of course we have had our ups and downs. The pressure is intense when two women share their lives. But, oh, but what marvelous intensity it is! Circumstances are not always ideal. The swinish press, the stringent bail terms, meetings with lawyers and so on. But all things considered, we're coping admirably. In fact, gold stars abundant. The cuckold permits her to see their children once a week. Thee are usually tears and fits of teenage tantrums, too. In time she'll recognise she's just not the mothering kind, and then Barbara will be there to comfort her. Nurse, beloved friend and wise counsel."

"[to Barbara] This is going to sound sick, but something in me felt... entitled. You know, I've been good all my adult life. I've been a decent wife, a dutiful mother coping with Ben. This voice inside me kept saying "why shouldn't you be bad, why shouldn't you transgress? I mean, you've earned the right.""

"[to Sheba] I knew who you were when we met. You were young. I knew it might get tough, but I was prepared. You're a good mother, but at times you've been a fucking lousy wife. Why didn't you come to me? You could have told me how lonely you were. You never trusted me to help you. I'm not saying I was so fucking fabulous, but I was here."

"Loneliness can turn one into a monster."

"One Woman's Mistake Is Another's Opportunity..."

"One woman's secret is another woman's power. One woman's fear is another woman's weapon. One woman's life is in another woman's hands...."

"Judi Dench - Barbara Covett"

"Cate Blanchett - Bathsheba "Sheba" Hart"

"Michael Maloney - Sandy Pabblem"

"Joanna Scanlan - Sue Hodge"

"Shaun Parkes - Bill Rumer"

"Emma Williams - Linda"

"Andrew Simpson - Steven Connolly"

"Phil Davis - Brian Bangs"

"Bill Nighy - Richard Hart"

"Juno Temple - Polly Hart"

"[Officer Keeney tells her she doesn't look good] Well, you don't look so hot yourself, Officer Keeney."

"Patrick Bauchau - Stephen Altman"

"Dwight Yoakam - Raoul"

"Jared Leto - Junior"

"Forest Whitaker - Burnham"

"Kristen Stewart - Sarah Altman"

"Jodie Foster - Meg Altman"

"It was supposed to be the safest room in the house."

"[to Meg over P.A. system after having hand caught in the panic room door] You fucking bitch! You pull any shit like that again, I will fucking kill her! Do you hear me? If you step outside, I'll kill her! If I see a uniform inside this house, I'll cut her fucking throat! Do you understand?"

"[Meg smashes the video cameras with a sledgehammer] Why the hell didn't we do that?"

"[After shooting Raoul dead. To Meg and Sarah] You're gonna be okay now. [Leaves]"

"This is what I do; if some idiot with a sledgehammer could break in do you really think I'd still have a job?"

"[Hearing Meg clicking a striker in the panic room. To Raoul] Turn the gas off. Turn the gas off right now."

"[After Officer Keeney asked what she meant when she said, "There were three..." on the phone] Look, my husband and I just split up and it's my first night in a new house and I admit I was a little drunk. And the sentence, if you insist on knowing, was going to be, "There are three things that I'll do for you if you come jump into bed with me." Thank God I came to my senses before I said all that, and I hung up so nobody would ever have to know what I was thinking. Unless, of course, two policemen came in the middle of the night and interrogated me."

"[referring to Natasha] I can't be her mother... I don't know how to be myself!"

"Camryn Manheim - Ceci's Teacher"

"Pete Postlethwaite - Mr. Veeck"

"Tim Roth - Jeff Platzer"

"Perla Haney-Jardine - Natasha Rimsky/Young Dahlia"

"Ariel Gade - Cecilia "Ceci" Williams"

"John C. Reilly - Mr. Murray"

"Dougray Scott - Kyle Williams"

"Jennifer Connelly - Dahlia Williams"

"Dark water conceals darker secrets."

"Some mysteries were never meant to be solved."

"This Season, The Mystery Of The Darkness Will Consume Your Life"

"The bathroom's pretty much self-explanatory."

"[referring to Natasha] There's water everywhere! She can't be here!"

"Christopher Neame - Bernard"

"Jay Patterson - Graham Corey"