"In the forest, every least thing's important. It's all threaded together. So you can't tell where one thing ends and another begins. If you really look at it, the little insects you can't even see, they play a role as vital as the river. The dead tree is as important as the living one. There must be something for us to learn from that."

"John Patrick Lowrie - Mr. Sears"

"Will Patton - the narrator"

"That's where all those myths come from, you know? All those flood stories. All those different religions all over the world. It's just the same story, different slants."

"A tree was a friend if you let it alone. But the second the blade bit in, you had yourself a war and the tree was a killer."

"Rob Price - Curious Logger"

"Seeing Kate again felt as real as anything else in his life, even as he wondered if it really happened to him. He spent many days and evenings wandering the forests and fields of the region, looking for any sign of her. Though he found none, he spent the rest of his days waiting, so he would be there if she ever came back."

"There were once passageways to the old world; strange trails, hidden paths. You'd turn a corner and suddenly find yourself face-to-face with the great mystery, the foundation of all things. And even though that old world is gone now, even though it's been rolled up like a scroll and put somewhere, you can still feel the echo of it."

"When Robert Grainier died in his sleep sometime in November of 1968, his life ended as quietly as it had begun. He'd never purchased a firearm or spoken into a telephone. He had no idea who his parents might have been, and he left no heirs behind him. But on that spring day, as he misplaced all sense of up and down, he felt, at last, connected to it all."

"The world needs a hermit in the woods as much as a preacher in the pulpit."

"Newness of the experience."

"Not too many folks I cross paths with more than once in this life. I see it is a blessing when they're brought back around."

"You just go through what you go through."

"w:Alfred Hsing - Fu Sheng"

"Branden Lindsay - Elijah Brown"

"William H. Macy - Arn Peeples"

"Kerry Condon - Claire Thompson"

"Nathaniel Arcand - Ignatius Jack"

"Clifton Collins Jr. - Boomer"

"Paul Schneider - Apostle Frank"

"John Candy (uncredited) - the manager of the Target store"

"Jenny O'Hara - Dotty Dodge"

"Frank Whaley - Jim Dodge"

"Dermot Mulroney - Nestor Pyle"

"Noble Willingham - Roger Roy McClellan"

"[to himself] She's so beautiful. And I'm the town liar."

"Jennifer Connelly - Josie McClellan"

"Kieran Mulroney - Gil Kinney"

"John M. Jackson - Bud Dodge"

"Any little fraulein who expects anything more from me than a little bit of pleasure, a little bit of danger, and a great set of pectorals, she's looking for a fall right on her ass."

"He took the job that no one wanted...and got the girl that everyone did."

"William Forsythe - the Store Custodian"

"Maximum comedy at minimum wage!"

"Lindsay Lohan - Rachel"

"Felicity Huffman - Lilly"

"Jane Fonda - Georgia"

"Some families buckle under pressure...others bloom."

"She gave me oral sex… But we didn't kiss!"

"Dermot Mulroney - Simon"

"In this family, attitude doesn't skip a generation."

"Life is a whole less surprising when its all planed out."