Blanche: Rose, let us call a rehabilitation center for you.
Rose: No, I don't need one of those places. I can't go to one of those places. I'd be too ashamed, too embarrassed.
Dorothy: What is there to be ashamed of? You have a medical problem. Was Betty Ford embarrassed? Was Liza Minnelli embarrassed?
Sophia: She should have been. Did you see Arthur 2?

Blanche: Aren't you gonna have one, Dorothy?
Dorothy: Oh, no. After you've worked in a malt shop, the greatest pleasure you can get is slurping up what's left in the blender. [slurps] Yum. [slurps]
Sophia: Is it any wonder I never breast-fed her?

Blanche: Rose you have to do this.
Rose: No, I can stop by myself. I can quit cold turkey.
Dorothy: Cold turkey? After 30 years, doing it alone without professional help could be dangerous.
Rose: I won't be alone. I'll be with you. Oh, if you'll just see me through the night, I know I can lick this. Come on, what do you say, girls? Are you in this with me?
Dorothy: You bet we are, honey.
Sophia: This is what friendship is all about. Banding together when the going gets tough. Sacrificing sleep and personal comfort. Putting someone else's need ahead of your own. It's beautiful. Let me know how it turns out in the morning.

Blanche: Think this is gonna work?
Dorothy: I don't know. We should just go along with whatever she wants to do. The important thing is to keep Rose's mind occupied.
Sophia: Hey, give me some lipstick. I'll draw a face on my hand.
Dorothy: Ma, what are you doing up?
Sophia: I've got an hour till my paper route starts, so I thought I'd do some chin-ups.

Dorothy: Oh, it says, "Pick a card." How odd. I can either buy the library or the phone booth in the center of town.
I'll buy the library.
Rose: If I were you, I'd buy the phone booth.
Dorothy: Why?
Rose: People use the phone booth.

Rose: It's my turn. Oh, six. Ha-ha! What luck! I own Logenbeuton Avenue! Ha-ha. Game's over, I win.
Blanche: You win?
Dorothy: Rose, how? You bought one street in St. Olaf.
Rose: I bought the only street in St. Olaf. That means I'm gonna tear down your phone booth.
Dorothy: This is the stupidest game! I could just-
Blanche: Dorothy, Dorothy.
Dorothy: I could just play all night. Set it up again, Rose.

Dorothy: Yeah uh, one thing. Do I look at my mother or at the camera?
Sy: Look at the camera, and here's a little tip. Look at it like you're making love to it.
Sophia: It might help if you give her a reference she's more familiar with.

Dorothy: Rose, how about a piece of Bundt cake?
Rose: Oh, no, thanks.
Blanche: I'll try some, Dorothy.
Sophia: "Try some." Right, like it's some big experiment, like you got no idea what it tastes like. Like you don't shovel it in by the pound every chance you get.
Dorothy: Ma!

Sophia: I was worried about Rose. I'm a member of this family, too.
Dorothy: I'm sorry. Ma, that's really very sweet, considering we have to get up so darn early tomorrow for that commercial.
Sophia: I said she was family. I'd do anything for that girl.

Sophia: I went to the mini-mall. They opened a Little Slice of Sicily pizzeria. So I walk in, and this guy strikes up a conversation with me. Turns out he owns the chain and wants me to be in a commercial.
Blanche: Sophia, that's amazing!
Rose: I'll say. It's rare you find anybody in a mini-mall who even speaks English.