Kirsten: I don't understand how this can be happening. My mother was the healthiest person I knew. You know, ever since she moved in with you guys, I don't understand what her life is like anymore. She- She's always out with the girls. And there's always these weird things. Like, one time I pulled into your driveway, and you were dressed in a petticoat, you were dressed like a lamb, and you were both getting in the car with a big, scary dog.
Dorothy: Wolf. I was a wolf.
Sophia: Your mother was just havin' fun.
Kirsten: Yeah, well, all this fun is killing her. I just wish she'd moved in with me when I asked her to.
Sophia: Kirsten, you're just upset. We all are. But you have to know, these two women love her like a sister. And I love your mother like she was my own.

Kirsten: Yeah, well, you're forgetting one thing, though. I'm her daughter. You're not her family.
Dorothy: Why does everybody keep saying that? We share our lives together.
Kirsten: You share a house together.

Rose: Kirsten, where are the girls?
Kirsten: Oh, they're too young to come to the hospital.
Rose: Not your girls. My girls. My girls aren't too young for anything.
Kirsten: [clears throat] They're- They're- They're waiting outside. Why don't you just relax? We don't have to talk.
Rose: Oh, no. I'm fine. Listen, I want you to do me a favor.
Kirsten: Anything.
Rose: If something happens, I want you to look after Dorothy and Blanche and Sophia for me.
Kirsten: Sure, Mom. Whatever you want.
Rose: And there's something else I want to tell you. Now lean in close. This is very important. "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!" Wow, this stuff really packs a wallop.

Kirsten: Mom. Mom, listen to me, you have to promise me that you're gonna be okay. I don't want anything to happen to you. I want you to be around for a long time.
Rose: Oh, don't worry, sweetheart, I'll be around. I'm gonna have my head frozen. So are Dorothy and Blanche and Sophia. And someday, they'll find a cure and then they'll unfreeze us. Isn't that a good idea, Kirsten?

Doctor: How are you feeling, Mrs. Nylund? You ready to go?
Rose: That's a good question, Mr. Carson. But first I'd like to sing a number from my new album.
Doctor: Yep, she's ready.

Sophia: My heinie's asleep.
Dorothy: Fine. We'll keep our voices down.

Blanche: It's a beautiful thing you two have together.
Dorothy: What?
Blanche: You and Sophia are the closest mother and daughter I ever knew. I wish I had had that with my mother. You know, when she... When she died, George and I got to the hospital too late. I didn't get to say goodbye to her. And now I'm not gonna get to say goodbye-
Sophia: Stop it, Blanche. Rose can beat this. Hell, if I can beat it, she can. And you know how I know? Because she's strong. Strong like me. [groaning as she stands up]
Blanche: Oh, yeah, that's right. You went through heart surgery, too, didn't you, Sophia?
Sophia: No, I take nitroglycerin because I want to explode.

Sarah: I have to go to the bathroom.
Blanche: Oh, come on, darlin'. I'll take you.
Sophia: And bring back some of those paper seat covers. [to Dorothy] Hey, you collect stamps.

Dorothy: What did the doctor say?
Kirsten: He said that the next few hours were very crucial, and that even if she makes it, she may need a lot of physical therapy, and her insurance doesn't really cover that, and I don't know what we're gonna do.
Blanche: Don't you worry about that. Oh, honey, if Rose needs physical therapy, we'll just simply see that she gets it. Hell, that's why houses have mortgages.
Kirsten: You'd do that for her?
Blanche: Of course.
Dorothy: Honey, we made a pact a few years ago that if anything happened to any one of us, the other three would take care of her. Sort of an extra insurance policy.

Kirsten: Oh, she's very lucky to have all of you.
Dorothy: Honey, she is very lucky to have you, too.
Kirsten: [sobbing] No, she's not.
Sophia: Kirsten, stop. Your mother loves you very much. Just last week she was saying how much she missed you. Sometimes mothers and daughters drift apart. Dorothy and I did.
Dorothy: I put her away.
Sophia: She sure did. But sometimes it takes something like this to bring you back together again. But you've gotta be strong for her. She needs you.