Blanche: It's just that during this past week with Ted out of town, everything was on hold. I didn't have to make any decisions about where our relationship was going. I don't know what to do.
Rose: Well, I'm here if you wanna pick my brain.
Dorothy: Rose, I think we should leave it alone and let it heal.

Rose: Oh, Bingo, much as I love you, little guy, we've gotta do what's best for you. Wish I knew what to say to make leaving easier. You know, I used to have a little dog just like you back in St. Olaf.
Sophia: She said St. Olaf, Bingo. I told you, that's the attack command.

Dorothy: Come on, Rose. We've talked about pets. There's no one home during the day to take care of it.
Sophia: I'm home during the day.
Dorothy: No one lucid is home during the day.

Blanche: You certainly do have a nice place here.
Ted: I took it because I spend so much time in Miami, and I do hate hotels.
Blanche: Oh, yeah, I know. The way they charge you for the whole night when you're only there for a few hours. My roommate Dorothy told me that. She's a slut.

Blanche: Why don't we go someplace romantic for a few days?
Ted: I have to go back home tomorrow.
Blanche: Oh. Well, take me with you. Show me the wonders of Philadelphia. The Liberty Bell. The cream cheese.
Ted: I can't take you.
Blanche: Why not?
Ted: I just can't.
Blanche: Is there someone else? Oh. There's somebody else. Oh, a girlfriend. You got a wife?
Ted: I'm sorry.
Blanche: Sorry? I do not believe this. You know, I kept telling myself to stay open to this, that you were just such a special guy who happened to be sitting down. I was actually starting to feel love for you, Ted. I thought you were noble. Never dawned on me you could be a jerk in a wheelchair. Ah. Get out!

Blanche: You're a sports agent? I bet we know some of the same people. I was one of the first women ever allowed in the Miami Dolphins' locker room.
Ted: Reporter?
Blanche: Photographer.

Dorothy: I think you should go for it. See it through. Blanche, so many times you drop somebody without ever knowing what it could turn into. Sometimes you have to take a chance.
Blanche: I just don't know if I'm ready for that kind of risk.
Dorothy: A little risk only heightens the thrill. It's like making love in an airplane lavatory, where you know it's wrong because the guy you're with really should be at the controls. Well, it was just an example. Who are you to judge me?

Blanche: So many books.
Dorothy: That's why they call it a library. It's from the Latin librarius, which means "so many books."

Dorothy: Excuse me. My friend here would like to apply for a library card.
Librarian: What friend?
Dorothy: Oh, the one who's checking out everything but the books.

Dorothy: Oh, by the way, Ma, when I was at the library, they said your library card had expired five years ago.
Sophia: Really? Where could I have been? Oh, yeah, locked in an old-age home.