- Blake: Today I will kill somebody.
- Sylvia: Hmm, you probably work in the city, hm? You got that... cold air, no offense.
- Blake: Depends which city you'd be referring to.
- Sylvia: What difference does it make? They're all so goddamn far.
- Sylvia: What are you waiting for?
- Blake: What? Oh... a train.
- Sylvia: [sarcastic] That's different.
- Blake: What are you waiting for?
- Sylvia: A little love. Aren't we all?
- Mike: What, you think I'm not cut out for a little action? You think I'm not up for it? What?
- John: I think you're a goddamn idiot, that's what I think.
- Mike: Hey, let go of me.
- John: Do you know what's the worst thing that can happen to me? Do you? It's to send me back. For another nine fuckin' months. D'you know the whole time I was there we never once did what we were told we'd be doing, build roads and schools? D'you know what it's like to feel like a fuckin' bully all the time? 'Cause that's what you gotta do to stay alive.
- Sylvia: Wow, what is this? Yesterday all over again?
- Blake: I guess.
- Sylvia: What happened? Train didn't show up?
- Blake: Guess not. Yours?
- Sylvia: No... Not yet.
- Blake: Any idea when it'll get here?
- Sylvia: Well, one of these days for sure.
- Blake: You know, this town could teach the whole world about this war. We got the heroes, the wives, the guys always comin' and going'. Most people only hear about it. Do you ever wonder what makes it so personal to us?
- Sylvia: We care about 'em, we love 'em.
- Blake: So does everybody else. It's not that. It's death. Yeah... Death has this way of making things personal. It justifies a lot of things.
- Sylvia: I know you. You always order stuff from these writers with really hard names. I never know how to say 'em.
- Simon: Have you ever tried reading them?
- Sylvia: Can't say I have. What're they about?
- Simon: Same old stuff: friendship, war, honor, courage, love.
- Sylvia: So if you know 'em why do you keep readin' 'em?
- Simon: 'Cause I hope I'll finally learn how to deal with all that stuff.
- Sylvia: What's keepin' us here? Why can't we start anew?
- John: Because. Because, Sylvia. It's illegal, I could go to jail. Because... this is who we are.
- Sylvia: What? We can't be happy? What about our life, our baby, the plans?
- John: They're gonna have to wait!
- Blake: It's human nature, an eye for an eye. Because the thing is... nobody's a murderer until something horrible happens and he's gotta straighten that out, fix it.
- Sylvia: John's everything I got! See, people think life's about gettin' it all, but it's not, it's about gettin' what you want the most. For me, that's John.
- Sylvia: You always wanted to be like him and now... You remind me of him so much.
- Mike: How come?
- Sylvia: You've lost that glitter in your eyes.