Savannah Halliday credited as playing...
- Ellie: I don't like that term. "Love." It's vague, overused.
- Fonda: How so?
- Ellie: Love is the guise under which selfishness operates. Parents only love their children so long as they maintain control over them.
- Fonda: Chess is not a game of speed.
- Ellie: Not for some, clearly.
- Ellie: [upon first meeting] You have it all. Worn loafers, second hand slacks, tattered briefcase.
- Fonda: I'm not quite sure I follow.
- Ellie: But the truth is in the details. The lines on your face. Your posture. Distinct lack of concern with your hairstyle. Did Miss Olivia send a bargain-bin-find in with me? How quaint.
- Fonda: You're a very observant young lady.
- Ellie: I have had enough exposure to you working-class folks to know what you are.
- Fonda: What are we?
- Ellie: A lost cause.
- Fonda: I don't believe you're qualified to condemn and entire class of people.
- Ellie: The number of dumpy towns we pass through might surprise you.
- Ellie: What if your provocation backfires and convinces me to turn on both sides? To become the monster they would so like me to be?
- Fonda: You decide what you become.
- Fonda: Behind all your understanding, is there no fear of your own mortality?
- Ellie: I'm not afraid to die.
- Fonda: I believe you. I think you're afraid to live with yourself... After what happened.
- [last lines]
- Ellie: Careful, doctor, you're slipping.
- Fonda: I'm not so sure about that.
- [moving his piece]
- Fonda: Check.
