- Miranda Trewella: You have the most beautiful knees. What does it feel like to have two legs?
- Dr. Paul Martin: Well, I find them quite useful...
- [Clare Martin offering a cigarette to Miranda]
- Clare Martin: Would you like to try one ?
- Miranda Trewella: No I don't like fire near my face.
- [Miranda studying the cigarette intently]
- Miranda Trewella: , Do you always have to cook it or can you eat it raw ?
- Clare Martin: SPOILER:
- [Final Words]
- Clare Martin: Poor Miranda, will she be alright ?
- Dr. Paul Martin: She'll be fine when she gets out to the open sea, I've seen her swim.
- Clare Martin: Next year I think I'll come fishing with you !
- Dr. Paul Martin: No fishing next year, no more bachelor holidays for me.
- Clare Martin: Ah Majorca, I wonder why she said she wanted to be somewhere lovely in May ?
- [Closing shot of Miranda holding a child with a tail sitting on a rock in the sunshine. Credits roll Fin]
- [Nurse Carey sees Miranda's tail when she's in the bath]
- Nurse Carey: Oh, the pretty thing. It's a mermaid. I've always believed in them.