- [On how Christians are by nature gamblers]
- Oscar: We bet that there is a God.
- [In his letter to Lucinda]
- Oscar: I dare not hope, and yet I must that through this deed I gain your trust.
- Lucinda: You will preach what you do not believe to men who do not care.
- [On seeing the glass model]
- Oscar: It is like a kennel for God's angels.
- [last lines]
- Narrator: When Dennis Hasset told Lucinda the baby's history, she had only one thought in mind.
- [Lucinda growls]
- Narrator: [laughing]
- [laughing]
- Narrator: A dream, a lie, a wager - love. This is the story Lucinda gave to my grandfather... and I give to you.
- Oscar Hopkins: [as Oscar's Great Grandson] All right. Let's go home.
- [Oscar's Great Great Granddaughter nods]
- Oscar Hopkins: Yeah? Check for rocks.
- [Choir singing]
- Theophilus: You have reclassified your mama's buttons.
- Young Oscar: Yes, Father.
- Theophilus: The taxonomic principle being color... . with the spectrum from left to right.
- Young Oscar: with size , the second principle of order.
- Theophilus: Very Good.