- Katherine Mead: [as Phillip opens the window to jump to his death] Phil, wait! Don't! I'm not going to try to stop you. Please listen to me. I stood exactly like that once. Exactly. Only it was a bridge. And I stood there quite calmly, looking at the lights of the city that no longer existed. And I would have hated anyone who said "don't" or "wait". And then someone did say it, all the way across the Pacific. I heard Dan, telling me not to do it. You could hear Anne and Timmy. That's what they'd say to you. As long as you live, they have a special kind of immortality, Phil. They're alive as long as you're around. Let them live, Phil. Let them live!
- [last lines]
- Phillip Ainley: [to his students] This is our last hour together. I'm not going to keep you for it. But I'll remember every one of your faces for the rest of my life... and I rather imagine you'll remember mine... because we've gone on a journey together. There were times when I lost my way, and somewhere along the road you and others became the teacher, and I the student. You taught me that as long as there is one man without an answer, all men are without an answer. You taught me that only he who chooses to be alone, is alone. And so even though our small journey is over and we go our separate ways, we'll never really be apart. To the end of time, we'll carry in out hearts the things that we've shared together. Now I'm sure someone somewhere said that much better than I, probably Shakespeare... surely the Bible. But I think it's something that the man should say at last to himself. As you know, I teach English, but there are some things very hard to say in it. Goodbye is one of them. So if you don't mind, I'll use my first year Spanish. Vaya con Dios: go with God. Let's all go with God.
- [the students all rise to say goodbye to Phillip]