- Rose: Hi Blanche! Gee, you look terrific!
- Blanche: Thanks!
- [jogs out the door]
- Rose: [to Dorothy] Blanche looks terrible!
- Dorothy Petrillo-Zbornak: That's because all she eats is wheat grass and bee pollen.
- Rose: I know! And the strange thing is the bees look so good!
- Rose: I want you all to meet my mother, Mrs. Lindstrom. THIS IS BLANCHE AND THIS IS DOROTHY AND SOPHIA!
- Dorothy Petrillo-Zbornak: VERY NICE TO MEET YOU. TELL ME HOW WAS YOUR TRIP?
- Alma Lindstrom: IT WAS JUST FINE!
- [to Rose]
- Alma Lindstrom: Which one of them is hard of hearing?
- Blanche: [a man in his 20s has invited Blanche out to dinner] You know what I think, I think I can handle this relationship with Dirk. I'm gonna go out with him this Saturday night.
- Dorothy Petrillo-Zbornak: Was there ever any doubt?
- Blanche: Momentarily. This is strictly off the record but - Dirk's nearly five years younger than I am.
- Dorothy Petrillo-Zbornak: In what Blanche, dog years?
- Rose: Now come on, why don't you take a nap while I fix you something to eat?
- Alma Lindstrom: Rosey, I'm not a child. I don't need a nap.
- Rose: There's nothing wrong with take a nap - Bob Hope takes naps!
- Sophia Petrillo: Unless he's in the bedroom, now, taking one I think she'd rather stay here with us.
- Rose: I know I drive you crazy, but it's just because I love you so much. You know, after daddy died, I just thought I'd never get over it. And Charlie... Well, there's not a day goes by that I don't think about him. And now that you're getting older, I'm afraid I'm gonna lose you too. That's why I fuss over you so much.
- Alma Lindstrom: I understand, Rosie, but stopping me from living isn't going to stop me from dying.
- Rose: [They hug] Oh, I can't stand to think about it!
- Alma Lindstrom: Well, then, don't. Let's just enjoy what we have...
- Dorothy Petrillo-Zbornak: Ma, where're you going with all that food?
- Sophia Petrillo: I'm laying supplies for when Rose's mother gets here, she's on a special diet; I hate those people, you turn your back for 2 seconds, BOOM BOOM, your food's gone. Suddenly anything you're eating is on their diet.
- Alma Lindstrom: [with $500 she won] Sophia, what time does that mall close? I feel like doing something wild. I know, I'll buy you some of that bikini underwear!
- Sophia Petrillo: Nah, it rides up on me.
- Dorothy Petrillo-Zbornak: What are you doing now?
- Blanche: I'm taking my bee-pollen and my sheep's liver extract and my fish oil protein. I'm getting younger with each passing day.
- Dorothy Petrillo-Zbornak: Great. When they defrost Walt Disney he'll have someone to go out with.
- Dorothy Petrillo-Zbornak: Ma, what makes you think Rose's mother is old? She's the same age you are.
- Sophia Petrillo: Then why did Rose rent a wheelchair at the airport, order her a special meal on the plane, and put an oxygen tank in the garage?
- Dorothy Petrillo-Zbornak: Maybe her mother is a disabled welder on a special diet.