- Vint Bonner: [Discussing Ted's idolizing of Marlowe] Kids got the longest memories. Even after you'd gone, he'd still want to be like you.
- Rare Marlow: Well, he can't! I want my son to do better than a gambling tramp like me!
- [Throws his whiskey glass to the floor, where it shatters]
- Vint Bonner: Nobody's got any use for broken glass. Same thing is true of broken idols.