- Ellen Bryce: You mustn't blame yourself.
- Admiral Nelson: Such a waste. A terrible waste. A good man. A fine scientific mind. His whole life him. All wasted. I could have done more to stop it.
- Ellen Bryce: [Referring to her husband] No one could have stopped it. He was dead before he even set foot on this ship. I know that now. It's almost if he died that very first moment he saw that whale.