- Detective Kevin Corcoran: What happens if, if I die, never knowing what happened to Ellen, or who killed my little girl?
- Robert Morehouse: Then you'll be dead, same as all of those who have gone before you, same as all of us who follow. None of it will matter, not a bit.
- Robert Morehouse: One fundraiser to train more Union troops, another to aid the South. Mrs. Haverford, I do believe that you are playing both sides.
- Elizabeth Haverford: Oh, Robert, in times of war, only men choose sides. Women just want the ugliness to stop.
- Robert Morehouse: You'll be dead. Same as all of those who have gone before you and same as all of us who follow. None of it will matter. Not a bit.