- Dr. Montague: How can a house, just a collection of bricks, wood, and glass have that much power over people?
- Nell Crain: You've never been there.
- Dr. Montague: Well, that's true. But see, neither have you, not for a long, long time. And I think that if you were to look at it today after all these years, empty in the woods, you'd find it's not a monster. It's barely even a house. It's a carcass.
- Dr. Montague: It's perfectly normal to want to find something to blame.
- Nell Crain: I know what's to blame.
- Mrs. Dudley: Use your cup of stars. Insist on your cup of stars. Once they're trapped you into being like everyone else, you'll never see your cup of stars again.