- Jamie Buchman: Why would you want to be called Sonya? Your grandmother thought of "Mabel." You know, it's an acronym.
- Mabel Buchman, as a Teenager: A what?
- Jamie Buchman: The letters M-A-B-E-L stand for "Mothers Always Bring Extra Love".
- Mabel Buchman, as a Teenager: Well, "Sonya"'s and acronym, too.
- Jamie Buchman: It is? For what?
- Mabel Buchman, as a Teenager: Some Other Name, You As....
- Jamie Buchman: There are millions of things I want, but only one thing I really need. And if you ever decided to leave me, I would go and find you and bring you home, 'cause you'd be wrong.
- [last lines]
- Jamie Buchman: Thank you for a wonderful engagement.
- Paul Buchman: It has been my pleasure.
- Dr. Mark Devanow: You just stay married and shut up.
- Paul Buchman: Why? Why?
- Dr. Mark Devanow: Because it's better.
- Clerk: Jamie, do you take Paul to be your husband, to have and to hold, to love and to cherish, till death do you part?
- Jamie Buchman: I do.
- Clerk: Are you sure?
- Paul Buchman: I can't always be wrong, you know? Some of what I do must be right.
- Dr. Mark Devanow: Who cares?