Julie Ann Hooper: How did you meet Mrs. Merrill?
Ned Merrill: Oh, I - On a boat. Going to Europe one summer. I was with a - with a bunch of students down in steerage. And one night I sneaked up to the first class salon, and there she was.
Julie Ann Hooper: Oh, how romantic and old-fashioned!
Ned Merrill: Now wait a minute! It wasn't that long ago!
Julie Ann Hooper: Well, I - I mean it sounds so much more *passionate* than a computer.


--Janet Landgard (as Julie Ann Hooper) in The Swimmer

Ned Merrill: That's funny.
Julie Ann Hooper: What?
Ned Merrill: Marigolds. This time of the year.
Julie Ann Hooper: They're all over the place.
Ned Merrill: They usually bloom later.
Julie Ann Hooper: Mmm, they're lovely, I love the colors.


--Janet Landgard (as Julie Ann Hooper) in The Swimmer

Ned Merrill: Thy belly is like a heap of wheat, fenced about with lilies.
Julie Ann Hooper: That's from the Bible, isn't it?
Ned Merrill: Song of Solomon.
Julie Ann Hooper: When I was a little girl in Sunday school, they never mentioned that part of the Bible.


--Janet Landgard (as Julie Ann Hooper) in The Swimmer