- Maud Shainberg: Please. What I'd like is to laugh. Because I love to laugh... and now... I can't laugh any more.
- [first lines]
- Emergency Operator: Hello, yes.
- Maud Shainberg: Hello. I need an ambulance.
- Emergency Operator: I'm listening.
- Maud Shainberg: Half my body is dead.
- Emergency Operator: You're talking, so you can't be dead.
- Maud Shainberg: No, I'm not dead. I'm calling for help.
- Emergency Operator: Lady?