- Edwin Paine: This is such a mess
- Mick: A real mess is one day finding out that your life's been taken away. I was once a mighty walrus, free in the ocean, a proud king of the deep blue. It all started one night...
- Edwin Paine: We are in a bit of a time crunch.
- Night Nurse: It is the stance of this department that a misplaced dead child causes more trouble than a live one.
- Litty: I'm gonna tell you something 'cause I think you really need to hear it. You should go fuck yourself.
- Crystal Palace: [to Edwin] And I am gonna leave before I say something mean. Like pointing out that you're so self-centered that your astronomically huge ego can be seen from outer space.
- Edwin Paine: Being a detective is not all invading people's minds, reading objects, and ta-da, there's your answer. Sometimes, actual detective work is required.
- Edwin Paine: Now, it should be down and to the left.
- Charles Rowland: Is that your left or my left?
- Edwin Paine: We have the same left!
- Charles Rowland: Oh, I think I'm gonna be sick.
- Edwin Paine: Charles, you're a ghost. You cannot get sick.
- Edwin Paine: Crystal. You can't go around telling people ghosts are real. They will think you're insane, which, maybe you are, but they make things messy.