- Gordon Schell: It's a crime of passion, Stone. Pure and simple.
- Ben Stone: A crime of passion is never pure, and it's certainly not simple.
- Janet Ralston: You don't scare me, Mr. Stone.
- Ben Stone: Oh yes I do, Mrs. Ralston. I scare you a great deal. And I should.
- A.D.A. Paul Robinette: Himes really does love her.
- Ben Stone: Maybe he loves manslaughter two more.
- A.D.A. Paul Robinette: If we don't find out how it went down, we may have to offer it to him.
- Ben Stone: Well then let's find out how it went down.
- Det. Sgt. Maxwell "Max" Greevey: This weekend I took the kids to Duchess Stable. I hate horseback riding. Scares the hell out of me.
- Detective Mike Logan: Scary for the horse, too.
- Det. Sgt. Maxwell "Max" Greevey: I last in the saddle 2, maybe 3 minutes, when it's over I can't remember a second of it.
- [about Janet Ralston]
- Det. Sgt. Maxwell "Max" Greevey: She lived through a horrifying experience and remembered every single detail.
- Det. Sgt. Maxwell "Max" Greevey: [Referring to the murder weapon] ... and guess who it was registered to?
- Ben Stone: Himes, Gilbert?
- Detective Mike Logan: Nope. And not to Ralston, Janet, either.
- Ben Stone: [Surprised] Ralston, Alan?
- [Leans his head in his hands]
- Ben Stone: Great. He was killed with his own gun.
- Det. Sgt. Maxwell "Max" Greevey: [Referring to a shooting victim who Max suspects isn't as innocent as she seems] That's amazing. I know cops who been in shooting cases that can't remember their badge numbers afterwards. Her husband gets shot, she gets shot, victim of a horrible crime, she remembers every second.
- Detective Mike Logan: How many killers does it take...?
- Det. Sgt. Maxwell "Max" Greevey: Take the bulb!
- Adam Schiff: What is it, greed? Power? Evil!
- Ben Stone: I thought you didn't believe in evil.
- Adam Schiff: I never met Janet Ralston before.
- Ben Stone: She's either evil or she's two years old. She wants what she wants, when she wants it.
- Adam Schiff: That's cute.