- Dr. Max DeBryn: [of the first murder victim] We can probably assume he wasn't lying dead in the middle of a drinks reception, Sergeant. People tend to notice that sort of thing.
- Dr. Max DeBryn: [examining his second murder victim on consecutive days] One more corpse and I shall be able to claim a set of tumblers.
- Chief Superintendent Reginald Bright: They all fledge in the end, Thursday. Sooner or later, they have to fly alone.
- Sir Alexander Lermontov: If it's beyond a policeman to understand, let me put it this way. As a composer, I saw Christina as my instrument, an extension of my spiritual and physical self. I express my innermost being through her playing.
- DCI Fred Thursday: Well, I'm sure knowing that must have been a great comfort to Miss Quincannon.
- Dr. Max DeBryn: [after examining the contents of the first murder victim's stomach] A last supper of alphabet spaghetti. If you want me to spell it out.
- DCI Fred Thursday: [Previously on..as said to Morse] Sun always come up, you just got to hold on to it a longer sometimes
- DS Endeavour Morse: I'm cured, all right. Hand steady, eye clear. The only pink elephants I'll be encountering are those enumerated by Dr. De Bryn.
- Madame Belasco: [describing the death of Rosie Garland] It took a terrible toll on Margeaux. Guilt is a terrible thing.
- DS Endeavour Morse: What did she have to feel guilty about?
- Madame Belasco: Being alive.
- Sir Alexander Lermontov: [to Christina] Must I remind you? The lives of such as we are defined by sacrifice!