- Harry Vanderspeigle: I did not want to murder this man in the middle of town. It is going to be messy for the people who clean up dead bodies. I'll write "sorry" on the wall in his blood.
- Max Hawthorne: You spanked me!
- Harry Vanderspeigle: Softly. Like a father who wants to be your friend.
- Harry Vanderspeigle: There is a word for little boys like Max. "Traitor". And also "shit weasel" and "dink". There are many words.
- Harry Vanderspeigle: He saw me. Give me a fork, I need to stab him in the neck. And anyone who saw. That's a lot of necks to stab.
- Kate Hawthorne: So, you get a resort. Maybe some rich businessman runs it. He comes to town. He likes it here. Maybe he even runs for mayor and wins. Everybody likes him. Now, let's say that that businessman starts throwing his money around and suddenly, all the buildings are ugly and have his name on it. He gets cocky. He offers you a million dollars to bang your wife. I say no. I'm not some cheap whore. A million dollars is practically nothing these days. So, he offers me 5 million, and I say, "For that amount, you can have me all weekend."
- Harry Vanderspeigle: I would not want to be a fish in the same way that I do not want to be a human. So much of their lives is out of their control. The fish swims forward, looking for food. And when they find it, they get yanked out of their homes by a weird being, measured and probed, and then thrown back into their home. It is not the fish's fault. If I was hungry and I saw a pizza on a hook, I might not be able to control myself either.