- Joseph Merrick: [Speaking to John Goode] John, look at me. Do it. Do it! Am I not monstrous? It is the truth of my every waking moment, and yet, despite all, I feel joy. No, I do. I do!
- Dr. Karl Crabbe: [to Reid] You know, Inspector, of all the emotions, which is the most insidious and entrapping - shame. It carves its home in the marrow of your bones and rests there for all time.