- Prairie Johnson: Here's something I can tell you. It's really hard to kill a man. It's even hard to allow a man to die.
- [first lines]
- Patricia Knoller: Excuse me. Mrs. Johnson? Nancy Johnson? Hi
- Nancy Johnson: Excuse me. I don't.
- Patricia Knoller: I- I- I'm Pat. Pat Knoller. I write for the Chicago Tribune.
- Nancy Johnson: I'm sorry, I I don't have anything to say to you.
- Patricia Knoller: No. You don't have to say anything, but please listen. I specialize in long-form investigative reporting.
- Nancy Johnson: Yeah, I've read the headlines.
- Patricia Knoller: No.
- Nancy Johnson: "Michigan Miracle."
- Patricia Knoller: No, that's not what I do. I help people like Prairie tell their stories honestly and respectfully.
- Nancy Johnson: Do you know what would be respectful? To let me go on shopping.
- Prairie Johnson: We were like the living dead. Right next to each other, but alone. There's nothing more isolating than not being able to feel time.
- Dr. Hunter Hap: [about sandwiches brought to their cells] You know, somebody might want to show some gratitude. This is because of her. It won't be a regular occurrence.
- Scott Brown: [crouching in the corner devouring his sandwich] Why'd you have to fuck it up with mustard?
- Prairie Johnson: A family was gonna live here.
- Steve Winchell: Probably not. They just built it and then the economy went to shit.
- Prairie Johnson: But if that hadn't happened, some family would have had a life here. It's not really something you think about when you're looking for somewhere to deal out of. Fighting in the kitchen, kids being born, heartache, sex, probably in this tub. Until they don't anymore. Kids movin' out. Parents getting sick. People getting old.
- Dr. Hunter Hap: I don't like to sleep. It's a waste of time, but it's necessary, so
- [inhales]
- Dr. Hunter Hap: sleeping pills.
- Prairie Johnson: What did you do to August?
- Dr. Hunter Hap: Hmm?
- Prairie Johnson: What happens after the gas?
- Dr. Hunter Hap: Oh, that's my part of it. Don't you worry about it. The gas is so you
- [sighs]
- Dr. Hunter Hap: You don't have to worry. Look, Prairie, all great work important work, comes at great cost.
- Dr. Hunter Hap: Why do Russians love beets so much?
- Prairie Johnson: Beets survive frost.
- Dr. Hunter Hap: Hmm. Of course. Something always survives.
- [last lines]
- Scott Brown: Run, Prairie, run!
- Homer: Go! Prairie, go get help!
- Prairie Johnson: [running, panting, wind whistling]