- Norma Louise Bates: Norman, there's room in the human heart for more than one person. Didn't doesn't diminish the love that's already there.
- Norman Bates: Oh, really? Imagine that we are on a ship at sea. The ship is going down. And there is one tiny boat and room and provisions for two. Who are you gonna put in that boat with you?
- Sheriff Alex Romero: Well, maybe you and I get in, Norman, and we leave *her* on the ship.
- Norma Louise Bates: [bursts out laughing] No, Alex, don't make jokes. That's inappropriate.