- Mulder: Fear. It's the oldest tool of power. If you're distracted by the fear of those around you, it keeps you from seeing the actions of those above.
- Mulder: [in response to some suggestive remarks about Scully] Frohike, it's men like you that give perversion a bad name.
- Mulder: Mrs. McRoberts?
- Bonnie McRoberts: Yes.
- Mulder: This is Sheriff Spencer, and I'm Agent Fox Mulder, with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. May we come in?
- Bonnie McRoberts: I'm late for work.
- Mulder: You can blame me.
- Richard 'Ringo' Langly: Obviously, you haven't read our August edition of TLG.
- Mulder: Oh, I'm sorry boys. It arrived the same day as my subscription to Celebrity Skin.
- Dana Scully: Levels of adrenaline are known to be high in cases of violent death. Twice as much as in victims of natural death. This subject's levels were 200 times normal The adrenal gland displayed extensive adrenal hemorrhage, yet not from disease, but rather from wear.
- Sheriff Spencer: Agent Scully will examine him at the hospital. You can call her.
- Mulder: I want unrestricted access to him for questioning.
- Sheriff Spencer: Mulder, we know more about what happened to him than he does.
- Sheriff Spencer: In the last six months, seven people have killed twenty-two. Per capita, that's higher than the combined homicide rate of Detroit, D.C., and Los Angeles. This town is not any of those places.