- Stahma Tarr: Straight talk?
- Alak Tarr: Yes.
- Stahma Tarr: Your father surrendered his claim on his financial interests when he murdered Colonel Marsh in a fit of foolish temper. I thought perhaps his son could take over with the proper guidance, but you lack the strength and brutality to do what is necessary.
- Alak Tarr: This is just...
- Stahma Tarr: Once again, the strong Castithan males falter and I am left to open the airlock door myself! The family business belongs to me.
- Irisa: You burned off my hair.
- Chief Lawkeeper Joshua Nolan: Nope, the explosion burned off your hair. I was blameless. Besides, short and sassy for those hot summer months. You wore it well.
- Mayor Niles Pottinger: I appreciate the nice things in life. I take no pride and accept no shame in this. I treat small luxuries like hand cream as valuable indulgences to treasure. My moments of civilization. So you'll no doubt understand, when I accepted the role of provisional mayor 8 and 1/2 months ago, I was apprehensive. I imagined those wild west movies my father was so fond of, of a town full of anarchists, malcontents, and savages. How wrong I was. Put simply, Defiance is paradise.
- Viceroy Berto Mercado: You're a show-off, Pottinger, with your big words, your hand lotion, your TV screens. But I tell you something, I never met a show-off who was quite as smart as he thought he was.
- Mayor Niles Pottinger: Well, now that you finally have, you can tell your grandkids all about it.