- Jonathan Ames: [after watching a beautiful woman in the subway] The world is completely melting, and yet beautiful women are still being produced. It's the one positive in these preapocalyptic times.
- Ray Hueston: Jonathan, I consider myself a very open-minded friend. Half the people I know are disturbed. But you cannot just go around and say that you're a detective. You can't mess with other people's lives like that. You can barely lead your own life.
- George Christopher: You need to know when to give me good advice, and that was bad advice. You need to be sane when I'm insane.
- Jonathan Ames: But I didn't know you were insane.
- George Christopher: Well, you should have.