- DI Richard Poole: [after finding a freshly laid chicken egg in his shoe] Oh, for crying out loud!
- DS Camille Bordey: Don't you have chickens in London?
- DI Richard Poole: Yes, we do... wrapped in cellophane...
- Officer Dwayne Myers: [Revealing he knew Sister Margeurite before she took holy orders] Elodie. That is, Sister Margeurite. We used to run around together.
- DI Richard Poole: The lengths women will go to avoid you, Dwayne.
- DI Richard Poole: She's married to Christ. You can't expect to compete with that, not with the miracles and the father-in-law.
- Father John: I've brought you some tea.
- Sister Anne: I couldn't drink it.
- DI Richard Poole: Well, if it's going spare...