- Antti Rahikainen: [to Eeva Laakso] I'll tell you something. The man I killed is not important. I killed a louse, and became one myself. The number of lice remained constant. Unless I was one from the very beginning - but that's not important. I wanted to kill a principle, not a man.
- Kari Honkanen: What are you doing here?
- Antti Rahikainen: I came to kill you
- Kari Honkanen: Why?
- Antti Rahikainen: You will never know it.
- [Rahikainen shoots Honkanen]
- Antti Rahikainen: So you know who the murderer is?
- Inspector Pennanen: Yes. Today I became certain.
- Antti Rahikainen: Who?
- Inspector Pennanen: Are you asking me that? You, Rahikainen. You're the murderer.