- Nicole Wallace: [to Detective Robert Goren] Libraries have always been a refuge for me. All those books. Same for you?
- Nicole Wallace: I thought this was the land of second chances.
- Detective Robert Goren: There are no second chances for you, Nicole. Because wherever you go, people die.
- Nicole Wallace: [to her prospective step-daughter] Sometimes daddies can love too much. You wouldn't want that.