“You can never explain something like this. And if you were able to, the odds are you wouldn't much care for the answer.”
Fred Thompson - Sheriff

- Marie: Mister, what does it mean... when a man "crashes out"?
- Healy: Crashes out? That's a funny question for you to ask now, Sister. It means he's free.

Ida Lupino - Marie
Jerome Cowan - Healy

“Why in all conscience should these be the ones to suffer? Children, old people, a young girl at the height of her loveliness. Why these? Are these our soldiers? Are these our fighters? Why should they be sacrificed?”
Henry Wilcoxon - Vicar

“Most people, when they see something like this, their immediate reaction is to ask how could somebody do this and why. Even when we catch the killer, they want to know the how and why.”
Nick Nolte - Inspector Cray

“- Peggy Blane: I thought it was an accident. Why are you asking me all these weird questions?
- Sgt. Rita Pompano: Are my questions weird, Detective Rollins?
- Rollins: Rude, maybe, but not weird.”
Mary-Louise Parker - Peggy Blane
Ellen Lee DeGeneres - Sgt. Rita Pompano
Ray McKinnon - Rollins