- Wes Block: Twenty-eight years ago I borrowed 40 dollars from my father, packed up an old, beat up suitcase, took a bus and came here. I was seventeen at the time. While I walked through the French Quarter, I looked out over the Mississippi and swore I'd never leave.
- Beryl Thibodeaux: Ever come close?
- Wes Block: Only once. When I looked down and saw that the suitcase was missing.
- Uniformed Police Officer: Wes, Beryl Thibodeaux from the rape something or other wants to see you.
- Wes Block: Where is she?
- Uniformed Police Officer: In the reception room.
- Wes Block: Tell her I'm out.
- Uniformed Police Officer: I did. She said she'd wait.
- Wes Block: Good. Tell her I'm out of town.
- [Wes turns around and sees Beryl standing there, she who gives him a sarcastic grin]
- Beryl Thibodeaux: Welcome back.
- Beryl Thibodeaux: Do you investigate many sexual crimes?
- Wes Block: Why?
- Beryl Thibodeaux: I was wondering if they've had any... effect on you.
- Wes Block: Well, they did make me want to treat my wife a little more tenderly.
- Beryl Thibodeaux: How did she respond?
- Wes Block: She said she wasn't interested in tenderness.
- Dr. Yarlofsky: There's a darkness inside all of us, Wes: you, me, and the man down the street. Some have it under control. Others act it out. The rest of us try to walk a tightrope between the two.
- Amanda Block: Where did you go tonight?
- Wes Block: Out to look for something.
- Amanda Block: Did you find it?
- Wes Block: I found out one thing. You know what it is?
- [Amanda looks up at him; curious]
- Wes Block: That you should be in bed getting some sleep.
- Det. Molinari: [noticing that Wes is looking at the full moon] You think it brings the crazies out?
- Wes Block: They're always out.