- Ezra Helsinger: You've cleared your calendar. Except for those events where your absence would be noticed.
- Elizabeth McCord: You really do know how to read the signs.
- Ezra Helsinger: Now, tell that to the DMV. They took my damn license!
- Ezra Helsinger: [discussing the intrinsic restraints of Mutually Assured Destruction] Yeah, but your new enemies today they have no such qualms. They want to push that button and there's no holding them back.
- Elizabeth McCord: That's a bit grim, isn't it?
- Ezra Helsinger: I don't know.
- Elizabeth McCord: Makes me feel naive for being hopeful.
- Ezra Helsinger: Oh, you'll be fine. I've seen a lot of them come and go. I think you're the one for the job.