- The Frenchman: They don't ask who takes responsibility!... This is prophecy! The final judgment and victory! This is the way it ends! But you know that. You can see it -- just like I do. You know the end is coming!... The thousand years is over!... But you think you're the one to stop it! You think I can stop it!... You can't stop it.
- Calamity: Tell me what you want.
- The Frenchman: I want to see you dance on the blood-dimmed tide. The ceremony of innocence is drowned. This is the second death. The abominable and the fornicators - this is the second death. You'll have your part in the lake - the great plague - the maritime city. You'll have your part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone.
- Frank Black: Can you think of any reason someone might have killed her?
- Tuesday: A reason? Men don't need reasons. All they need is an excuse.