- Det. Insp. Edmund Reid: I know it painful, Sergeant, but it cannot be helped. Good men may go bad.
- Det. Sgt. Bennet Drake: Although I have yet to see a bad man go good.
- Det. Insp. Edmund Reid: The world is unjust in that way.
- Det. Sgt. Bennet Drake: Indeed.
- Cpt. Homer Jackson: [experimenting with heroin] Let's find out why people are killing themselves over this juice.
- Det. Sgt. Bennet Drake: [as Jackson holds lab rat's cage in front of himself] He confers with his kinsman.
- Cpt. Homer Jackson: [referring to heroin] It is life stripped of all judgement. No pain, no hunger, no sorrow... no tomorrow.
- Det. Insp. Edmund Reid: Qualities much in demand hereabout.
- Cpt. Homer Jackson: [about the Chinese diaspora in London] Lost men gather here and find what they can.
- Det. Insp. Edmund Reid: Whilst others profit.