- Holden Ford: Please stop analyzing me.
- Debbie Mitford: I'm not analyzing you.
- Holden Ford: You run this commentary on everything I do.
- Debbie Mitford: I was talking about your work. That's how we communicate, right? You talk about your job, I give my opinion.
- Holden Ford: Maybe I don't always want your opinion.
- Debbie Mitford: When I'm not in agreement with you...
- Holden Ford: Could you just be my girlfriend? Could you just listen?
- Debbie Mitford: You mean shut up and adore you?
- Holden Ford: Well, you could try it. Once...
- [first lines]
- Holden Ford: [holding up a letter] Got another one. "Wish you were here."
- Holden Ford: [opening the letter] "Dear Holden, it's been some time since we've seen each other, and while the memory of your voice has faded, what we discussed has not. I've had more insights into my behavior, which I'd like to share with you at your earliest convenience. Warmest regards, Ed Kemper."
- Gregg Smith: Ed Kemper writes you?
- Peter Dean: If you leave, I can't help you. I have to write a report on this. It will go down on your permanent record. You're making a terrible mistake.
- Holden Ford: [continuing out the door] The only mistake I made was ever doubting myself...
- Esther Mayweather: When you go from an abstract idea of murder to the visceral reality, you can no longer be objective. Only when you feel the pain of those victims and their loved ones can you know the magnitude of the choice that killer made. And it's that choice that seals his fate.
- Wendy Carr: There's no reason to kill people when we have the wherewithal to lock them up. These people spend the rest of their lives in horrendous conditions, which likely reflect the environments in which they were raised.
- Holden Ford: You want to get something? It's getting late, we should get going.
- Debbie Mitford: No, I don't think so.
- Holden Ford: Okay... Are you still mad? Are you... What exactly are you?
- Debbie Mitford: Must I *be* something?