- Dr. Evan Beaumont: [last lines: comforting Nancy who is sobbing over Ellman's death] He's happier now.
- Dr. Evan Beaumont: It will never be known. The Lord thy God is a jealous God!
- Dr. Evan Beaumont: All I know is that for a short time the spirit of life left his body. Now, what happened during that transition? What effect did the experience of death have on his subconscious mind? Can he remember?
- District Attorney Werner: Well, it's rather a large order, Doctor, and I'm afraid a bit beyond the province of law...
- Dr. Evan Beaumont: ...and beyond the province of science too, but it's a challenge, and somewhere, I think, we'll find the key to all this.
- District Attorney Werner: If you do, I hope you'll let me know.
- John Ellman: Last night I thought you were my friend. You took my life!
- 'Trigger' Smith: [contemptuously] I'm gonna take it again unless you got cat blood in ya. No one's gonna bring you back this time.
- John Ellman: You can't kill me again!
- John Ellman: [responding to Beaumont's questions while dying] Leave the dead to their makers. The Lord thy God is a jealous God.
- Dr. Evan Beaumont: [feeling a sense of urgency] But John, what is death? Can't you put it into words? Tell me! Tell me! You must! What is death?
- John Ellman: I think I can...
- [after a pause]
- John Ellman: After the shock...
- Dr. Evan Beaumont: Yes?
- John Ellman: I seemed to feel...
- Dr. Evan Beaumont: Yes?
- John Ellman: ...peace and a...
- [dies]
- John Ellman: [in the prison as he awaits execution, hoping for a reprieve] But you can't kill me for something that I didn't do! You can't, I tell you, you can't! I don't want to die! I want to live!
- Prison Warden: Well, Ellman, it's within my power to grant any last request you care to make.
- John Ellman: [sounding slightly bitter] You take away my life and offer me a favor in return. That's what I call a "bargain."