- Todd Tjersland: If only the students in America were this conscientious about maintaining their grade-point averages, we'd have an epidemic of mass suicides on our hands!
- Dr. Vincent van Gore: We know only one thing for certain. That death will come, and whether it's suddenly in a car crash, or slowly from a painful, lingering cancer, it will matter not, for we shall never escape. We will all die, sooner or later.
- Dr. Vincent van Gore: I filmed that scene personally and I was moved by this tragic event. My best wish is that I could erase that horrible picture from my mind forever. Or better, ... if I had only bought some colour film for my camera.