- Walden Dean: The defendant denies all charges and has entered a plea of not guilty. He will be released on bond while awaiting a trial. Well, we'll see about that.
- Walden Dean: Is that misguided gentleman gonna live?
- Detective Bill Kane: He'll live to see you in court.
- Walden Dean: Well. given his size and disposition, I find very little comfort in that.
- Walden Dean: All this became normal? This is not normal! This is the desanctification of the human soul! And quite frankly, sir, you have to pay for that.
- Walden Dean: I hear innocence and I hear evil. And sometimes ... evil walks away. And when it does, I pack up my machine and the ghost of the courtroom goes home.
- Walden Dean: The burden is on me not to enjoy my task too much. But I must bear witness to your earthly departure. For the children.
- Walden Dean: My mother did not adhere to her marriage vows as one would hope. She was something of a loose woman. Some would even say a whore. And a very successful one at that.
- Emily Duperon: I come from a long line of snake charmers.
- Walden Dean: Well, tall tales make short memories.
- Walden Dean: Some people collect spiders. I ... collect a testament of justice.
- Emily Duperon: No. You collect pain. And loss.
- Detective Sally Hunt: You just can't take a walk at night with the person you love, even when you're a cop with a gun.