- James Cole: [teaching Cassandra to shoot] That's good. You're steady. First time I shot a gun, the kickback knocked me on my ass. You're steady.
- Dr. Cassandra Railly: That's because I'm tougher than you.
- James Cole: [chuckles] I believe that.
- Dr. Henri Toussaint: My sister had the measles - when she was a kid. I was her bigger brother and I couldn't do anything. She died. You know, I thought, "Henri, if you were a doctor, you would have the power."
- [he chuckles]
- Dr. Henri Toussaint: I was wrong. You can't control nature. And anybody who thinks they can are kidding themselves. Nature doesn't break. It only bends.
- Dr. Henri Toussaint: [about the virus spreading on Haiti] What do you think this thing is?
- Dr. Cassandra Railly: Something we shouldn't underestimate.
- Dr. Cassandra Railly: I hope I'm wrong.
- Dr. Henri Toussaint: [debonair] I imagine you rarely are.
- Dr. Cassandra Railly: [smiles] It depends on who you ask.
- Dr. Henri Toussaint: I don't need to ask.
- Dr. Henri Toussaint: Somewhere in the world, there's a dark corner, needs a doctor. There always is.
- James Cole: This is good. What is it?
- Dr. Cassandra Railly: General Tso's Chicken.
- James Cole: That guy was a general?
- Dr. Cassandra Railly: Yes. Here in the past, we have soldiers on the front lines dedicated to the preparation and distribution of both sweet and sour deep fried chicken.
- Dr. Henri Toussaint: If you want Jennifer to do something, you ask her not to. Took me years to figure that out.