- Norman Bates: We just don't belong in this world anymore, Mother. We're broken. We've tried. We want peace and happiness, but the world just won't allow it. So let's take ourselves out of the equation. Because whatever there is after this, we will have peace. And we will be together.
- Norman Bates: I knew this was the best way to get you. To ignore you. That you'd start worrying about me because you knew I had a gun. Because you do love me, Mother. That's the heartbreak of it all.
- [first lines]
- Norma Louise Bates: [leaving a phone message] He had a bad episode yesterday. I got home, he had broken a lock on a bedroom door. He was blacked out when I was here that lasted hours. And then he finally fell asleep, and and I just let him sleep. But I-I-I need to get him into your facility as soon as possible...
- Voice Prompt: [interrupts] To send your message, press the pound key.
- Norman Bates: I don't think you're in your right mind, and you're trying to sabotage me.
- Norma Louise Bates: [Peeling carrots] I'm not doing anything, I'm just making a turkey pot pie.