- Detective Mike Hoolihan: To want your ashes thrown in the garbage, that's... that's brutal.
- Duncan J Reynolds: A cosmic nod to Hugh Everett. Everett developed the theory of parallel universes. He requested the same.
- [voice over]
- Jennifer Rockwell: It's like we're following the energy. Like a trail of clues leading closer and closer to this black hole's dark heart.
- Detective Mike Hoolihan: Like Schrodinger's cat. "Will it happen? Won't it happen? Will it happen, won't it happen? Will it happen?"
- [First lines]
- Jennifer Rockwell: [voice over] The catastrophic death of a star brings new life to the universe. In order for us to live, a star must die. We are all stardust.
- Janey Mac: You ever think about retiring?
- Detective Mike Hoolihan: Why don't you just wheel me out into the sun, Janey? My whole life has been homicide.
- Sabrina White: We were just talking. Discussing Schroedinger's cat all night.
- Detective Mike Hoolihan: I'm super fond of my cat but I don't think I'd be able to have a conversation about her all night.
- Sabrina White: It's not a real cat. It's a thought experiment. Cat in a sealed box.
- Detective Mike Hoolihan: In my experience usually what's in a sealed box is dead, Miss White.
- Stella Honey: Why did you become a cop?
- Detective Mike Hoolihan: Felt safe.
- Stella Honey: "Safe", she says. I thought it was danger money you guys got paid.
- Duncan J Reynolds: Get me a lawyer.
- Detective Mike Hoolihan: What?
- Duncan J Reynolds: Get me a lawyer!
- Detective Mike Hoolihan: We don't get you lawyers. You make a goddamn call and you get yourself one.
- Stella Honey: Hey, I got jamais vu today.
- Detective Mike Hoolihan: Congratulations. What is it?
- Stella Honey: Jamais vu is the opposite feeling of deja vu. When I woke up, I felt I was seeing things for the first time. Even though it was the same things in the same old apartment.
- Miriam Rockwell: [talking about Jennifer] When she was in the eighth grade, she wrote an essay called "We Are All Stardust." And it's true. She educated me. She told me that your hand can come from a different star than your nose can. So, you see, we are all stars.
- Detective Mike Hoolihan: I'd like to ask you about the state of mind of a former patient. Jennifer Rockwell. Were you surprised by her suicide?
- Dr. Hi: [shakes her head] Every 30 seconds, someone in the world kills themselves.