- Annie Lassiter: Tell me more, Ballard.
- Ballard: About the City?
- Annie Lassiter: Yeah.
- Ballard: You'd be amazed. The technology's enormous. We've got powers your time only dreams about.
- Annie Lassiter: No, I mean, the people. Are they different?
- Ballard: They still fight and squabble, and try very hard to outdo each other. I guess they're not very different.
- Annie Lassiter: And what about men and women?
- Ballard: They fall in and out of love, marry and divorce, argue over the children... what?
- Annie Lassiter: I'm pleased.
- Ballard: Why?
- Annie Lassiter: I guess you people are human after all.
- Ballard: These aren't plumbers you can bribe to have your bathroom fixed overnight, lady. They're killers.