- [First lines]
- Melanie Cavill: [narrating] Every year before the snow came, my father would burn slash piles - mounds of dead, fallen brush, with flames as high as the barn.
- Melanie Cavill: I'd hold my face up to the heat and dare myself closer like I was walking into the sun.
- Melanie Cavill: When Alex was old enough, she helped me hose down the ash pits, and I'd warn her like my dad warned me of the heat lurking inside, ready to smolder to life like a visit from a ghost. These are her revolutions now on Snowpiercer, 1,034 cars long.
- Andre Layton: I was thinking... This kid's gonna need a name, right?
- Zarah Ferami: Pretty sure that's how it works.
- Andre Layton: Well, if it's a girl, how would you feel about naming it after your mom?
- Zarah Ferami: And if it's a boy?
- Andre Layton: Trotsky.
- Zarah Ferami: We'll talk about this later.
- Melanie Cavill: It was snowing outside.
- Alexandra Cavill: From the sky?
- Melanie Cavill: From the sky.
- Alexandra Cavill: Mm-hmm, that's impossible.
- Melanie Cavill: It should be, but I saw it.
- Alexandra Cavill: We don't get snow. It's too cold.
- Melanie Cavill: How's your train, Layton?
- Andre Layton: Passengers are starting to show cracks. Old divides run deep. What about Big Alice? What's Wilford's next move?
- Melanie Cavill: I don't think he knows yet. He planned this attack for years. Now he's improvising.
- Andre Layton: Why he turned you over? To study our side?
- Melanie Cavill: To study you. He's coming for you, Layton. Make no mistake.
- Andre Layton: Your daughter okay?
- Melanie Cavill: She's cruel. She's confused, and she hates me.
- Andre Layton: So she's a teenager.
- Zarah Ferami: How far would you go to protect your chance at a new life?
- Miss Audrey: Are you talking about your baby or Andre or yourself?
- Zarah Ferami: I'm talking about all of it, Audrey. Oh, but it's all at risk.
- Miss Audrey: The father of your child has to prepare for Wilford, Zarah. He's Snowpiercer's only chance at a new life, and whatever you're weighing, protect him whatever the cost. None of our hands are clean, darling.