- A.J. 'The Reverend' Shepherd: N-R-C. You know what this is? This thing detects accumulated radiation. They wear these things in nuclear power plants.
- Captain Bosch: How do you know that?
- A.J. 'The Reverend' Shepherd: I used to be a nuclear physicist...
- [Bosch looks at him incredulously]
- A.J. 'The Reverend' Shepherd: I saw it on TV.
- A.J. 'The Reverend' Shepherd: What are you trying to hide?... You saw it. You saw the monster!
- Wilson: Is that what you're going to tell the papers? That you're afraid of monsters?
- A.J. 'The Reverend' Shepherd: That's exactly what I'm gonna tell them if you don't fill me in.
- A.J. 'The Reverend' Shepherd: You Cooper?
- George Cooper: Yeah.
- A.J. 'The Reverend' Shepherd: You all right?
- George Cooper: Who are you?
- A.J. 'The Reverend' Shepherd: I run the soup kitchen.
- George Cooper: On Kenmann.
- A.J. 'The Reverend' Shepherd: Right... right. This is crazy. C'mon.
- George Cooper: Thank God they deliver.
- Val: Gog... and Magog.
- Captain Bosch: Yeah... well... uh, Val, I understand you used to live underground. What made you change your mind?
- Val: On each side of the throne there are four living creatures filled with eyes in front *and* behind.
- Captain Bosch: Creatures? Talking about your friends? They still down there?
- Val: I know your work. You go by the name of being alive and you are dead.
- Captain Bosch: Now listen, pal...
- [Val whips out a big knife and Bosch jumps back, startled]
- Val: They have the power to shut the sky.
- [quivering]
- Val: They have the power to shut the sky.
- A.J. 'The Reverend' Shepherd: [Shepherd is growing tired of Bosch's evasive answers] It doesnt wash, Bosch.
- Coroner: [Uncovering a C.H.U.D] There's every indication this once was human. It's dressed in the rags of a Bowery bum.
- Mrs. Monroe: Cooper, you son of a bitch. I'm in jail. I only get one phone call. You think I wanna waste it talking to some goddamn fucking machine?
- [the police are returning Mrs. Monroe's bags after interrogation]
- Mrs. Monroe: How do I know you didn't take anything?
- Officer Crespi: How do I know you didn't give us anything?