- Frank Keller Sr.: [a poem by Frank's mother written in 1934 while she was in high school] I live alone within myself, like a hut within the woods; I keep my heart high upon the shelf, barren of other goods; I need another's arms to reach for it, and place it where it belongs. I need another's touch and smile, to fill my hut with songs.
- Det. Frank Keller: Let me tell you something about this.
- [taps his badge]
- Det. Frank Keller: All these people in here with their rocks and their furs, they get robbed, they get raped, I'm all of a sudden their *daddy!* Come the wet-ass hour, I'm *everybody's daddy!*
- [last lines]
- Helen Cruger: Do you still drink coffee?
- Det. Frank Keller: Like it's going out of style.
- Helen Cruger: C'mon, I'll buy you a cup.
- Terry: So the emcee asks, "What's the most exotic place you've ever made love to your wife?" And this guy's thinking, he's got a brain like a pea, but he's thinking, and he says, "In the butt!"
- Det. Sherman: Think you could go for a babe with a dick?
- Det. Frank Keller: Depends on her personality, really.
- Det. Frank Keller: It's called making people feel good about themselves so that they'll cooperate with you and help you to do your job. You should try it some time.
- Det. Frank Keller: So, you're divorced?
- Helen Cruger: [already bored] I said that.
- Det. Frank Keller: You got kids?
- [remembers:]
- Det. Frank Keller: A kid, one kid. A boy? No, a girl.
- [shakes his head]
- Det. Frank Keller: You got a girl, right? You know, it's interesting, you coming from York, Pennsylvania, because in a way, you went from York to New York.
- Helen Cruger: You like the park, and I like the beach. You like movies, I like plays. You're a printer, I manage a shoe store. And I don't believe in wasting time.
- Det. Frank Keller: You know what? I have done some desperate, foolish things come three o'clock in the morning.
- Helen Cruger: You mean like being here with me?
- Det. Frank Keller: Last time, she walked. Maybe this time I can get prints.
- Det. Sherman: Yeah right. What are ya gonna do, Frank? Send your dick to the lab? Man, that'll be a hell of a story in court. "Well, Your Honor, first I whipped it out, then she whipped it out, if you know what I mean."
- Det. Frank Keller: Actually, I admire this woman, whoever she is, for her directness. I mean, the guy fucks around on her, falls asleep, whatever... Bingo! Pop him in the head, it's over. Other women, like my ex-wife Denise for example, you step out of line a little, she'd like to stick it here, stick it there, you know, let's you walk around bleeding. This one, bingo! No mess, no fuss.