- Dr. John Carter: Stop! Stop! Stop with this whole routine! This fatalistic, black-cloud, nothing-good-is-ever-gonna-happen-to-me routine!
- Dr. Abby Lockhart: The problem is, it's not a routine.
- Dr. John Carter: Hey! What do I have to say? What do I have to do to get through to you?
- Dr. Luka Kovac: You're with them when they're most vulnerable, when they're naked, weak, hurt... You touch them, look at their bodies, see them more closely than their families, their lovers, but it's mechanical and temporary.
- Dr. Luka Kovac: There was cartoon I once saw in a magazine. A little man is sitting in a room with two doors. One door says "Do Not Enter" and the other says "Do Not Exit". So he just sits there, holding his hat.
- Dr. Susan Lewis: Who's the attending?
- Dr. Abby Lockhart: Kovac. He's sleeping.
- Dr. Susan Lewis: With who?