The X-Files (TV Series)

All Souls (1998)

Gillian Anderson: Dana Scully

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Quotes 

• Dana Scully : I'm afraid that God is speaking and no one is listening.

• Dana Scully : As much as I have my faith, Father, I am a scientist trained to weigh evidence. But science only teaches us how... not why.

• Confessor : Do you believe there is a life after this one?

  Dana Scully : Yes.

  Confessor : Are you sure?

  [Scully hesitates] 

  Confessor : Has it occurred to you that maybe this, too, is part of what you were meant to understand?

  Dana Scully : You mean, accepting my loss?

  Confessor : Can you accept it?

  Dana Scully : Maybe that's what faith is.

• Dana Scully : The victim is Paula Koklos, age 16, cause of death unknown. I'll begin with the external examination.

  [she pulls back the sheet to show Paula's burned eyes. who has six fingers on each hand] 

  Dana Scully : Victim has signs of congenital physical defects including four supernumerary digits. The only indications of external trauma are the burning... by means unknown, of both globes of the eyes.

  [she feels a lump on Paula's shoulder] 

  Dana Scully : I'm noting something on the shoulder - a bony process of some kind, possibly a tumorous mass. No- no indication of surgical procedure.

  [she looks at x-ray] 

  Dana Scully : The mass appears on both the right and left clavicle.

• Fox Mulder : I know people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones, blah, blah, blah, but that guy is paranoid.

  Dana Scully : I think you're a little extreme in your judgment. Don't you, Mulder?

  Fox Mulder : All that crap about the fight for All Souls, the literature we saw in there, the performance we just witnessed - it all fits. He thinks he's doing God's laundry.

  Dana Scully : Well, he said this wasn't done by the hand of man. Do you think he believes that, too?

  Fox Mulder : If he does, he's even more dangerous than he appears. Even if he's not your killer, he is hiding something.

  Dana Scully : What?

  Fox Mulder : Well, he says he knew the mother, but won't give up her name. Maybe she's still alive. I think you have enough to bring him in for questioning if not make an arrest.

  Dana Scully : But, basically, you're ruling out any element of the supernatural?

  Fox Mulder : What do you mean?

  Dana Scully : Well, Dara Kernof was baptized on the day of her death. She was sanctified by the ritual sacrament, submerged in the spirit...

  Fox Mulder : And why would God allow this to happen. Why do bad things happen to good people? Religion has masqueraded as the paranormal since the dawn of time to justify some of the most horrible acts in history.

  Dana Scully : I was raised to believe that God has His reasons, however mysterious.

  Fox Mulder : He may well have His reasons but He seems to use a lot of psychotics to carry out His job orders. You want to find out who did this? I suggest you autopsy the body of Paula Koklos before it's interred, before the man who killed her has a chance to find her sisters.