- Nolan Ross: [as Aiden enters the Graysons' masquerade party] Ah. Well, well. Every opera needs its phantom.
- Emily Thorne: [opening voiceover] All too often, we mask truth in artifice. Concealing ourselves, for fear of losing the ones we love. Or prolonging a deception, for those we wish to expose. We hide behind that which brings us comfort from pain and sadness. Or use it to repel a truth too devastating to accept.
- Trask: Bold move you made today. It will have repercussions.
- Daniel Grayson: My colleague got ahead of himself.
- Trask: And you, it would seem.
- Daniel Grayson: Listen, I'll get your money back, Mr. Trask. There's no need to hurt anyone, all right?
- Trask: Why should I do such a thing?
- Daniel Grayson: [pulling out the photograph of him and Emily at lunch and a pair of bullets] Maybe to back up a threat? Like the one you made to me and my girlfriend.
- Trask: Since you seem to know who we are, you should understand that we don't threaten in two dimensions. We act in three.
- Daniel Grayson: Like you've ever approved of any girl I've chosen myself.
- Victoria Grayson: [as Ashley enters] With good reason.
- Conrad Grayson: You are deceptively brilliant.
- Ashley Davenport: I learnt from the best.
- Conrad Grayson: [took it as a compliment, but then...] You meant Victoria, don't you?
- Ashley Davenport: [with wink] Yeah.
- Conrad Grayson: Ah.
- Sloane Hanover: I didn't mean to startle you, Mrs. Grayson.
- Victoria Grayson: Sloane, it's so good to see a friendly face. I'm so glad you accepted my invitation.
- Sloane Hanover: I was, too, until I saw Danny back on the arm of the Ice Queen.
- Victoria Grayson: Well, I always thought the two of you were a much better fit. Give them a few days. They'll have parted ways again.
- Sloane Hanover: Oh... then I guess you haven't seen it...
- [shows Victoria the society tidbit of Daniel and Emily on her cellphone]