A son is a poor substitute for a lover.
Sam Loomis: You mean the old woman I saw tonight wasn't Mrs. Bates?Sheriff Al Chambers: Now wait a minute, Sam, are you *sure* you saw an old woman?Sam Loomis: Yes! In the house behind the motel! I called and I pounded, but she just ignored me!Sheriff Al Chambers: You mean to tell me you saw Norman Bates' mother?Lila Crane: It had to be - because Arbogast said so too. And the young man wouldn't let him see her because she was too ill.Sheriff Al Chambers: Well, if the woman up there is Mrs. Bates... who's that woman buried out in Greenlawn Cemetery?
Marion Crane: Do you go out with friends?Norman Bates: A boy's best friend is his mother.
