Marion Crane: Taxidermy. That is a strange hobby to fill.Norman Bates: A hobby should pass the time, not fill it.
Sheriff Al Chambers: Your detective told you he couldn't come right back because he was goin' to question Norman Bates' mother. Right?Lila Crane: Yes.Sheriff Al Chambers: Norman Bates' mother has been dead and buried in Greenlawn Cenetery for the past ten years!Eliza Chambers: I helped Norman pick out the dress she was buried in. Periwinkle blue.Sheriff Al Chambers: 'Tain't only local history, Sam. It's the only case of murder and suicide on Fairvale ledgers.
Sometimes Saturday night has a lonely sound, you ever notice that Lila?
Sam Loomis: Bob! Run out and get yourself some lunch, will you?Bob Summerfield: Oh, that's okay, Sam, I brought it with me.Sam Loomis: Run out and eat it!
