- James Gordon: Why did you kill your mother, Jerome?
- Jerome Valeska: Oh, you know how mothers are. She just... kept... pushing. And I'm like, "Fine, Mom. Be a whore. Be a drunken whore even. But don't be a *nagging*, drunken whore." You know? "Don't come yell at me to do the dishes if you've been banging a clown in the next room!"
- [hits table]
- Jerome Valeska: [calms down] You know?
- [hysterical laughter]
- James Gordon: [interrogating] How do you feel about your mother's love life?
- Jerome Valeska: I feel fine about it. If not for my mother's love life, I wouldn't be here, would I? Sex is a healthy human activity.
- James Gordon: Come on, you're a doctor. A scientist.
- Leslie Thompkins: There are plenty of things in this world that can't be explained by rational science.
- James Gordon: Yeah, people who enjoy folk dancing, for instance. Doesn't mean ghosts exist.
- [last lines]
- Thomas Schmidt: The manager says you have a deal. You go up and see him, I stay here.
- Fish Mooney: What's your name?
- Thomas Schmidt: Schmidt.
- Fish Mooney: Your *first* name?
- Thomas Schmidt: "Thomas."
- Fish Mooney: Thomas. Welcome. Why don't you take off that heavy gear and relax?
- [removes his billy club from its ring]
- Fish Mooney: My family's gonna show you good time.
- [she leaves and her new thugs close in]