- [last lines]
- Norma Louise Bates: It's okay. I will take care of all of this. Okay, no one will ever know. It'll be our secret. But you can't ever tell anyone, okay? You promise?
- Norman Bates: I do.
- Norma Louise Bates: Then we'll always be together. Hmm, won't that be nice?
- Norman Bates: Yes, Mother. Yes, it will.
- [first lines]
- Dylan Massett: [about Caleb's guitar] Where did this come from?
- Norma Louise Bates: Caleb left it for you.
- Dylan Massett: He didn't say why?
- Norma Louise Bates: No, he just said, "Give this to Dylan," and I didn't ask him to explain it.
- Dylan Massett: After all that shit...
- Norma Louise Bates: People are generally disappointing, honey. They can't help it. And you can't let it kill you.
- Norma Louise Bates: I'm not always gonna be in this world, Norman. Okay, you're gonna out-live me. And I want you to be safe.
- Bob Paris: Look, the the moment I step off this dock I'm a new person with a new name, and I have no reason ever, ever, to say anything to anybody about my former life, especially about that wacko Norma Bates and her kid.
- Sheriff Alex Romero: The truth is, you're not reliable. You can change your name, but you can't change who you are.
- Bob Paris: I guess none of us can change who we are. I mean, we can pretend to be someone else, someone who's doing things for the right reason.