- Sonny Brautigan: Why is this happening to us? You're the lead reader for the Reverend Riggins down at the Methodist church. You always got a quote from the Good Book, Andy! You must have some idea why this is happening!
- Mike Anderson: Ya remember the story about Job, in the Bible?
- Sonny Brautigan: Uh huh.
- Mike Anderson: Well, there's part of that story that's never been written down. After the contest for Job's soul was over and God wins, Job falls to his knees and says, "God, why have you done this to me? All my life I worshipped you and you destroyed my livestock, you blighted my crops, you KILLED my wife AND my children, you gave me a hundred horrible diseases... and all because you had a bet going with the Devil? Well, okay, but all I want to know Lord, is... all your humble servant wants to know is... WHY ME? Job waits... and just as he's convinced that God isn't gonna answer him, a thunderhead forms in the sky. Lightning flashes and a voice calls down... "Job... I guess there's just something about you that pisses me off!"
- Mike Anderson: It's a cash-and-carry world. Sometimes, you pay a little. Mostly, it's a lot. Sometimes, it's everything you have.
- Ursula Godsoe: Please don't hurt my Sally, mister. She's all I've got left now that Peter's gone. We will give you what you want, if we have it to give, I swear we will. Won't we?
- Alton 'Hatch' Hatcher: What is it? Tell us!
- Andre Linoge: I've lived a long time. Thousands of years. But, I'm not a god nor am I one of the immortals.
- [Linoge's appearance shifts to that of a much older man]
- Andre Linoge: So, now you see me as I really am. Old and sick... dying, in fact.
- [Appearance shifts back]
- Andre Linoge: By the standards of your mayfly existence I've long to live yet. I'll still be walking the earth when all but the freshest and greenest among you, Davey Hopewell... perhaps, or young Don Beals have gone to your graves. But, in terms of my own existence, time has grown short.