- Narrator: The Three Mothers rule the world with sorrow, tears and darkness. Mater Suspiriorum, the Mother of Sighs, and the oldest of the three, lives in Freiburg. Mater Lachrymarum, the Mother of Tears, and the most beautiful of the sisters, holds rule in Rome. Mater Tenebrarum, the Mother of Darkness, who is the youngest and cruelest of the three, controls New York.
- Kazanian: There are mysterious parts in that book, but the only true mystery is that our very lives are governed by dead people.
- Sara: Have you ever heard of the Three Sisters?
- Carlo: You mean those black singers?
- Sara: No, I'm talking about mythology.
- Carlo: Hold on, if you're talking about spooks and stuff, I don't believe in any of that.
- Sara: How can you be so sure?
- Carlo: I don't believe in such things, that's all, and without any philosophical discussion.
- Sara: Then what do you believe in?
- Carlo: In whatever I can see and touch.
- [Reading from "The Three Mothers", by E. Varelli]
- Rose Elliot: I do not know what price I shall have to pay for breaking what we alchemists call Silentium, the life experiences of our colleagues should warn us not to upset laymen by imposing our knowledge upon them.
- Nurse: You can't leave! Your journey has come to an end. Everything around you will become dark, and someone will take your hand. You'll be pleased, not unhappy -- you'll enjoy moments of incredible brightness.