- [Diane, Carla and Loretta are talking about Nick]
- Loretta Tortelli: Oh, Carla, I still love him!
- Carla Tortelli: Nothing you can do. We're talking about Nick Tortelli. He wants you, you got no choice.
- Diane Chambers: [to Loretta] This is the part I don't get. Here's a man that quicksand would spit up, and yet he has this strange svengali-like influence over you?
- Loretta Tortelli: Oh yes. From the moment I first saw him, I knew I'd follow him to the ends of the Earth.
- Diane Chambers: Where he's obviously spent a lot of time.
- Carla Tortelli: You know, there's... there's something about him. He knows women. Like a jeweler knows jewels. Like a meat cutter knows meat.
- Loretta Tortelli: [Proudly] Like a marine biologist knows Marines.
- Nick Tortelli: [to Diane] Say the word, Blondie, and we can happen.
- Diane Chambers: [Derisively] I'd rather be the love toy of a Greek army battalion.
- Nick Tortelli: Who wouldn't? But dreaming gets you nowhere.
- Diane Chambers: Nick, will you give up on me? You and I are an impossibility. The only thing you instill in me is the desire to flee. And then to be deflead.
- Sam Malone: What's with this obsession with chess, here, huh?
- Dr. Frasier Crane: Oh, it's just a hobby, Sam, you know, to relieve the tension.
- Sam Malone: I've got a better way to relieve tension - her name's Tawny - you want her number?
- Dr. Frasier Crane: No thanks, Sam, I prefer something with a little mental stimulation as well.
- Sam Malone: Well, read to her first.
- Dr. Frasier Crane: No thanks, I'll stick to chess. You know, that and fencing were my two outlets during college. Oh boy, fencing... I haven't had the old epee out in years.
- Sam Malone: Wow , that would make me pretty tense too!