“There's nary a conspiracy. And if I'm right about this, it's a far older sin than politics.”

– Adrian Messenger

“A thousand men, say, go searchin' for gold. After six months, one of them's lucky: one out of a thousand. His find represents not only his own labor, but that of nine hundred and ninety-nine others to boot. That's six thousand months, five hundred years, scramblin' over a mountain, goin' hungry and thirsty. An ounce of gold, mister, is worth what it is because of the human labor that went into the findin' and the gettin' of it.”

– Howard

“On Saturday 14th February 1900, a party of schoolgirls from Appleyard College picnicked at Hanging Rock near Mt. Macedon in the state of Victoria. During the afternoon, several members of the party disappeared without trace.”

“You represent everything I detest in a man.”

– Lily Harmer

Policeman: What's today's date?

Injured man: February 8^th.

“Got a lot to write about today. You.”

– Millie Lammoreaux

“Mother, didn't you know there are children starving in Africa?”

– “Karen Carpenter”