Norman Bates

"Madness and normalcy are just different points on the same line."

"Mother was always right about people."

"Some people are worth saving, others are better left alone."

"I became the person mother always feared I'd become."

"There's a kind of peace in accepting what you are."

"No one understands what it's like to be truly alone."

"Mother never wanted me to be happy, she wanted me to be useful."

"The truth is a weapon, use it carefully."

"I collect things that belong to me now."

"Perhaps we're all just acting parts written long ago."

"That's nice, that's very nice."

"You go ahead now, you hear?"

"I wonder if you're right about yourself."

"The world isn't kind to sensitive people."

"Some impulses are difficult to control."

"Mother always knew what was best."

"I've never had the courage to leave this place."

"There's something beautiful about understanding human nature."

"All I've done is try to make things better."

"People are strange when you're a stranger."

"I tell you, I'm not even going to swat that fly. I hope it gets away."

"The motel is my life, my entire life."

"Do you ever regret the things you've done?"

"I couldn't disappoint mother."

"Power comes from understanding people."

"There's an art to knowing when to let go."

"I've learned that control is an illusion."

"Mother used to say that pleasure was sinful."

"Sometimes I wonder if I exist at all."

"The darkness is where I feel most at home."