Nora: When are we going to tell them?
Eph: In a couple of hours, when they wake up.
Nora: You mean when they're too sick to put up a fight?
Eph: They're infected, does it matter?

Palmer: Have you heard of a Polish nobleman by the name of Jusef Sardu?
Setrakian: According to legend he was attacked by a vampire while on a hunting trip in 1873.
Palmer: Correct and he was said to have carried a cane.
Setrakian: With a wolf's head handle made of white gold; silver blade.
Palmer: Its been missing for decades, but my sources tell me that it may have recently resurfaced here in Vienna.
Setrakian: That is the first I've heard of this. Well is it true?
Palmer: That's what I need you to find out.
Setrakian: I'll see what I can turn up.

Nora: I think we have a winner, it's multiplying. Taking them on in cerebral spinal fluid.
Eph: It's munching on vampire brain juice.
Nora: I can see some justice in that.
Eph: If we can get this to happen in the wild, then this bug can obliterate the vampire central nervous system. Let's grow up a batch and give it a try.

Eph: You both contracted the disease that's broken out in New York. The worms carry a very aggressive virus. There's no cure. You'll both die in fifteen to forty-eight hours.
Harrison: You knew this the moment those things wounded us.
Eph: We did, but you wouldn't believe it until you saw it for yourself.
Pauline: Then why did you bring us here?
Nora: Because we need your help.
Eph: For over two hundred years yellow fever ravaged American cities, killing hundreds of thousands of people. The disease went unchecked, until a group of U.S. soldiers volunteered to be test subjects for Dr. Walter Reed. They helped find a way to eradicate that disease. We'd like you to help us do the same with this.

Eichhorst: A new führer has emerged, wiser and stronger than the first one. He needs soldiers like you to serve as instruments for his unshakeable will. Does this interest you?
Steiner: God yes! I'm tired of running.
Eichhorst: Welcome to the fold, comrade.

The Strain Season 2 Episode 2 Quotes

Palmer: Have you heard of a Polish nobleman by the name of Jusef Sardu?
Setrakian: According to legend he was attacked by a vampire while on a hunting trip in 1873.
Palmer: Correct and he was said to have carried a cane.
Setrakian: With a wolf's head handle made of white gold; silver blade.
Palmer: Its been missing for decades, but my sources tell me that it may have recently resurfaced here in Vienna.
Setrakian: That is the first I've heard of this. Well is it true?
Palmer: That's what I need you to find out.
Setrakian: I'll see what I can turn up.

Nora: When are we going to tell them?
Eph: In a couple of hours, when they wake up.
Nora: You mean when they're too sick to put up a fight?
Eph: They're infected, does it matter?