Norman: I'm really happy for you, Emma. You and Dylan just seem so perfect, and I don't know why it didn't happen sooner.
Emma: Really?
Norman: Really.

So as soon as I get this all straightened out, which should be in the next two weeks, you and my mother can get a divorce.

Norman

Norman: So, did the sheriff actually have to live here?
Norma: Sometimes, yes.
Norman: Sometimes?

We're gonna get through this. I'm gonna help you, and I'm gonna help Norman. He's never had a decent father figure in his life.

Romero

Emma: I don't need someone who doesn't want me.
Dylan: I want you. I love you.

I'm just wondering, Mother, is this your idea or your husband's?

Norman

I know how to make the world see me as someone normal, someone kind, someone nice, and you just can't do that.

Norman

Dylan: I need to tell you something.
Norma: Oh my God, did Emma die?

I am willing to continue working with you on an outpatient basis, as I say in my letter, but I just need to get home.

Norman

Norma: It sucks. It sucks because I can't hide. I want to, but I can't. And Chick found out. He met Caleb when he was on the farm working with Dylan. He just figured it out. He has issues with my brother and he said if I didn't help him that he would tell you about us, that he would spread it around town and that he would humiliate you. [crying] So, so I don't know. Just go pack your bag.
Romero: OK. Where we going?

Romero: You were, you were young. It was a mistake.
Norma: Mistake? It wasn't a mistake, it was a way of life. It happened for years. I loved him. Our whole life was torture. And we were all we had. I finally tried to stop it, and um, he got really upset, and he raped me. Do you know how horrible it is to be raped by someone you love? And I hate him. I hate him. I hate him, but I don't hate him enough to hurt him. And it's a mess because I don't know if part of why I hate Caleb so much is because I hate myself. [sighs] All in a day's work. So now you know who you're married to, and I should have told you before, but I never loved anyone enough to feel obligated to be honest with them.

Romero: What the hell? What the hell? What was that? What?
Norma: When I was, um, a teenager. It was a long time ago, um. I slept with my brother. I'm sorry. I'm sorry to have to tell you this. Oh. So sorry. He's Dylan's father.

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Oh and by the way? My mother died. Here's your lunch.

Norma

Dylan: Norman's 18. He should not be sleeping in the same bed as his mom.
Norma: You're overreacting. He just fell asleep. It's not a big deal.