John: What can't possibly wait, Stevie?
Stevie: He said he needs you.

Moore: Why must you call him 'it'?
Conner: What else should you call a degenerate who dresses himself as a girl for the pleasure of grown men?

You caused me a sleepless night, the first of many, I suspect.

John [to Kreizler]

Wolff: What will take me first, the gallows or the pox?
Kreizler: In New York State, it will be the electric chair. But either way, your pain will be gone soon.

Just because you live by your own set of rules does not mean I do.

Roosevelt [to Kreizler]

My God, Laszlo! Sometimes you can be as subtle as a blowtorch.

Moore [to Kreizler]

Conner: Miss Howard. There's a sizable white rat running about the station house.
Sara: Funny, Captain Conner. I see only a little pink mouse.

Sara: I don't know if they abhor our shape or crave another.
Maid: They believe us to be delicate creatures.
Sara: Then the hell with them.

Both my children are dead, because of you.

Mrs. Zweig [to Kreizler]

The Alienist Season 1 Episode 1 Quotes

Moore: Why must you call him 'it'?
Conner: What else should you call a degenerate who dresses himself as a girl for the pleasure of grown men?

John: What can't possibly wait, Stevie?
Stevie: He said he needs you.