You're nothing but a rich little pansy, a dirty sodomite.

Connor [to Willem]

Go bugger yourself! You heard me!

Stevie [to potential john]

To some, the pleasure is in the pain.

Moore [to his grandmother]

Do not betray your own kind, Roosevelt, or you will find yourself with no job, no friends and no goddamn future.

Morgan [to Roosevelt]

Sara: Will we catch this man?
Kreizler: The multi-murderers rarely get away with their crimes for long.
Sara: What about Jack the Ripper?
Kreizler: There are exceptions, of course.

Those who are seen dancing are thought insane by those who cannot hear the music. It's just a matter of finding a way to hear the music.

Kreizler [to Roosevelt]

If the need for salvation did not exist, the church would surely find its invention necessary.

Kreizler [to the bishop]

I do hope this letter has been written in jest. Or is it a training exercise?

Mr. McLeod [to Kreizler's team]

Doctor, we're not talking about the gilded upbringing of a handsome but indolent member of the leisure class.

Sara [to Kreizler, about Moore]

Sara: Why do you actively resist so strongly the possibility of a woman's involvement ...
Kreizler: Because had a woman been dominant in his life at any point, we wouldn't even be here. These crimes would never have happened.

{Kreizler] is a bully and I will not be bullied.

Sara [to Moore]

Sara: And what do you know of honest work?
Moore: I know I don't care for it

The Alienist Quotes

Moore: I'm not a reporter. I'm an illustrator.
Conner: Then that's two good reasons for you not to be going up there.

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