Season 1

“In the Americas, anyone can be anything they insist upon. New name, new life. That's a place a body could be happy.”

— Bryan Fuller, Essie , Emily Browning, imdb.com

“Shadow: Did you always believe? Jesus: Did I always believe? I am belief, Shadow. I don't know how not to believe. Shadow: I don't think I know how to. I think I maybe don't...don't really believe. You know, I don't really believe any of this. And maybe everything that's happened so far is just some…”

— Maria Melnik, Shadow Moon, Ricky Whittle, imdb.com

“Essie: In the Americas, anyone can be anything they insist upon. New name, new life. That's a place a body could be happy. Mad Sweeney: What the fuck is happy? Essie: Fucked if I know.”

— Maria Melnik, Mad Sweeney, Pablo Schreiber, imdb.com

“Mad Sweeney: Your heart's not beating for this life anymore, dead wife. This life is done. Laura: Only felt my heart beat one time since I died. When I kissed Shadow. Mad Sweeney: That doesn't obligate him to feel shit. You're so worried about being alive, but to him you're already dead. Wait, you k…”

— Maria Melnik, Laura Moon, Emily Browning, imdb.com

“Mad Sweeney: I've done the math. This times that equals you're a cunt, divided by the only way I'm going to get what I need is if you give it to me, equals the only way you're going to give it to me is if you don't need it. Like my friend Jesus Christ, the only thing you need, dead wife, is resurrec…”

— Maria Melnik, Mad Sweeney, Pablo Schreiber, imdb.com

“Did you have a genie in your bottle? Did you rub one out of him darling?”

— Maria Melnik, Mad Sweeney, Pablo Schreiber, imdb.com

“Media: Wouldn't you like an upgrade? A brand new, lemon-scented you? Wednesday: Oh I'm a fine me. I just keep getting better every year.”

— Maria Melnik, Mr. Wednesday, Ian McShane, imdb.com

“Mr. World: Have we met? Wednesday: Do not talk to him. Do not say a word. Do not tell him anything. Mr. World: You don't have to. I already know you. Shadow: No you don't. Mr. World: You're a person. I know people, everything about all of them. You have a name: Shadow Moon. You have a blood type and…”

— Maria Melnik, Shadow Moon, Ricky Whittle, imdb.com

“Wednesday: This is the only country in the world that wonders what it is. Shadow: You've been to a lot of other countries, have you? Wednesday: No. No, never, just this one. Just that the others know what they are. I mean, no one wonders about the heart of Norway or goes searching for the soul of Mo…”

— Maria Melnik, Mr. Wednesday, Ian McShane, imdb.com

“Shadow: None of this feels real. It feels like a dream. Wednesday: What a beautiful, beautiful thing to be able to dream when you're not asleep.”

— Maria Melnik, Mr. Wednesday, Ian McShane, imdb.com

“Shadow: Wasn't supposed to snow today. Wasn't even supposed to be cold. Wednesday: So, you're perfectly okay believing that tiny people on television can predict the weather. But you crinkle with consternation at the mere suggestion that you could make it snow. Shadow: One of those things is science…”

— Maria Melnik, Mr. Wednesday, Ian McShane, imdb.com

“Wednesday: That woman thinks Jesus suffered for her sins. They're her sins, why should Jesus do all the suffering? Shadow: Cause his dad sacrificed his ass. Wednesday: Don't blame the parent. Plenty of suffering and blame to go around. Although that White Jesus could stand a little more suffering. H…”

— Maria Melnik, Mr. Wednesday, Ian McShane, imdb.com

“Mad Sweeney: You a rapist? Stranger: No. Mad Sweeney: Murderer? Stranger: Not recently.”

— Maria Melnik, Mad Sweeney, Pablo Schreiber, imdb.com

“Zorya: You keep giving away your life. You don't much care if you live or die do you? Shadow: The world's not what I thought it would be. Zorya: You'd rather die than live in a world with bears in the sky.”

— Maria Melnik, Shadow Moon, Ricky Whittle, imdb.com

“Shadow: What are you looking at up there? Zorya: I was looking at that. See? Shadow: The big dipper? Zorya: Odin's Wain, they call it. And the Great Bear. It is a thing. It's not a god. Like a god. It's a bad thing. Chained up in those stars. If it escapes, it will eat the whole of everything. So we…”

— Maria Melnik, Shadow Moon, Ricky Whittle, imdb.com

“Shadow: I think I'm losing my mind. Wednesday: Well, when will you know for sure?”

— Maria Melnik, Mr. Wednesday, Ian McShane, imdb.com

“Wednesday: Too many people tell each other not to repress their emotions, to release their feelings, to let the pain go. There's a lot to be said for bottling up emotions. I'm gonna tell you something and you're gonna want to hurt me, but what I say has gotta be said. So I want you to consider my wo…”

— Maria Melnik, Mr. Wednesday, Ian McShane, imdb.com

“You want help? Fine. Let me tell you a story. 'Once upon a time, a man got fucked.' Now, how is that for a story? 'Cause that's the story of black people in America! Shit, you all don't know you black yet. You think you just people. Let me be the first to tell you that you are all black. The moment…”

— Maria Melnik, Mr. Nancy, Orlando Jones, imdb.com

“Technical Boy: Hello, Shadow. Don't fuck with me. Shadow: Okay. I won't. Uh, but if you could just drop me off at the Motel America- Technical Boy: Hit him. See, I said don't fuck with me. Now that, that was fucking with me. Keep your answers short and to the point, or I will fucking kill you. Or ma…”

— Bryan Fuller, Michael Green, Technical Boy, Bruce Langley, imdb.com

“Wednesday: I offer you the worm from my beak and you look at me like I fucked your mom. Shadow: Sorry, no. You're just the first person I talked to that wasn't an asshole. Wednesday: Give me time.”

— Bryan Fuller, Michael Green, Mr. Wednesday, Ian McShane, imdb.com