“I have a feeling we're mooning a mean junkyard dog, all brave and laughing - until the dog's leash breaks”

“It's just human, or inhuman, nature: People will find a way to make a big deal out of their differences-the smaller, the better. It reminded me of the Mantagues and the Capulets (if I wanted to think highbrow), or the Hatfields and the McCoys (if I wanted to go lowbrow)...or the Jets and the Sharks (if I happened to feel musical).”

“We each have our lives... What matters is not how long those lives last, but what we do with them.”

“Every life has a destiny... the trick is to discover it before then end of your life. Otherwise, you will have too many regrets.”

“I am serving the purpose for which I was designed, therefore I am satisfied with my existence.”

“Frohike... had a long-standing crush on Dana Scully, but basically it was all talk. Mulder suspected Frohike would turn into a jittering mass of nerves if Scully ever consented to go out with him.”

“When I was doing preliminary research on this case, I remembered the story about Tlazolteotl.' [Mulder] glanced at the old archaeologist. 'Am I pronouncing it correctly? It sounds like I'm swallowing a turtle.”