Temperance Brennan quotes from Bones

Brennan

You think your brother's girlfriend is hinky? Is that slang for pretty or buxom?

Booth

No, it's just slang for iffy.

Brennan

Well, iffy is already slang. I don't see the need for slang for slang.

Angela

Four years ago Jared's girlfriend was a hooker?

Brennan

An escort. I believe in the hierarchy of prostitution, an escort ranks equal to high class call girl.

Angela

And now she teaches grade school?

Brennan

Mm-hmm. I don't see any other injuries that could be cause of death. Apparently the rule is, once a sex worker always a sex worker.

Angela

You know, it really would have been better if Booth never ran her record.

Brennan

He said it was my influence. That it was the rational thing to do.

Angela

No, sweetie, he's rationalizing. Which makes what he did irrational, because he's rationalizing that Jared can't make rational decisions for himself. You do the same thing all the time. Maybe that's what he learned from you.

Hodgins

Do you know what Vincent Nigel-Murray is? He's a genius.

Brennan

Yes, but so are we all. Except for Angela.

Angela

Oh, right, and yet who do you turn to when you need pretty pictures?

Booth

Right now I'm worried about a safe distance between you and me.

Brennan

Why?

Booth

Why? Because we're going to a church, and you tend to get blasphemous in churches.

Brennan

You're afraid if God smites me with lightning you could get hit?

Booth

Yeah, I'm usually standing right beside you.

Brennan

The Greek god Zeus also used lightning to incinerate his enemies, although Zeus apparently had better aim than your god.

Booth

Exactly. Stuff like that. Just don't say stuff like that.

Brennan

You have faith that you will retain your faith? Why?

Booth

Because, Bones. The sun will come up and tomorrow is a new day.

Brennan

I know that feeling.

Booth

Really?

Brennan

Mm-hmm.

Booth

You know what it feels like to get your faith back?

Brennan

When I see effects and I am unable to discern a cause, my faith in reason and consequences is shaken.

Booth

Then what happens?

Brennan

Two plus two equals four. I put sugar in my coffee and it tastes sweet. The sun comes up because the world turns. These things are beautiful to me. There are mysteries I will never understand, but everywhere I look I see proof that for every effect there is a corresponding cause. Even if I can't see it. I find that reassuring.

Booth

And life is good again.

Brennan

It is very good.

Booth

Yes, it is.

Brennan

I believe my books are popular because they introduce the reader to the world of forensic anthropology. Why aren't you writing? You usually write down everything.

Why did it take so long for Dr. Reichs to have sex with Agent Andy?

Brennan

For the same reason that she used stable isotopes to determine that the victim spent her childhood in east Timur. The oxygen isotopes we ingest through food and water are incorporated into the hydroxocarbonic appetite of bone. You should be writing this down.

Will she ever tell Andy about her affair with Ryan?

Brennan

That was inconsequential fluff, Miss Inagawa.

It's why they fight in chapter six.

Brennan

They identify the lotus tooth in chapter six.

That is when their passion is released. Page 187.

Brennan

Why are you only asking about things that mean nothing?

Those are the things that mean everything.

Booth

Do you own a gun, Mr. Ceraficki?

Of course, I own a gun! This is a pawn shop! I never have to use it. I mean, I wave it around from time to time, but --

Why is he allowed to carry a guy after being arrested on a concealed weapon charge?!

Innocent mistake. I accidentally put it in my pocket, you know, when I left work.

Booth

Could I see the gun, please?

She's right over here.

Booth

Real easy there, pal! I don't want any sudden movements. No mistakes. That's it.

That is very sexy! Big Andy with a gun, protecting Kathy!

Brennan

No, no. He is not Andy and I am not Kathy. [smiles] It's even more exciting when he shoots someone with it.

Booth

Bones.

Brennan

Well, it is, Booth, and it's very impressive! He never misses.

Andy sometimes misses!

Brennan

Yes! See?

Booth

I still can be surprised by people.

Brennan

Is that good or bad?

Booth

Bad, I think. I don't know.

Brennan

Well, if she's convicted, even with good behavior, she'll be in prison for the next fifteen years.

Booth

He said they're soulmates and he'll wait for however long it takes for her to get out.

Brennan

Soulmates?

Booth

Soulmates. Yeah.

Brennan

The idea of soulmates actually originated with Plato.

Booth

Yeah, from the clay kids play with.

Brennan

No! The anc -- aw. [laughs] You're joking.

Booth

Me, joke? No. [smirks]

Brennan

The ancient Greek philosopher. His theory was that humans originally consisted of four arms, four legs and two faces. Zeus was threatened by their power and split them all in half. Condemning us all to spend our lives trying to complete ourselves.

Booth

[smiles] I don't believe that's true.

Brennan

[laughs] I agree. It's ridiculous.

Booth

Right? [they smile]

Brennan

Are you a student here?

Booth

Special Agent Seeley Booth from the FBI.

Brennan

I'm Dr. Temperance Brennan of the Jeffersonian Institution.

Booth

Do you believe in fate?

Brennan

[smiling] Absolutely not. It's ludicrous.

Booth

I'd ask you out if I could.

Brennan

Why can't you?

Booth

Well, FBI rules again. No fraternizing with other agents or consultants.

Brennan

That's too bad.

Booth

I'm glad you think so.

Booth

Listen, I've got something to confess.

Brennan

Is it the fact that you're a direct descendant of John Wilkes Booth? I already know that.

Booth

Wait, wait a second. How do you know that?

Brennan

From your bone structure.

Booth

Keep that under your hat for now, okay?

Brennan

[laughs] Okay.

Booth

I'm a gambler. [Brennan gives him a quizzical look] I believe in giving this a chance. Look, I wanna give this a shot.

Brennan

You mean us? [Booth nods] No, the FBI won't let us work together --

Booth

Don't do that, that is no reason -- [he kisses her, but after a moment she pushes him away]

Brennan

[close to tears] No! No!

Booth

[desperately] Why? Why?

Brennan

You -- you thought you were protecting me, but you're the one who needs protecting.

Booth

Protecting? From what?

Brennan

From me. I -- I don't have your kind of open heart.

Booth

Just -- just give it a chance, that's all I'm asking!

Brennan

No, you said it yourself: the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different outcome.

Booth

Well, then let's go for a different outcome, here! All right, let's just hear me out, right? You know when you talk to older couples who, you know, have been in love for thirty or forty or fifty years, all right? It's always the guy who says, "I knew." I knew, right from the beginning.

Brennan

Your evidence is anecdotal.

Booth

I'm that guy. Bones, I'm that guy! I know.

Brennan

[crying] I -- I am not a gambler. I'm a scientist. I can't change! I don't know how. I don't know how. [Booth looks crushed] Please don't look so sad.

Booth

All right, okay. [sighs, then hangs his head.] You're right. You're right.

Brennan

Can we still work together?

Booth

[Booth hesitates, Brennan gives him a pleading look] Yeah. [wipes away a tear]

Brennan

Thank you.

Booth

But I gotta move on. You know, I gotta find someone who -- who's gonna love me in -- in thirty years, or forty or fifty.

Brennan

I know.

Brennan

What did you think we were going to talk to him about?

Booth

The whole, uh, love thing?

Brennan

The love thing? Oh, his conclusion that we're in love? I don't care about that.

Sweets

What mistake?

Booth

Hint: it's not what you think.

Sweets

You disagree with my conclusion that the two of you are in love, and the sublimating energies of that connection are responsible for the energy, vigor, and rigor that you bring to your homicide investigations.

Booth

I just told you it's not what you think and you immediately say what you think.

Brennan

That's your interpretation. We recognize your right to interpret.

Sweets

You do?

Brennan

That's your right as a psychologist to get everything wrong.

Booth

Okay, excuse me, you know what, you really need to learn how to speak to human beings.

Brennan

I speak six languages .. two of which you've never even heard of.

Booth

You know what, you're a cold fish.

Brennan

You're a superstitious moron!

Booth

Get a soul!

Brennan

Get a brain!