Temperance Brennan quotes from Bones

Brennan

I have to get back. I have a daughter.

I know how you feel. Once I had to leave my daughter behind too. I'm pretty sure it killed me.

Brennan

My IQ is quantifiably higher than yours.

Booth

You know what, you're the brains of the outfit.

Brennan

You have your strengths, Booth.

Booth

Well, I try

Brennan

Trying is one of your strengths.

Brennan

Booth, do you ever let me think I'm the smart one when you've figured it out already?

Booth

No.

Brennan

Because that would be ridiculous.

Sweets

You've been reading my psychology books again.

Brennan

You leave them in the bathroom. They're good reading in the tub.

Brennan

I confess that in a moment of weakness I took the opportunity to make Dr. Wells feel bad about himself.

Booth

He deserves it. Trust me. It's probably the first time he's met someone that's smarter than him.

Booth

If you could travel through time where would you go?

Brennan

I'm already there. Here.

Booth

What?

Brennan

Here. The difference between past and future is nowhere to be found in the laws of physics. Everything I want or need is here. Right now.

Just because something is theoretically impossible doesn't mean that it's not possible.

Brennan

I believe that is exactly what it means.

You shy away from randomness and that prevents you from casting a wide net.

Brennan

Are you saying that I'm narrow-minded?

Your words, not mine.

Arastoo

Symchay Conteh wasn't just a refugee from Sierra Leone. He was a child soldier. A small boy taught to kill. Who's the victim in that case?

Brennan

When you were growing up in Iran during the war with Iraq...

Arastoo

I was privileged, sheltered. I dealt with power outages, food shortages and propaganda. I had it easy.

Brennan

No one has it easy in war.

Arastoo

I'm not the victim here, Dr. Brennan. I'd like to focus on Symchay.

Brennan

I couldn't sleep.

Booth

What are those?

Brennan

Some pictures I took in Central America and Darfur. [shows Booth a photo of a mass grave] It was impossible to identify all of them.

Booth

[picks up a photo of a child soldier] And these soldiers?

Brennan

They were helping us. I was grateful at the time but..look at them. [points to the photo] Look at him, Booth. He couldn't be more than fifteen! [looks at photo] I thanked him.

Booth

You had a job to do.

Brennan

In Afghanistan, when you see boys like this, do you let them fight?

Booth

It was different. There was a protocol.

Brennan

I should've made sure that he could put down that gun and have a normal life.

Booth

What's normal in a war zone, Bones? Really.

Brennan

Not this. We can never let this be normal, even if they're on our side.

Booth

[to Radswell] Relax, we've got him ok?

Hey, I'm not a cop, Booth. [to Hamilton] I hope you get killed in jail.

Brennan

I agree with Mr. Radswell.

Booth

I don't. [looks to Hamilton] I actually want to see him go through the whole system.

Daisy

[discussing cause of death] But we can't be certain certain. Just mostly certain. [Cam looks at her in bewilderment]

Brennan

"Certain" is an absolute, Miss Wick. You can't be "mostly certain".

"Mostly certain" is good for me.

[to Booth and Brennan] Nice to meet you, Mr. and Mrs. Sweets.

Brennan

[stunned] Ohhh–– We're not....

Booth

[shakes head] Woah...

[to Sweets on the way out] Your dad is hot!

Brennan

[grins at Booth] Apparently you're hot, DAD!

Booth

Wow. Really. Did you just see that?

Brennan

Do you think Dr. Edison is more likeable than I am?

Ohhhh. [takes a deep breath] Likability is so subjective.

Brennan

Not always. Pol Pot couldn't have been likable.

Maybe at parties.

Booth

Oh...wow...she wobbles and....oh...wow...ok, so what do you think, Bones?

Brennan

The judge might suffer from a neuromuscular disorder.

Booth

[stares at the TV and then at Brennan in disbelief] She sloshed! [Brennan shakes her head, unsure of what Booth meant] Drunk!

Brennan

Oh. That.