Seeley Booth quotes from Bones

Booth

I need you to be Dr. Brennan.

Zack

(quoting Brennan) I don't know what that means.

Booth

I got about 100 agents working that angle. What does this mean, right here. (taps monitor) What does that mean?

Zack

You're forgetting something, Brennan and Hodgins are out of air.

Booth

Great, you wanna give up, huh? This is Bones we're talking about and Hodgins. You really think they didn't find a way to extend their air supply? Hell, they found a way to send us a message, to ask us for help and you wanna give up because of math.

Booth

We're running out of time.

Zack

Minor correction. Dr. Brennan and Hodgins will run out of air in four seconds. We are out of time.

Brennan

What did you ask for?

Booth

That's between me and a certain Saint. Although, I did ask for a little help finding the Gravedigger.

Brennan

Good move. What's that smell?

Booth

Candles. And I said thanks. You should try it some time.

Brennan

If I were going to pray, I would have done it just before we set off the explosion.

Booth

And you didn't?

Brennan

No, see, if there was a God, which there isn't -

Brennan

And if I were someone who believed He had a plan ...

Booth

Which I do ...

Brennan

Then I'd be tempted to think He wanted me to go through something like I went through because it might make me more open to the whole ... concept

Zack

(coming to realization) 6, 7, 16. Carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur on the periodic table of elements. They are buried in coal-rich soil.

Booth

You gotta narrow it down, Zack.

Angela

Keep going, Zack.

Zack

The mineral components in coal are all the same. It's the organic components that provide a unique fingerprint. They're called macerals. They fluoresce at different levels. A reflectance of 1.4 is quite rare, suggesting a high concentration of inertinite.

Booth

Zack, tell me what that means.

Angela

It means he knows where they are.

You just need to deal with the facts. If you can't put the ransom together in the time he gave you, your partner is dead.

Booth

(furiously throwing Vega on the table and choking him) Here's the deal, alright? You have a relationship with this guy, what they call symbiotic. You benefit from each other. So know this, huh? That deadline comes around and my partner is still in the ground, I will end you. You understand? Three hours to live. (lets him go) Better hurry.

What do you say we go to New York for the weekend?

Booth

(skeptical) Yeah, I don't know.

C'mon! We're two adults with no obligations. (continues as Booth's phone rings) Let it go to voice mail. We're not cheating, we're not hurting anybody, Seeley.

Booth'

Then why are we keeping our relationship such a secret, Camille?

Because we work together, and we're professionals, and it's nobody's business, that's all. So, come to New York. We'll go to a musical.

Booth

(laughs) Talking and singing, and talking and dancing, and more singing… ya know? Heh. If you wanna stop what we're doing, just say so.

You can fantasize about pulling out your gun and shooting everyone on stage, you know you like that.

Brennan

Had it occurred to you that God is a lot like the Gravedigger?

Booth

(stammers) What? What?!

Brennan

He lays down the rules, no way to question Him or negotiate, then it's almost as though He doesn't care how it works out. Either you do as He says, make some sacrifices and are delivered, or you don't and you end up in Hell.

Booth

You know what I'd appreciate? If you didn't say things like that, because I really don't want to get struck by lightning.

Brennan

You go to church every Sunday?

Booth

Yes, I do.

Brennan

Can I come with you?

Brennan

Why? It might help me to understand.

Booth

I am not gonna help you disrespect God in His own house, okay? If you wanna do some kind of, you know, anthropological study, turn on the religious channel.

Zack

The amount of blood suggests that at least one of them bled out. Probably the one with the injuries. I've also noted a constellation of identical non-metric variants. Extraforamina.

Booth

Does that mean they were twins?

Brennan

How did you know?

Angela

Did you try just dialing the number?

Booth

(agitated) I tried all the dumb guy normal stuff, okay? That's why I'm talking with the brain trust, alright? (slaps monitor with text message) Think! Eggheads, work it!

Booth

God does not make mistakes.

Angela

I don't know - putting testicles on the outside doesn't seem like such a good idea.

Booth

God doesn't make mistakes.

Angela

Mmm, I don't know. Putting testicles on the outside didn't seem like such a great idea. [Booth nods in reluctant agreement.]

Booth

Cause of death?

Brennan

Well, since I can't find a skull, I'd say... his head got cut off.

Booth

We're partners, you know, together all the time, all right? You're a woman, and I'm a man. I never had a relationship like this where we were, like, two guys -- except you're not, you know, a guy.

Brennan

No. No, I'm not. Should I feel odd about wanting to hang out with Will?

Booth

No, of course not. 'Cause essentially you're a guy, like me, but not really.

Brennan

That would mean that to me, you are, essentially, a woman. Yeah, I can see that.

Booth

No, no, no, no. I'd prefer not to be a woman, if you don't mind.

Brennan

I'm merely trying to follow your reasoning, Booth.

Brennan

I can read bones, not people.

Booth

Well, you had no trouble seeing through me.