Seeley Booth quotes from Bones

Brennan

There's a phrase in ancient Greek burnt into the back of the vault door.

Booth

Well, what's it say?

Brennan

I don't know. It's in ancient Greek.

Booth

Zack is back for good, Angela and Hodgins have their head back in the game, Cam, she's locked in.

Brennan

Why are you asking me this?

Booth

Because, you and me, the center.

Brennan

And the center must hold.

Booth

Right, so we're gonna hold?

Brennan

Yeah. We'll hold. We're the center.

Booth

The center. [They shake hands. Booth chuckles.]

Brennan

What's funny?

Booth

I thought you were gonna kiss my hand again.

Brennan

I did not kiss your hand. You put it over my coffee cup.

Booth

Felt like you kissed it.

Brennan

No.

Booth

Felt it.

Brennan

No.

Booth

[drunk] God, you know, I love this place. I love it. I love this country. You know, I tell ya something. If I was working law enforcement back in the day when they threw all that tea, all right, in the harbor – I'm good, all right, I'm – I'm good. I would have rounded everybody up and we'd still be English.

Brennan

You think?

Booth

Yup. Yup. Definitely.

Booth

Hey.

Brennan

Hay, is for horses...

Booth

[laughs slightly] That's funny Bones.

Brennan

I found it on this website about horses.

Booth

Yeah?

Brennan

Where do horses stay in a hotel?

Booth

The bridle suite.

Brennan

That's correct. How did you know the answer to the bridle suite joke?

Booth

I have a five-year-old son.

Booth

[about sex games] It's wrong. It says so in the Bible.

Brennan

It does not.

Booth

Then it was left out by mistake.

Booth

Here we are, all of us, basically alone, separate creatures just circling each other, all searching for that slightest hint of a real connection. Some look in the wrong places. Some, they just give up hope because in their mind, they're thinking "Oh, there's nobody out there for me." But all of us, we keep trying, over and over again. Why? Because, every once in a while... every once in a while, two people meet, and there's that spark. And yes, Bones, he's handsome, and she's beautiful, and maybe that's all they see at first. But making love... making love... that's when two people become one.

Brennan

It is scientifically impossible for two objects to occupy the same space.

Booth

Yeah, but what's important is we try. And when we do it right, we get close.

Brennan

To what? Breaking the laws of physics?

Booth

Yeah, Bones. A miracle... Those people -- role-playing, and their fetishes, and their little sex games. It's crappy sex, at least compared to the real thing.

Brennan

You're right

Booth

Yeah, but I ...[laughing] Oh, wait a second. I just won that argument?

Brennan

Yep.

Why did you throw me into the wall?

Booth

Why did you run?

Well, you're FBI.

Booth

[sarcastically] Well, I'll need a little bit more than that.

Brennan

"He who smelt it, dealt it."

Booth

How do you even know that phrase?

Brennan

Okay, stop. You don't know Booth. You don't know me. You have a limited view of us based on superficial data you've accumulated on a standardized questionnaire and a subjective analysis from talking to us that is not at all scientific. So back off.

Sweets

Just trying to help.

Brennan

By questioning his humanity?

Booth

Okay, Bones, now you're going a little bit overboard. He's just a kid, right? I mean, the worst thing that's probably ever happened to him was he lost at Mortal Kombat.

Sweets

Are you normally this protective of him, Dr. Brennan?

Brennan

We're partners. Our lives depend on being protective of each other.

Sweets

And you feel the same way, Agent Booth?

Booth

Sweets, I can only hope that one day you know what a real partnership is.

Sweets

You have a very deep connection to each other. That was obvious, even from my superficial observations and standardized questionnaire. You complement each other.

Booth

No, she never compliments me. Did you compliment me in the questionnaire?

Brennan

"Complement," not "compliment." "Ple." He means that we complete each other... uh... as a team.

Booth

Yeah, right.

Brennan

I'm sensing a but.

Sweets

However...

Booth

Same as a but...

Sweets

[doggedly continuing] I have observed some underlying issues that need to be addressed.

Booth

Issues?

Sweets

Yes, there's clearly a very deep emotional attachment between you two.

Booth

We're just partners.

Sweets

And why do you think I would have thought otherwise?

Booth

'Cause you're 12.

Brennan

Don't read into anything that Booth said. We're professionals. There's a line that doesn't even need to be there.

Booth

Not at all. I mean, if there were no more murders, I would probably not even see her.

Brennan

That's very true.

Booth

We might have coffee.

Brennan

Probably not.

Booth

What, you wouldn't even have coffee with me? [He's obviously hurt, Sweets is temporarily forgotten as he and Brennan lean towards each other to finish the conversation.]

Brennan

Well, in your scenario, we wouldn't even know each other, because there are no murders.

Booth

Were, I said, no more murders.

Brennan

Then fine, we could have coffee. So that's the extent of our relationship, coffee?

Booth

[Solid, now that he and Brennan have talked.] So, let's move on, Sweets.

Sweets

[Nods, but there's a tiny smile on his face from watching Booth and Brennan talk.]

Brennan

Megan Shaw is still alive.

Hodgins

What do you want me to do?

Zack

He wants us to guess.

Hodgins

Well, my guess is Hawaii.

Not Hawaii.

Booth

W-Well, guess again, but better.

Hodgins

Nop, sorry.

Angela

Booth, THEY don't guess.

Booth

Who's they?

[pointing at Brennan, Zack and Hodgins] THEM!

Booth

Well, that's just stupid

Zack

We do not guess.

Booth

You know what? You're a horse's ass!

Zack

[referring to his Halloween's costume] Cow! I'm a cow! See my udder?

Brennan

It's a Halloween party. We could be Wonder Woman and -- what's Superman's secret identity?

Booth

Clark Kent.

Brennan

Yes. We could be Wonder Woman and Clark Kent after a really, really bad date.

Booth

Yeah, bad date because you shot me.

Brennan

It was only a flesh wound. And you dropped me on my head.

Booth

After you shot me, okay? I think I got you on this one. Okay, Wonder Woman?

Would it be insensitive to mention that my father's sixtieth birthday is coming up?

Booth

Sixty already? Wow.

Uh-huh. We're having a big birthday dinner for him on Thursday night.

Booth

All right. You give him my best.

You can do it yourself. You have to come with me.

Booth

What? No. Not your family.

I can't spend the night defending the fact that I still live alone to my family.

Booth

You never told them we broke up?

You want to make a man miserable on his sixtieth birthday?

Booth

You want me to pretend that I'm your boyfriend?

Yes, between 6:30 and 10 on Thursday.

Booth

Ugh. Camille, you're an adult. You can't live your life afraid of what your family thinks.

Seeley, it's not going to be like this forever. (brightly) One day he'll die!

Booth

Look, we are not looking for Gorgonzola today!

Brennan

Gormogon. Gor-Mo-Gon.

Booth

I know your password too. It's daffodil.

Brennan

I never told you that!

Booth

What, I got eyes! I mean, you guys aren't exactly CIA material.

Hodgins

Daffodil?

Brennan

What, they're pretty. And I'm changing my password.

Booth

Daisy.

Brennan

How did you know?

Booth

It's your second-favorite flower. I know you, Bones. Try a planet! [Bones enters another password] Jupiter! [Brennan looks shocked]