Seeley Booth quotes from Bones

Booth

We have some unanswered questions about Kurt Cobain's death and thought maybe you can give us some insight.

[jumps up in excitement] Seriously?

Brennan

I believe he was being ironic but if you do have information about this Cobain person I'm sure the FBI would appreciate that too.

Booth

[stares at Brennan] Thanks Bones.

Caroline

So, how's your girlfriend holding up?

Booth

She's fine. She's not my girlfriend.

Caroline

Oh! So those looks between you --

Booth

Nothing.

Caroline

Right. Hope you're more believable on the stand.

Brennan

I'm tired of... all of it. I'm tired of dealing with murderers and victims and sadness and pain.

Booth

Bones, it's what we do, all right? We catch the bad people, make the world a better place.

Brennan

No Booth. That's what you do. And somehow I get caught up in it.

Brennan

I have the sense that everything's changing.

Booth

Not everything. Look, we're still partners, and Taffet, she's put away. You feel good about that, right?

Brennan

You almost died, Booth. That could happen again. What if next time I can't get to you?

Booth

That's not going to happen again.

Brennan

[scoffs] I envy your ability to substitute optimism for reality.

Booth

You know what? Maybe you just need to take some time off. Go to a beach. Lay in the sun.

Brennan

I might need more than a little time.

Booth

[shakes his head] Don't make any decisions about your future right now.

Brennan

I'm just saying --

Booth

You know when a dentist gives you anesthetic and tells you not to operate any heavy machinery or make any important decisions within twenty-four hours? All right, this case was bigger than a root canal. Come on. Let's just go back inside and have one more drink. Come on, just one. [takes her hand and tries to pull her inside]

Brennan

No, I'm tired, Booth. I'm going to go home. [hails a cab]

Booth

All right. Come on, let's get you in the cab. I know, it's been a long day. [Brennan gets in the cab] All right? Hey, I'll see you tomorrow, right?

Booth

You okay?

Caroline

Oh, you mean because this case is a career killer? I'm cute, I can always find a job.

Booth

I don't do really good with change, I guess.

Well, you're better than I am

Booth

The pyramids are better at change than you are. …It's a joke. Hey, I was being affectionate.

Oh. [Pause] Will you go back to the army?

Booth

It's what best for me right now.

I'll only be gone for a year.

Booth

Me too. So, hey, what's a year?

It's the time it takes for the Earth to make a full revolution around the sun.

Booth

In the scheme of things. You know, the grand scheme of things. I'm just saying a year, you know, it's not too bad.

Right.

Booth

Right?

We can come back, pick up where we left off. Nothing really has to change

Booth

No, things have to change. You know what? Hey, I taught you about eye contact, you taught me about evolution. So… here's to change.

To change.

Booth

Sorry, I couldn't get a pass. I had to sneak off the base to come say goodbye. Listen, Bones, you've got to be really careful in that Indonesian jungle, okay?

Brennan

Booth, in a week you're going to a war zone. Please, don't be a hero ... please, just don't be you.

Booth

[takes her hand] One year from today we meet at the reflecting pool on the mall. Right by the...

Brennan

...Coffee cart. I know. One year from today.

Parker

I want you to save lives.

Yeah well I do that here.

Parker

No, here, you catch people that kill other people. There, you would make it so people won't die. Isn't that better?

Caroline

If it's gonna be your last case together, then do it properly.

It's not our last case.

Booth

We'll be back in a year.

Caroline

Tight as a drum, that's what I want. And trust me, the way you two are running from each other, you'd better be damn sure of these little trips you're taking.

Sweets

Daisy's going to, uh, Indonesia. She doesn't really care if I go with her.

Hodgins

Ooh. Ouch!

Booth

Sweets, no offense but, you might be better off without her.

Sweets

Dr. Brennan was asked to head up the expedition, will you be better off without her?

Where did you learn how to throw a fast ball like that, huh? You were amazing.

Parker

You taught me.

No! No. Hey, I'm not that good. Right? Yeah.

Parker

Dad?

Yeah?

Parker

Are you going back to be a soldier?

Uh, why are you asking me that?

Parker

Mom said the Army called our house, looking for you.

I'm not in the Army anymore, Bub. I'm out, okay? I made a decision to stay with the FBI to be with you all the time.

Parker

So... it's my fault?

What's your fault?

Parker

It's my fault people will die?

No. That's-that's not what I meant.

Parker

I want you to save lives.

Yeah, well I do that here.

Parker

No, here you catch people that kill other people. There you would make it so people won't die. Isn't that better?

It was just a phone call, buddy. That's all. It's over with, alright? I've got an even better idea. What do you say we go get one of those huge, giant, root beer floats that you love so much, huh?

Parker

Sure.

Yeah, alright. That's my kid.

Brennan

So, was it dangerous in Afghanistan?

Booth

No, what I did was mostly administrative.

Brennan

Because you seem really very heavily armed in this photograph.

Booth

How about you? Any headhunters or cannibals?

Brennan

Daisy and I were attacked by some armed guerrillas! But I beat them up and we got away.

Booth

You beat up armed guerrillas?

Brennan

I had to; you weren't there to save me.

Booth

[smiles] Aw, Bones.

Caroline

So you people come back from the far four corners of the Earth, out-pass the outer suburbs of Timbuktu and you solved the case in a shake?

Brennan

[confused] What's a shake?

Caroline

[sigh and sarcastically] Three jiffys and a cha-cha.

Booth

[moving his hands] Cha-Cha-Cha!

Booth

Why do we only solve crimes when we have a dead body?

Seriously? Because I'm a pathologist and she's a forensic anthropologist. [points to herself] Fresh dead. [points to Dr. Brennan] Long time dead.

Booth

Welcome home, Bones.

Brennan

Thank you. Welcome home, Booth.

Brennan

(about Hannah) Is it serious between you?

Booth

Serious as a heart attack.

Brennan

Heart attacks are very serious.

Booth

Yes, they are. Very serious.