Seeley Booth quotes from Bones

Caroline

Cher, did the man get to you?

Booth

You know what? It would actually help if you wanted to put the man in prison.

Caroline

Oh, I most definitely do.

Booth

Well, you're the one who says that you can't argue with the choices Broadsky makes on who he's gonna shoot.

Caroline

Yeah, I can't fault that, but now the man has crossed a line.

Booth

Causing a suicide?

Caroline

No. Man sneaks into your house, threatens you with a gun. That's unforgivable. He should be lethally injected just for that.

Booth

[smiles]

Brennan

[on the phone with Caroline, talking to Booth] Caroline is asking if we see anything?

Booth

The answer's still no and tell her to stop asking.

Brennan

[to Caroline] Booth says stop asking.

Caroline

I don't wait well, I'm an action person. Waiting makes my teeth hurt!

Brennan

[to Booth] Her teeth..hurt.

Brennan

Why are you mad at me?

Booth

Forget it.

Brennan

No, you can't say forget it to your partner. You taught me that.

Booth

I just don't like the idea that my partner thinks that me and Jacob Broadsky are alike.

Brennan

You are similar in many ways.

Booth

[sarcastically] Great! Thanks, Bones.

Brennan

But not in the most important way. How can I put this in a way that you will understand?

Booth

Try to say it in teeny tiny words.

Brennan

Okay. Broadsky is bad. You are good. That's as simply as I can put it.

Booth

[laughs] You don't believe in absolutes like good or bad, all right? You think it's where people stand.

Brennan

From where I stand, you are good and Broadsky's bad.

Booth

Thanks for standing there, Bones.

Brennan

I'm standing right beside you, Booth, like always. Like I always will. I'm being metaphorical, of course, because we are currently sitting.

Booth

Thank goodness, because I thought I'd shrunk.

Brennan

[laughs] That's funny, because you made a joke based on relative position, which goes back thematically to our discussion of situation morality.

Booth

Ha! That's not why it's funny.

Brennan

Tell me another one!

Caroline

Broadsky was in your apartment?

Booth

Yes.

Caroline

Why didn't you, I don't know, jump up and judo/karate/kung fu the man?

Hodgins

These are the bills found with the victim's body.

Booth

All hundreds, right?

Hodgins

Yes, but guess what I found on them?

Booth

Blood, on account that he was shot to death with a high-powered rifle?

Hodgins

Yes, blood, of course blood. But guess what else I found.

Booth

Does this look like a guessing face?

Brennan

How-how can I put this in a way that you will understand?

Booth

Why don't you try and say it in teeny tiny words?

Brennan

Oh, okay. (slowly and deliberately) Broadsky is bad. You... are good. That's as simply as I can put it.

Booth

All right. You don't believe in absolutes like good or bad. All right? You think it's where people stand.

Brennan

From where I stand, you are good, and Broadsky's bad.

In my line of work, discretion is paramount.

Booth

Discretion can also be an accessory to murder.

Caroline

Well, you see, cher, I am the law, and I can charge your scrawny ass with whatever I want.

Booth

Well, you're the one who says that you can't argue with the choices that Broadsky makes on who he's gonna shoot.

Caroline

Yeah, I can't fault that, but now the man has crossed a line.

Booth

Causing a suicide?

Caroline

No. Man sneaks into your house, threatens you with a gun. That's unforgivable. He should get lethally injected just for that.

Booth

I'm coming after you. I'm gonna catch you, and next time I have you in my sights, I'm not aiming for your knees.

Good to know, because if that moment comes, I will not hesitate to make that sweet son of yours fatherless. He'll be the collateral damage.

Brennan

I admire your certainty, but since good and bad are such subjective concepts, how could you ever be sure you were doing the right thing?

Booth

Okay, well, it's not subjective to me. I mean, there's good, and there's evil. Life is all about taking sides, and Broadsky, well, he joined the wrong team

You and me both--we've always been on the same side.

Booth

No, you're off the reservation, pal. You want to do the right thing, you give me that gun, and you let me take you in.

I'll tell you what. The day I wake up and there are no more bad people that need killing, you're the one I come to.

Hodgins

I actually have a question for you.

Sweets

Oh, great. Shoot. Probably not a term I should use during a murder investigation, huh?

Booth

You're the best!

Caroline

Tell me something I don't know.

Caroline

Funny thing about Witness Protection…

Booth

What's that?

Caroline

…It sort of comes with a built-in motive for murder attached, doesn't it?

Booth

(laughs) That's why they need protection.

Brennan

The bullet severed the C5.

Booth

Right. Severing the spinal cord from the brain stem is the gold standard for snipers. We call it disconnecting the computer.

Caroline

You can never have too many cute phrases for taking a life.

Booth

[sighs] I don't get it. Broadsky was a good man. I don't understand what happened to him. I mean, what gives him the right to make these kind of calls?

Sweets

Being the cause of someone's death, no matter what the circumstances, leaves a man with a great burden. And people deal with that burden in different ways, you know? Some celebrate it. They relish the power as a way of justifying what they've done. Others like Broadsky, they justify another way. They feel that it's their destiny to mete out justice. They convince themselves that they have the moral high ground to make these calls. It's the only way they can live with what they've done.

Booth

What about me?

Sweets

From my perspective, you're a healthy man. You can accept what you've done and the pain and sadness and regret that comes with it. You know, not everybody has the strength to deal with that reality. It's a testament to you that you've built this life with family and friends who love and respect you. Booth, that can't be easy.