Ezekiel Stone quotes from Brimstone

Ezekiel Stone

Get out of my head.

The Devil

As if you could wrap your brain in barbed wire to keep me out. That is a delightful image, however.

Ezekiel Stone

Going up or down?

The Devil

Guess.

You know, you go to hell for something like that.

Stone

Already been there.

Where have you been?

Stone

Out of the country.

Whereabouts?

Stone

Down under.

The elevator's busted, but you're only on the third floor.

Stone

Long as I'm going up.

Tell me what you know about this case.

Stone

You wouldn't believe me if I did.

What makes you so sure?

Stone

Because you seem like an intelligent man.

You know what? Maybe I'm not as bright as I look. Try me.

Stone

I'm very, uh, flattered. But I'm married.

Oh, well. It's too bad. [She leaves]

Stone

...Not to mention dead.

You're a cop, aren't you?

Stone

Why do you say that?

The coat's a little weird, but it's that look of desperation, and the eyes, devoid of life. Who else but the LAPD would pay your salary?

The Devil

You know, before they invented the elevator, I had to walk all the way from hell.

Ezekiel Stone

Glad to hear it.

The Devil

Second throughts, Ezekiel?

Ezekiel Stone

Can't you find someone else to torture?

The Devil

Millions of them. They can wait. Everyone's in such a rush. I say, stop and smell the burning flesh of sinners.

How did you find me here?

Stone

I'm a detective.

Stone

Where were you ten minutes ago? I could've used your help.

The Devil

Help? I don't feel as if I know you well enough.

Stone

What's with you? Do you want me to catch these freaks or not?

The Devil

Of course. I want you to catch every last one. But I'm the Devil, old boy; I can't change my stripes.

I want your badge number.

Stone

666.

Pardon me for interrupting you here, but that happens to be a federal crime. Is that within your jurisdiction, too?

Ezekiel Stone

I answer to a lower power.

The Devil

You don't have any friends, Ezekiel. You're not only really dead, you're really most sincerely dead.

Ezekiel Stone

Isn't that from "The Wizard of Oz"?

The Devil

I HATE that movie.

Ezekiel Stone

You loved her, didn't you?

The Devil

I never loved anyone but God, and that was a long time ago.