Richard Castle quotes from Castle

[About Beckett] I mean, have you ever seen a cop with an ass that fine? If this does women's lib, I'm all for it!

Beckett

[indignantly] Excuse me?!?

Castle

To be fair, you do have a very fine ... nevermind ...

Alexis

Oh, my gosh. Did you really beat Dad at Scrabble?

I concede nothing. Except that I need more coffee.

Martha

That is quite an accomplishment, young lady. Nobody beats him, ever.

Beckett

Oh, yeah. He's mentioned that. Repeatedly.

Martha

Ah, how the mighty have fallen. [Pours him coffee]

"Richard Castle. One word short." I cannot allow this to be my epitaph.

I saw that.

Beckett

Whoa! Nice tail whip!

Castle

Oh, so you know the lingo. Any extreme sports in your history I've yet to hear about?

Beckett

Well, I think catching killers is pretty extreme. And then there's marrying you.

Castle

Ah, yes. I admit I am extreme. Extremely handsome.

Beckett

Yeah. With a high degree of difficulty.

Beckett

Castle, aren't there more important things than winning?

Castle

Oh, that's a notion created to comfort those who lose.

Beckett

Hey! So, uhm, where's your mom?

Castle

Ah, she and Alexis went to dinner and a midnight sing-a-long with Grease, why?

Beckett

Cause, I'm ready for a rematch! [Tossing the stones from the table]

Castle

Why did you do that?

Beckett

New game: Poker!

Castle

You wanna play Poker against me?

Beckett

Strip Poker!

Castle

I'll deal! [Later, clothes laying on the couch] Your bet!

Beckett

I think I'm gonna go All In!

Castle

Me too! But, all I have left for bet with is this shirt.

Beckett

I'll take that bet - what have you got?

Castle

Who cares? [Both throw away the cards and start kissing] This is so much better than Scrabble!

Beckett

Yeah...

Kate Beckett

We've got to take the fight to Bracken.

By looking for a mythical tape that no one can find? No, Smith was right. Once we change your look, we get out of town.

Kate Beckett

You know, Castle, my mom had a saying. Vincit omnia veritas.

"Truth conquers all."

Kate Beckett

We'll never find the truth if we run away.

Kate, we're never gonna find the truth if we're dead. We're not running away. We are surviving, okay? We're living to fight another day.

Gates

You're about to experience one of the most important days of your life. I'm so happy for you, Detective.

Castle

Hey, guys!

Gates

In spite of who you're marrying.

Beckett

I can't believe you gave him the money from Pastor Bob.

Castle

I'm a sucker for happy endings. Now let's get the hell out of this town and go get our own.

Beckett

Yes! We're getting married!

Castle

We can't just, um, pick up where we left off, can we, as if nothing ever happened?

Beckett

No.

Castle

We'll get there. We'll find our way home.

Castle

You saw that interview. No-one believes me. But somewhere out there, someone knows where I was, and what I was doing.

Beckett

You ready for this?

Castle

A mystery I might be able to solve? It'll be a relief.

Beckett

And instead of going after real leads, we're gonna be chasing thousands of half-baked tipsters playing the Richard Castle lottery.

Castle

What real leads? So far, we've had nothing but dead ends. And I'm tired of not knowing. Now, to find a needle in a haystack, do we not first need a haystack?

Beckett

Yeah, but not a haystack full of nutjobs.

Gates

Mr Castle! Just what in the hell do you think you're doing?

Beckett

Did you give that TV station the precinct number?

Castle

Well, I'm not going to give them my home phone. That's private!

Gates

The NYPD is not your personal secretary! Do you know how many man-hours this little stunt of yours is costing us? The phones have been ringing off the hook!

Castle

Did you hear that? Ringing off the hook? [kisses Gates and grabs a stack of phone messages] We have leads.

Gates

W... w... what just happened?

Martha

Aha, that will be my date.

Castle

Ooh, you have a date?

Martha

Uh-huh, Robert. We met at the grief counselling group, when you were presumed...

Castle

You picked up a man at grief counselling?

Martha

Yes. Now, I will thank you to go into the other room.

Castle

Why?

Martha

Because at the moment our relationship is based on mutual loss, and if he finds out that you have returned, and are alive, it will just... it will ruin everything.

Castle

Mother, you realise I was on television this morning?

Martha

Luckily, Robert is a cultured man, he does not watch television. The only newspaper he reads is the Wall Street Journal, which, thankfully, did not carry news of your return. So, go, go, go, go.

Beckett

We have no idea what's out there. No idea who's out there. That's too risky.

It's Canada. How risky could it be? And need I remind you, I'm a grown man. I have no need to ask your permission. That being said, pleeeease, please, please can I go?

Beckett

Okay, fine. But only because I know you're not gonna do anything stupid if she's with you. [to Alexis] Don't let him do anything stupid.

Alexis

Promise.

Grab your passport, I'll get the tickets.

You weren't supposed to come back. Ever.

Castle

It's you.

What do you remember?

Castle

Nothing.

That's good.

Castle

I know you're involved. I know you know what happened to me. Who are you?

You can't be doing this. Asking questions, offering rewards. It's too dangerous.

Castle

Then tell me what happened.

You're not listening, Mr. Castle. You need to stop.

Castle

Or what?

Or you're going to find out the truth. And you said you didn't want to remember. We went to great lengths to make sure that you didn't. But if you keep looking...

Castle

There's no way in hell I asked for this.

I'm sorry, but you did.

Castle

I don't believe you.

Hollander's woods, Mr. Castle. That February day, when you were eleven years old. What happened to you there, the real reason you became a mystery writer.

Castle

How did you... I never told anyone about that.

No. Not Beckett, not your family. But you told me, three weeks ago, so that if this ever happened, you'd have proof. You'd know that you were the one who asked to forget.

Castle

I asked for this?

Some mysteries aren't meant to be solved. It's over now. Go home. Live your life. Forget this ever happened. It's what you wanted.