James Wesley quotes from Daredevil

Wesley

They say the past is etched in stone, but it isn't. It's smoke trapped in a closed room, swirling, changing. Buffeted by the passing of years and wishful thinking. But even though our perception of it changes, one thing remains constant. The past can never be completely erased. It lingers. Like the scent of burning wood.

Owlsley

You've lost your strong-arm and the tape. You got nothing on juror eight now.

James Wesley

She's only a piece of the puzzle.

Owlsley

You ever try putting a puzzle together with a piece missing? It's damned aggravating.

Fisk

I know that you have feelings regarding this matter. I respect that. But if Detective Blake chooses to speak out of turn the result would be unpleasant, for you and for me.

Out of turn? You shot him!

Wesley

Technically, we paid someone else to shoot him.

Owlsley

You burned him alive? Christ.

Fisk

I never laid a hand on Nobu.

Owlsley

So, you maneuvered that masked idiot to take him out. Same result.

Fisk

I need you to speak with Gao.

Owlsley

Me? The hell am I gonna say to her?

Fisk

Reassure her everything is fine.

Owlsley

So, you want me to lie.

Wesley

Mmm, you weren't particularly fond of Nobu. You thought he was unsettling, if I recall.

Owlsley

I think you're unsettling half the time. See me lighting a match?

Wesley

Reach out to Gao.

Owlsley

Me? What if she's the one who did all this?

Wesley

Well, you said you didn't think it was her.

Owlsley

What the hell do I know? I was almost poisoned. I'm not thinking straight.

Wesley

Speak with Gao... if she wasn't involved, we might need her support against further unpleasantries.

Owlsley

And if she was involved?

Wesley

Then it's been an honor doing business with you.

Wesley

Do you love this city?

Karen

I, I, um, haven't been here long enough.

Wesley

Huh. I find a few days, a week at most, is ample time to form an emotional response. Growing to love something is really simply forgetting slowly what you dislike about it. I'll be perfectly honest, the situation calls for it, I do not love this city. The crush of the unwashed garbage stacked on the sidewalk, the air that seems to adhere to your skin, the layer of filth you can never completely wash away.

Karen

Maybe you should move.

Wesley

[bluffing] Do you really think I would put a loaded gun on the table where you could reach it?

Karen

I don't know. [cocks it] Do you really think this is the first time I've shot someone?

Wesley

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