Joss Carter quotes from Person of Interest

Lionel Fusco

"John"? You're on a first name basis?

Joss Carter

What do you call him?

Lionel Fusco

"The bane of my existence".

John Reese

Carter, you can keep the rental. Guys are lending me a truck.

Joss Carter

Why is there a crossbow on the bed?

John Reese

Long story, but we're friends now.

John Reese

Why don't you wait in the car?

Joss Carter

Why don't YOU wait in the car?

John Reese

Give me three and a half minutes.

Joss Carter

Oh, please. There are at least ten guys in there.

John Reese

Okay, four minutes.

Joss Carter

I got bored sitting in the car. And it took you longer than four minutes.

John Reese

Well, this guy hit me over the head with a neon sign. Not very sportsmanlike. And none of them want to tell me where to find their pal Monty.

Joss Carter

Yeah, that's why you should ask them before you knock them out, John.

Joss Carter

Detective Szymanski. It's good to see you back on active duty.

You know, I thought about dying but realized I couldn't afford it on a detective's salary.

Harold Finch

In the event that the police arrive before he escapes...

Joss Carter

Almost made it a whole day without you two asking me to break the law.

Joss Carter

What is this?

Reese

Marriage counseling.

Joss Carter

Why not just dangle them off the roof and force them to tell us how to find the hitmen?

Harold Finch

While John would probably enjoy that option, it would be a temporary solution.

John Reese

How can two people go from loving one another, to wanting each other dead?

Joss Carter

Love is one thing. Being married? Whole different animal. Those vows change everything.

John Reese

Which one? 'Til death do us part?

Joss Carter

(laughs) Something like that. One day you're married to your soul mate, then you watch them turn into someone else. Sometimes you're so in love with who a person was, you can't bring yourself to love who they've become.

Joss Carter

His GPS log? Which I'm sure you obtained by submitting an official request to the TLC.

Harold Finch

Not quite. But if it would make you feel better, I could hack into their network and make it look like I did. It would only take me a few minutes.

Joss Carter

Never mind.

Joss Carter

Yeah, it's just a machine right, I mean how smart can it be?

Harold Finch

[Sarcastically] Exactly. Just a machine.

Joss Carter

I need you to tell me the truth about something.

Lionel Fusco

There is no Santa, it was your parents.

Joss Carter

Still trying to get used to this. Being early.

John Reese

Early?

Joss Carter

I'm Homicide, John. Usually if you're spending time with me, it's because you're already dead.

John Reese

No one changes, Carter. You're here because this is where you were always headed.

Joss Carter

"No one changes," says the man who was a hobo the first night I met him. You might not have changed, but your wardrobe has. So whatever path you were on, you took a detour.

John Reese

I wanted to talk to you about her. I just wish we had more time.

Joss Carter

Yeah, well, that's something we never get enough of.