Donald Ressler quotes from The Blacklist

Donald Ressler

Lorca is not going anywhere, and I'll never trust you. You know why?

Because after tracking me for years, you've come up with one undeniable truth: I only do what's good for me. And that is a person you can trust, Donald. Now, lets go.

If you really want her to talk, I should meet with her.

Donald Ressler

Every time you "meet", someone ends up dead.

We've gotten off to a rocky start.

Harold Cooper

You killed three people.

I'm not perfect.

Donald Ressler

We are not going to live through this...

I think we will.

Donald Ressler

How?

Have you ever sailed across an ocean, Donald...

Donald Ressler

No.

...on a sailboat, surrounded by sea with no land in sight, without even the possibility of sighting land for days to come? To stand at the helm of your destiny. I want that, one more time. I want to be in the Piazza del Campo in Siena. To feel the surge as 10 racehorses go thundering by. I want another meal in Paris, at L'Ambroisie, at the Place des Vosges. I want another bottle of wine. And then another. I want the warmth of a woman and a cool set of sheets. One more night of jazz at the Vanguard. I want to stand on the summits and smoke Cubans and feel the sun on my face for as long as I can. Walk on the Wall again. Climb the Tower. Ride the River. Stare at the Frescos. I want to sit in the garden and read one more good book. Most of all I want to sleep. I want to sleep like I slept when I was a boy. Give me that, just one time. That's why I won't allow that punk out there to get the best of me, let alone the last of me.

Donald Ressler

[to Harold Cooper in front of National Security Advisor Laurel Hitchin] You know who she is and you're going to give her that?

Yes, Agent Ressler, he does. But apparently, you've forgotten: "she" is your boss's boss's boss's boss.