True Detective quotes

Ray Velcoro

What’s with all the knives?

Could you do this job if everyone you encountered could physically overpower you? Forget police work, no man could walk around like that without going nuts.

The fundamental difference between the sexes is that one of them can kill the other with their bare hands.

Ray Velcoro

Well, just so you know, I support feminism, mostly by having body image issues.

I'm commanding officer of this detail. You call me when you got something.

Ray Velcoro

Well, I got shot. That's something. I found our murder scene. That's something else.

Frank Semyon

What's with the water?

Ray Velcoro

Booze tends to take the edge off. I wanna stay angry.

May I ask, how much do you drink in a week?

Ray Velcoro

All I can.

Talk to me like that again, you’re going to need a little baggie to carry your teeth home

I just don't know how to be out there in the world, man.

Ray Velcoro

Look out that window. Look at me. Nobody does.

[of her and Ani's mother] I have this memory of her, in the sand.

Big dresses.

Yeah. Polishing that driftwood 'til it shined like steel or something.

I lost her in the light. Light off the water.

Why do these memories stay so vivid? I can't even remember stuff from last week.

Those moments, they stare back at you. You don't remember them, they remember you. Turn around, there they are, staring.

Here's an idea - let's be one of those couples that fights a lot. That's a fucking great idea.

[upon Ani and Ray getting up to leave] Excuse me. You have one of the largest auras I've ever seen. Green and black. It's been taking up this whole room. I just...I had to say something. You must have had hundreds of lives.

Ray Velcoro

I don't think I could handle another one.

Ray Velcoro

What do you think "green and black" means?

I don’t know... you’re a mood ring?

Detective Bezzarides, how do you feel about your actions?

[to Ani] Can I just ask, what the fuck are you doing here? I mean, who wouldn't want her sexually harassing you, am I right?

See, right there. That kind of thing could be considered inappropriate.

What? It's a compliment.

It's alright, it's alright. I understand. Uh, I dunno. I mean, what can I say? [deadpan] I just really like big dicks. It's not just length. Everybody's always talking length, and it's fine, but it's girth, too. I wanna have trouble handcuffing the thing.

Uh... I'm not sure... that might be taken...

What? I thought you wanted me to share.

Hey man, let her share!

You deal with pimps, you get pimpish results, Frank.

Ray Velcoro

Pain is inexhaustible. It's only people that get exhausted.

Ray Velcoro

My powers of influence are so meager in this sublunar world of ours, I try to limit the people I can disappoint. And I make sure to know the difference between my obligations and somebody else's.

[showing Frank the door] Mr. Semyon.

Frank Semyon

You don't direct me, Khe Sanh motherfucker.

I'm Chinese.

Frank Semyon

Then go stand in front of a fuckin' tank.