Rust Cohle, Marty Hart and others in “Unfinished Business”

Rust Cohle

I think human consciousness is a tragic misstep in evolution. We became too self-aware. Nature created an aspect of nature separate from itself. We are creatures that should not exist by natural law.

Wow, that sounds God fucking awful, Rust.

We are things that labor under the illusion of having a self, this accretion of sensory experience and feelings, programmed with total assurance that we are each somebody, when in fact everybody's nobody.

I wouldn't go around spouting that shit if I was you. People around here don't think that way, I don't think that way.

I think the honorable thing for our species to do is deny our programming. Stop reproducing. Walk hand in hand into extinction. One last midnight, brothers and sisters opting out of a raw deal.

So, what's the point in getting out of bed in the morning?

Rust Cohle

I tell myself I bear witness, but the real answer is that it's obviously my programming. And I lack the constitution for suicide.

My luck, I picked today to get to know you and... three months I don't hear a word from you and...

Rust Cohle

You asked.

Yeah, and now I'm begging you to shut the fuck up.