Sin City (2005) - Quotes

Perception of Attraction and Relationships

Marv: Lucille's my parole officer. She's a dyke, but God knows why. With that body of hers she could have any man she wants.

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Urgency in the Night

Marv: [During his execution] Will you get a move on, I haven't got all night.

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A Moment of Desperation and Dread

Marv: You can scream now if you want.

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A Heartfelt Farewell in Sin City

Hartigan: [Last thoughts as he shoots himself] An old man dies, a young woman lives. Fair trade. I love you, Nancy.

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Final Reflections on a Career in Law

Hartigan: Just one hour to go. My last day on the job. Not my idea. Doctor's orders; heart condition. Angina, he calls it. I'm polishing my badge and getting myself used to the idea of saying goodbye to it. It and the thirty odd years of protecting and serving and...blood and terror and triumph it represents. I think about Eileen's slow smile, about the thick fat steaks she picked up from the butcher's today. I think about the one loose end I haven't tied up. A young girl who's out there, somewhere, helpless in the hands of a drooling lunatic.

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Describing an Overwhelming Odor

Hartigan: This guy smells awful. Like bad food. Like a corpse left in a garbage dumpster in the middle of summer, he stinks so bad I want to throw up.

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Hartigan Asserts Control Over His Belongings

Hartigan: Let go of my coat, Bob.

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Degrees of Wrongdoing in Sin City

Hartigan: There's wrong and there's wrong and then there's this.

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A Humorous Take on Inexperience and Trauma

Hartigan: When it comes to reassuring a traumatized 19-year-old, I'm about as expert as a palsy victim doing brain surgery with a pipe wrench.

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Confidence Before Confrontation

Hartigan: [after being shot several times] I'm doing fine, Bob. Never better...ready to kick your ass.

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Nancy Callaghan's Transformation Over Time

Hartigan: Skinny little Nancy Callaghan. She grew up. She filled out.

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The Balance of Sacrifice and Safety

Hartigan: Things go dark. I don't mind much. It's okay. She'll be safe. An old man dies. A little girl lives. Fair trade.

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Disarming an Opponent in Sin City

Hartigan: I take his weapons away from him. Both of them.

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A Promise of Loyalty and Sacrifice

Hartigan: [While police brutally try to blackmail him] This is just a price I promised myself I'd pay, now I'm paying it. You don't save a little girl's life and then turn around and throw her to the dogs. Not in my book you don't.. They want a confession? They won't get it.

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End of Partnership, Beginning of Retirement

Hartigan: Hell of a way to end a partnership. Hell of a way to start my retirement.

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Logistical Challenges in Sin City

Dwight: Just look at that trunk. We'll never fit them all in.

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Dwight's Hope for Information from Enemies

Dwight: Miho, I hope to hell ya left one of them alive enough to talk.

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Vengeance and Destruction in Sin City

Dwight: The girls all know the score. No escape. No surrender. No mercy. We got to kill every last rat bastard one of them, every last one. Not for revenge. Not because they deserve it. not because it'll make the world a better place. We need a heap of bloody bodies so when the mob boss, Wallenquist, looks over his charts of profits and losses, he'll see what it cost him to mess with the girls of Old Town. The valkyrie at my side is shouting and laughing with the pure, hateful, bloodthirsty joy of the slaughter. And so am I. The fire, baby. It'll burn us both. There's no place in this world for our kind of fire. My warrior woman. My valkyrie. You'll always be mine. Always. And never.

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Dwight's Praise for Miho's Timeliness

Dwight: [[w:Mother Teresa|Mother Teresa; [w:Elvis Presley|Elvis] Little Miho, you're an angel, you're a saint, you're ], you're ]. You're God. And if you'd gotten here about ten minutes sooner, we'd still have Jackie-Boy's head.

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Moral Dilemma in a Desperate Situation

Dwight: I don't have a chance in hell of outrunning this cop. Not in this heap. The only question left is whether I'm gonna kill him or not. Tough call. For all I know, he's an honest cop, regular guy. Working stiff with a mortgage, a wife and a pile of kids.

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Imaginary Conversations with a Deceased Asshole

Dwight: Sure, he's an asshole. Sure he's dead. Sure, I'm just imagining that he's talking. That doesn't stop the bastard from being absolutely right.

A Gruesome Transformation in Sin City

Dwight: [[w:PEZ|Pez] She doesn't quite chop his head off. She makes a ] dispenser out of him.

Dwight Asserts His Serious Intentions

Dwight: I let him know I'm not fooling around.

The Cost of Proving Your Worth

Dwight: It's time to prove to your friends that you're worth a damn. Sometimes that means dying, sometimes it means killing a whole lot of people.

Desire for a Practical Vehicle

Dwight: A hardtop with a decent engine. And make sure it's got a big trunk.

Consequences of Negligence in Sin City

Dwight: You made a big mistake yourself...you didn't flush.

Threatening Loyalty in a Relationship

Dwight: I'm Shellie's new boyfriend, and I'm out of my mind. If you so much as talk to her or even think her name, I'll cut you in ways that'll make you useless to a woman.

Marv's Misfit Nature Across Time and Space

Dwight: Most people think Marv is crazy. He just had the rotten luck of being born in the wrong century. He'd be right at home on some ancient battlefield swinging an axe into somebody's face. Or in a Roman arena, taking his sword to other gladiators like him. They would've tossed him girls like Nancy back then.

Strategic Advantage in a Fight

Dwight: Dozens of them, armed to the teeth. I'm outnumbered, outgunned... but the alley is crooked, dark, and very narrow. They can't surround me. Sometimes you can beat the odds by a careful choice of where to fight...Where to fight counts for a lot, but there's nothing like having your friends show up with lots of guns.