“Every man carries a badge. Some symbol of his allegiance. His were the scars of a boxer who'd used his fists to climb the social ladder of the mob. A Jew who'd gained the respect of wops through a homicidal lust. He'd sworn an oath of violence.”

Josh Brolin - Sgt. John O'Mara

“You win. You've established your alpha male standing; you've established my unworthiness. But doing violence to me just seems pointless and cruel.”

Ashton Holmes - Jack Stall

“Our stories, Wade's and mine, describe the lives of the boys and men for thousands of years: boys who were beaten by their fathers, whose capacity for love and trust was crippled almost at birth, men whose best hope for connection with other human beings lay in detachment, as if life was over.”
Willem Dafoe - Rolfe Whitehouse

“He gets mad at you and he hurts you. He says he's sorry it will never happen again, and he gives you flowers, right? There are a lot of bad men out there, but sometimes you can't tell until it's too late.”
Aidan Wallace - Little Joe

My fourth husband and I had tremendous fights. He used his fists more than his mouth. They ought to rewrite the ceremony: "In sickness and in hell..."
Bette Davis