Altered Carbon (TV Series)

In a Lonely Place (2018)

Joel Kinnaman: Takeshi Kovacs

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Quotes 

• Laurens Bancroft : You think we should leave it up to God, do you?

  [chuckles] 

  Laurens Bancroft : Oh, Mr. Kovacs, haven't you heard? God is dead. We have taken his place.

  Takeshi Kovacs : If you're a god, then, uh, what the hell do you need me for?

  Laurens Bancroft : Every deity has minions. Observe. Absorb. Find what others have missed.

• [first lines] 

  Takeshi Kovacs : [narrating]  Humanity has spread to the stars. We set out like ancient seafarers to explore the limitless ocean of space. But no matter how far we venture into the unknown, the worst monsters are those we bring with us.

  Young Tak : "Once upon a time, in a village in the woods"

  Young Reileen : Don't read it, Tak. I want you to tell it our way.

  Young Tak : Okay. You ready? "Once, there was a cruel father who had two kids. He was called Mad Mykola."

  Young Reileen : "He was a miller, but he made the kids do all of the work." Where do you think their mom was?

  Young Tak : There are never moms in these stories. Come on, keep going.

  Young Reileen : "The girl and the boy worked so hard, that one night they fainted."

  Young Tak : "Mad Mykola found them lying on the floor, and he threw them both into the mill."

  Young Reileen : "Then he thought, who's going to do all the work for him?"

  Young Tak : "So he went into the village, stole more children. He killed them, cut them up, and took their bits and pieces to the loom."

  Young Reileen : "And stitched all their bloody dead parts into one huge, strong, creepy thing."

  Young Tak : "The Patchwork Man. But it turned, and it ripped Mad Mykola to shreds."

  Young Reileen : "Then it went out into the world. But its body kept falling apart."

  Young Tak : "So to this day, the Patchwork Man wanders the streets looking for children to kill, "to cut up, and to sew into himself."

• Takeshi Kovacs : For children who were never allowed to grow up, greed isn't the only motive for killing.

• Laurens Bancroft : Let's start by being very clear with one another, shall we? Stay away from my wife.

  Takeshi Kovacs : So you're spying on her.

  Laurens Bancroft : I don't need to spy on her. No, when you've been married to the same woman for over 100 years, you know what she does, and you know what she can't help doing.

  Takeshi Kovacs : Why do you care what your wife does in her spare time, considering what you're doing in yours?

  Laurens Bancroft : Your limited life experience cannot possibly encompass what it is to love another person for over 100 years. You achieve something close to veneration. How does one match such respect with the basest desires of the flesh?

  Takeshi Kovacs : So you love your wife too much to fuck her?

  Laurens Bancroft : I certainly love my wife too much to let you fuck her. Now, do you have anything to report on your investigations tonight?

  Takeshi Kovacs : No. Great party, though. Thanks...

• Takeshi Kovacs : I thought you didn't want to own me.

  Laurens Bancroft : In this world, the only real choice is between being the purchaser and the purchased.