The Way of the Gun

"There is a natural order. The way things are meant to be. An order that says the good guys always win, that you die when it's your time or when you have it coming, that the ending is always happy-if only for someone else. Now at some point it became clear that our path had been chosen for us and we had nothing to offer the world. Our options narrowing down to petty crime or minimum wage, so we stepped off the path and went looking for the fortune that we knew was looking for us. Once off the path you do what you can to eat, keep moving. You don't blow your ghost of a chance with nickel and dime, no possessions, no comforts. Need is the ultimate monkey. A pint of your blood can fetch you fifty bucks, a shot of cum—three grand. You keep your life simple and you can literally self sustain."

"I think a plan is just a list of things that don't happen."

"The longest distance between two points is a kidnapper and his money."

"We don't want your forgiveness; we won't make excuses. We're not gonna blame you, even if you are an accessory, but we will not accept your natural order. We didn't come for absolution, we didn't ask to be redeemed, but isn't that the way it is? Every goddamn time. Your prayers are always answered, in the order they're received."

"There's always free cheese in a mousetrap."

"A heart is the only thing that has value. If you have one, get rid of it."

"You know what I'm gonna tell God when I see him? I'm gonna tell him I was framed."

"[As he lays dying with Parker] What are you going to tell God now?"

"To tell you the truth, I don't think this is a brains kind of operation."

"I can promise you a day of reckoning you won't live long enough to never forget."

"Fifteen million dollars is not money. It's a motive with a universal adaptor on it."

"Karma is justice without the satisfaction. I don't believe in justice."

"[To his dying friend] Till that day..."

"You want to know the only thing you can assume about a broken down old man? It's that he's a survivor."

"I'm the button man. I'm the guy you wake up to one night, maybe a year from now, maybe two. And all you'll see is a pillow over your face, and you'll hear a pop. Plenty more where I came from."

"[parting after Longbaugh rejects settlement offer, holding the handshake firm] Until that day, then, huh?"

"I'd never ask you to trust me. It's the cry of a guilty soul. - Hale Chidduck"

"[In regard to her baby] When you think about deaf people. About being deaf. How would they know what to call their mother or their reflection. That's what I call it. There's no name. - Robin Sarno"

"We have to consider the woman to be as much a threat as the two men. My only main concern now is for the child. - Jeffers"

"Creative articulation my good man. - Obecks"

"She's gotta big mouth, but she ain't kidding. I'm gonna whip ya silly and I'm gonna fuck ya stupid. You wanna do the man dance? First dance is yours. - Whipped Boyfriend"

"Ryan Phillippe - Mr. Parker"

"Benicio Del Toro - Mr. Longbaugh"

"Juliette Lewis - Robin"

"Taye Diggs - Jeffers"

"Nicky Katt - Obecks"

"Geoffrey Lewis - Abner Mercer"

"Dylan Kussman - Dr. Allen Painter"

"Scott Wilson - Hale Chidduck"

"Kristin Lehman - Francesca Chidduck"

"James Caan - Joe Sarno"

"Henry Griffin - P. Whipped"