"You need more than guns to be a good gangster, you need ideas."

"What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out war. The City of God was divided. You couldn't go from one…"

"Where do you want to take the shot? In the hand or in the foot?"

"The fuck I'm Li'l Dice! My fucking name is Li'l Zé now!"

"15 miles from paradise...one man will do anything to tell the world everything."

"Drugs, Guns, Music, Love. Real G's."

"If you run it will get you. If you stay it will eat you."

"Leandro Firmino — Li'l Zé (Zé Pequeno)"

"Jonathan Haagensen — Shaggy (Cabeleira)"

"Roberta Rodrigues — Berenice"