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"I believe in what he's doing; I believe the city needs him. But the truth is, I can't help anymore. I've got this shift from hell 'cause I helped another friend trying to do good. Big guy. Stronger than our friend. And yet I'm the one who got the shaft. I'm just trying to keep my head down, do my job, stay sane."
"You're a P.I.?" "I'm just trying to make a living. You know, booze costs money. Usually." "There's better ways to hustle than digging in people's business." "It's the only thing I'm good at." "How good?" "A natural." "Yeah? So what have you detected?" "Well, I can tell by the residue on this bar that four years ago, a man named Horace had buffalo wings." "His name was Melvin." "I stand in dark alleys and wait to take pictures of people boning." "Except you been watching me like a hawk since you walked in." "Force of habit." "Or it's your way of flirting." "I don't flirt. But you do. Not for sport. It's got purpose. Like getting customers to drink more. Tip more." "So what else ya got, Sherlock?" "All right. A drunk spills on your shirt, pukes on your shoe, and you roll with it. But break or scratch something? He's toast. I've never seen a dive bar this clean. Because you care about it. More than anything. Maybe anyone. There's history here. Memories. Something personal, but private. So no photos or memorabilia. But you also like women. Temporarily, at least. And they like you."
"So just how unbreakable are you?" "On a scale of "I don't know" to... "I'd rather not find out"?" "So if I were to bite your finger with all of my considerable strength..." "Depends on how considerable. So don't go getting any ideas about my extremities."
"Were you born this way?" "Nope. Accident. You?" "Experiment. Does anyone else know about your abilities?" "Couple. I'm not hiding, but I'm not advertising."
"The way I see it, being a hero just puts a target on your back." "Yeah, been there, done that." "The hero gig?" "I gave it a shot once." "Tell me there was a costume and you still got it." "It didn't work out." "You still get points for doing good." "Not near enough to cancel out the bad." "The way I see it, most people got both going on. Just depends on which part wins that day."
"You made me think I could get past it, did Kilgrave force you to do that? You let me be inside you. You touched me with the same hands that killed my wife, while you knew." "I'm so sorry"
"Looking for Luke? He took some time off. Went away for a while." "Good. Good for him. I just wanted to tell him-" "You just wanted to tell him you love him, you want him back, you're gonna have his baby." "What? No." "Heard it before. Best move on. He won't miss you. The only one he ever missed... is in the ground." "Tell him... the right people are gonna pay for what's been done. And tell him I don't expect him to forgive me."
"I've got no right to offer this but..." "Don't apologize, I don't want that from you." "How about, I forgive you, for everything, and I'll say it everyday for as long as you need to hear it."
"Did you think he was more powerful than me? With his unbreakable skin, is that why you desired him?" "You really thought I could forgive you? You killed my wife."
"They can lock her up for that, I won't let that happen." "Okay, okay enough, she saves you, you save her, then she has to save you again and neither one of you wants to be saved, right?"
"You should be out there helping people, that's all, like them other fellas downtown." "Reva used to say the same thing." "Yeah, well, she was right. You don't ever think about all the people you could help? You should be more ambitious." "What if my ambition is to sweep hair wash dishes and be left the hell alone?" "Well, that would be a waste." "You think I asked for any of this? I was framed, beaten and put in some tank like an exotic fish. Came out with abilities." "Saved your life." "More like ruined it. Reva's dead. I'm a fugitive." "So? Take my advice, brother. The past is the past. And the only direction in life that matters is forward. Never backwards."
"You're beautiful, you're a little older than he usually likes them." "Yeah you're definitely not getting a tip tonight." "But I'm not finished, dumb men like little girls, me, I ponder a woman." "Why don't you ponder me another cosmo."
"Don't you have somewhere you need to be?" "Yeah, home, just got off." "Can't crash relations, you wanna go grab a coffee?" "I don't like coffee." "Neither do I."
"I don't like your tone, you're being disrespectful, it's unnecessary." "I think, he think, he gonna bring it." "I can, not the way I want to, I'd kill you."
"Pop thinks he has a way to clear this mess up, I know you didn't kill Dante, or Shameek, all you guys wanted was the cash, it was an inside job, Dante's safe idea. I found you in four hours, for free, imagine how fast someone Cottonmouth pays will find you. The only chance you have of survival is if you come with me."
"I found Chico, he ain't coming. Can't save everybody." "You're wrong about that. What would have happened in my life if people gave up on me, I was no angel, no I was a beast."
"You really think Chico killed his friend over money?" "You are?" "Luke Cage." "Detective Misty Knight." "Detective, looks like you found some better clothes to audit in."
"Pop wants to set up a parley for Chico, he doesn't want him to end up like Shameek." "I don't know what you talking about." "Those cuts on your hand say different. All I'm saying is if you want to talk to Pop about Chico, it can be arranged."
"Pop! Come on, you hear those sirens, they almost here, they're coming. Someone call a goddamn ambulance!" "Swe... Swear... Swear... Jar..." "I will, I will." "Luke... Forward... Always... Always... Forward... Forward..."
"Do you even know who Crispus Attucks was? A free black man, the first man to die for what became America, he could have acted scared when those Brits raised their guns, blended in in the crowd, but he stepped up, he paid with his life, but he started something. That's what Pop did, not me, I laid in the cut until he stepped up and it cost him his life too. I ain't laying back no more!"
"I'm not going to touch him, not the way I should. Since I can't touch the king, I'm going to take his queen, his knights, his rooks, I'm knocking all his pieces off the board." "Where you going now?" "Check these fools."
"Now you got change that can make change." "What the hell did you do? Can you forget the swear jar for a minute! What the... Where'd all this money come from?" "Banks not worried it, neither should you. Use it for this."
"I asked Pop once why he didn't want people to curse in his shop. And why we had to wear these ugly smocks. He said "These kids need to see a man go to work every day and to be in the presence of men in uniform putting in work." I didn't want to walk in late, but I was trying to do what Pop always did. Help those in need. And protect them from the forces that would do them harm. At first, it was selfish because my name was attached to it. But then it got bigger. If we try to protect only ourselves without looking out for those people closest to us, then we lose. Pop never forgot his people. Where some people saw hard rock kids, he saw precious jewels. He reminded me that diamonds are formed by pressure covered in dirt. But then you polish them and they shine. Pop saw the shine in everyone that walked in his barber shop. He cut their hair. He listened to their problems. And he made them feel better about the world and themselves. We have to strive on a daily basis to do the same for each other. And sometimes, that's gonna mean standing up to a bully. Especially if he calls himself a friend. I don't believe in Harlem. I believe in the people who make Harlem what it is."
"You need to let this go." "No." "It makes you look weak." "I can't ignore him." "You can't let this dude drive you stupid. It only helps his name ring out... like yours used to."
"I've seen a man... a blind man who can see, because his other senses are so amplified. And this other man who survived a shotgun blast to his head and recovered from a brain hemorrhage in a few hours. And they both needed my help."
"Aisha's ring, you got it? Think about where you are, it's hallowed ground this park, named for Jackie Robinson. It's here, it's all around you, if you respect yourself enough to take a look." "At what?" "Our legacy."
"I was wrong. I'm glad you came. Embarrassing you in public was much better than doing it behind closed doors in your cheap-ass club." "Never confuse the battle with the war." "Next suit that gets damaged... I'm taxing you."
"Hell of an impression you made in there." "I'm sorry, did you just pay me a compliment?" "No, I didn't. You need to stop with this pissing contest before more people get killed." "Maybe if y'all stopped him in the first place, no one would've had to die." "I will get him the right way. The system will win." "Forget the system. Arrests lead to indictments. And indictments lead to pleas. There's always a bigger fish, a bigger angle. A slap on the wrist. Boom. Right back in business. I ain't going for that." "You just started World War III in there. And your ass might be bulletproof, but Harlem ain't. Harlem is gonna suffer. So if you aren't gonna help us take him down, then you need to leave right now, Luke, before you make things worse."
"You need to get some new clothes." "I have some stuff back at the crib. This is beginning to become a habit." "Swiss cheese shirt. Car bounces off of you. Punching through steel and concrete. Just another day, right?" "You're safe and your mom's van is insured. That's all that matters to me." "After all that, you can't say you're not special." "I'm still not sure what I am." "You know exactly who you are. And what you need to do." "Pop used to say the same thing you're saying to me. I did right by him. Cottonmouth's in jail and I'm done." "You're moving on? I think so. It's time." "There's things with your powers you haven't even tested. There's so many good things that you could still do." "Maybe I could help."
"Too much in Harlem happens in the shadows. People fear what they can't see. And that's what makes you different. They see you. It makes them trust you."
"Where are the guns?" "I don't know what you're talking about." "The ones you got back from Cottonmouth. The ones my friends died over." "What, you think you can go after everyone?" "I kinda do. I can pick you up, walk you over to the bridge and throw your ass in the Hudson. And here's the thing. It's not the fall that kills you. It's the impact against the water. And when the water fills your lungs, right before you black out, you'll ask yourself "Why didn't I just give Luke Cage what he wanted?"" "The guns are downstairs." "Muchas gracias."
"With that hostage you killed, they're gonna shoot first and ask questions later. Mariah supplied the force with some Judas 2.0s, so they won't bounce off of you. They'll stick."
"What the hell? What type of Jean Paul Gaultier shit is this? What are you, a pimp stormtrooper?" "No, I'm the angel of death." "You look like a damn fool."
"People are scared but they can't be paralyzed by that fear. You have to fight for what's right every single day, bulletproof skin or not. You can't just not snitch, or turn away or take money under the table because life has turned you sour. When did people stop caring? Harlem is supposed to represent our hopes and dreams. It's the pinnacle of black art politics innovation. It's supposed to be a shining light to the world. It's our responsibility to push forward, so that the next generation will be further along than us."
"All these people were talking bad about Luke Cage. But they didn't stop for one minute to look at the good he had done. Cleaning up Crispus Attucks by himself, lookin' out for people. Most of these guys wear spandex. Who would have thought a black man in a hoodie would be a hero?"
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