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Senator Hank Rose: Mr. Cross, you're telling me you haven't a clue! Not one clue! The man walked in the ****ing room and ya shot him.
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Alex Cross: You do what you are Jezzie.
Jezzie Flannigan: You mean you are what you do.
Alex Cross: No, I mean, you do what you are. You're born with a gift. If not that, then you get good at something along the way. And what you're good at, you don't take for granted. You don't betray it.
Jezzie Flannigan: What if you do, betray your gift?
Alex Cross: Then you betray yourself. That's a sad thing.
Jezzie Flannigan: You mean you are what you do.
Alex Cross: No, I mean, you do what you are. You're born with a gift. If not that, then you get good at something along the way. And what you're good at, you don't take for granted. You don't betray it.
Jezzie Flannigan: What if you do, betray your gift?
Alex Cross: Then you betray yourself. That's a sad thing.
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Gary Soneji: No bargaining Alex, no cheap interrogation techniques. It's transparent and it's clumsy. This is between me and you. I want you to see. [puts hand to forehead] I want you to look inside here and tell me what the **** you see! I'm a gift to you, Alex. I'm a gift to you. And you are beyond pitiful if you cannot understand that. I'm living proof that a mind - the mind is a terrible thing. [laughs]
Alex Cross: To be brutally honest, I think you have a morbid desire to burn in hell.
Alex Cross: To be brutally honest, I think you have a morbid desire to burn in hell.
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Jezzie Flannigan: Dr. Cross, Agent Ben Devine. Agent Devine is security systems supervisor.
Ben Devine: Well, for now. We're going to be thrown to the wolves, as soon as they find Megan Rose dead in a ditch.
Alex Cross: Now what makes you so sure that's what's going to happen?
Ben Devine: Me getting fired or the girl in a ditch? Sorry. I'm having a pessimistic day.
Ben Devine: Well, for now. We're going to be thrown to the wolves, as soon as they find Megan Rose dead in a ditch.
Alex Cross: Now what makes you so sure that's what's going to happen?
Ben Devine: Me getting fired or the girl in a ditch? Sorry. I'm having a pessimistic day.
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Megan Rose: Who are you?
Alex Cross: I'm a policeman. My name is Alex Cross. I'm a friend of your parents.
Megan Rose: Can you take me to them?
Alex Cross: Nothing would give me greater pleasure. Could you... [she helps him up] Ah, thanks.
Alex Cross: I'm a policeman. My name is Alex Cross. I'm a friend of your parents.
Megan Rose: Can you take me to them?
Alex Cross: Nothing would give me greater pleasure. Could you... [she helps him up] Ah, thanks.
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Vickie: It's time you forgave yourself.
Alex Cross: Vickie, you know that forgiving yourself is the one thing a person cannot do.
Alex Cross: Vickie, you know that forgiving yourself is the one thing a person cannot do.
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[Alex and Jezzie are examining Soneji's handiwork]
Alex Cross: Wow. Imagine the patience... the dedication...
Jezzie Flannigan: You sound like an admirer.
Alex Cross: Well, he's like a spider. I happen to like spiders.
Alex Cross: Wow. Imagine the patience... the dedication...
Jezzie Flannigan: You sound like an admirer.
Alex Cross: Well, he's like a spider. I happen to like spiders.
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I am living proof, that a mind is a terrible thing.
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They say that when I die, the case will die. They say it will be like a book I close. But the book, it will never close...