The Best John River Quotes

John: There was a playground near my grandmother's house. No children. Not for miles. I used to think it was just for me. And I would see this old man looking down at me from his flat. And he would wave at me, and I would wave back. So one day I said to myself, I'll go and knock on his door. I'll speak to him. I was a very nervous boy. But still I walked over to his block of flats and knocked on the door. No one in. I walked back home across the playground and there I saw him, lying in the snow. I didn't know what had happened, but he was dead. And I ran so fast. To Mr. Ahlgren's house. That's what everyone did. And he said, "I'm a policeman. You're alright now." And he took me home. But what I could see that he could not... the old man came home with me and stayed. And talked to me. And I wasn't alone anymore.

John: There should be more than one word for love. I've seen love that kills and I've seen love that redeems. I've seen love that believes in the guilty and love that saves the bereaved. What we will do for love. Die for it even.

[first lines]
Chrissie: [playing his interview video] Just to go back over around. You came out of the Chinese restaurant...
John: Yeah.
Chrissie: After a brief exchange, she crosses the road. Did you see who shot her?
John: No, my view was obscured by the van.
Chrissie: But you saw the car pull away?
John: She crosses the road...
Chrissie: Do you recall the last thing she said to you?
John: [sighs]
Chrissie: River...
John: "Screw you, Mr. Magoo."
Chrissie: That's the last thing she said to you?
John: I got the blood all over my shirt.
[looks down at his sleeve]

John: I love you. I love you more than life. More than life.

John: Where's your balls?
Chrissie: When did I ever need balls? When did balls ever make you a better detective? In 33 years in the force, that's what blokes say. Where's your balls? I got where I got. I did it, and I didn't need a pair of sodding nuts. Now piss off and let me do my shopping.

[last lines]
John: [holding Ira's child] Hello.
[laughs]

John: You paid to have Haley killed. Did you do the same with Stevie?
Michael: You see, that's my point. You can never under estimate the power of family. Stevie never really understood that. She always put truth before blood.