Cidade de Deus Quotes (2002)
Zé Pequeno: Where do you want to take the shot? In the hand or in the foot?
Rocket: What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out war. The City of God was divided. You couldn’t go from one section the other, not even to visit a relative. The cops considered anyone living in the slum a hoodlum. People got used to living in Vietnam, and more and more volunteers signed up to die.
Zé Pequeno: Can you read?
Gang Member: I can read only the pictures.
Rocket: You need more than guts to be a good gangster, you need ideas.
Bené: I’m a playboy now.
Buscapé: [after Dadinho kills many people in a motel] That night, Dadinho killed his dream of kill.
Cabeleira: Hey, Bernice. Listen, I’ve got something real important to say. Tell me, you ever heard of love at first sight?
Berenice: Sure, but hoods don’t fall in love, they just get horny.
Cabeleira: C’mon, you cut everything I say to pieces.
Berenice: Hoods don’t talk, they just vomit words.
Cabeleira: Jesus, I’m gonna stop wasting my saliva on you, you sure ain’t easy.
Berenice: Hoods never stop, they just take a break.
Cabeleira: Jeez, Bernice, talking about love with you is pretty complicated, isn’t it?
Berenice: Love, you gotta be kidding. You’re just leading me on.
Cabeleira: But it’s just that this jerk here loves you.
Sandro Cenoura: Have you lost your mind? You are just a child!
Filé-com-Fritas – Steak and Fries: Listen man, I smoke, I snort… I’ve been begging on the street since I was just a baby. I’ve cleaned windshields at stop lights. I’ve polished shoes, I’ve robbed, I’ve killed… I ain’t no kid, no way. I’m a real man.
