The Alienist
Mondays 10:00 PM on TNTThe Alienist Quotes
You are fighting a monster, one that stretches from Millionaires Mile all the way down to Mulberry Street. And if you're not careful, it will devour you long before you find your child killer.
Kelly [to Kreizler]
Doctor, your beliefs are interesting. I believe there are two reasons why a man does what he does, a good reason and the real reason.
Morgan [to Kreizler]
Stop it! Stop! We ain't gonna find no one like this.
Stevie [to Moore and Kreizler]
Be careful, Laszlo, or you're going to end up a lonely old man.
Moore [to Kreizler]
Well, Laszlo, it seems we find ourselves in the presence of many sainted men.
Moore [to Kreizler]
I take comfort in that I understand. And a man who kills for no apparent reason is beyond my comprehension.
Morgan
My uncle [Cyrus] may take acts of kindness as marks of your decency, but I see keeping him downtrodden through kindness and progressive ideals as simply more effective as using shackles and a whip.
Joanna [to Kreizler]
Please don't look at me like that, or at each other.
Sara [to the Isaacsons]
Moore: Spirits copulate?
Museum expert: I suppose there's not much else to do.
Moore: Hmmm.
Sex is but a three-letter word, Commissioner.
Kreizler [to Roosevelt]
Do not betray your own kind, Roosevelt, or you will find yourself with no job, no friends and no goddamn future.
Morgan [to Roosevelt]
Those who are seen dancing are thought insane by those who cannot hear the music. It's just a matter of finding a way to hear the music.
Kreizler [to Roosevelt]
