house of cards (US) starters
from the first season.
content warning: violence, sexuality, profanity, gendered slurs.
â I have no patience for useless things. â
â I love that woman. I love her more than sharks love blood. â
â I almost pity him. â
â Wait. Weâre in a very gray area. Ethically. Legally. Which Iâm okay with â â
â Weâre in the same boat now. Take care not to tip it over. I can only save one of us from drowning. â
â Centuries from now, when people watch this footage, who will they see smiling just at the edge of the frame? â
â They talk while I sit quietly and imagine their lightly salted faces frying in a skillet. â
â Such a waste of talent. â
â What a martyr craves more than anything is a sword to fall on, so you sharpen the blade, hold it at just the right angle, and then 3, 2, 1â â
â Nobody can hear you. Nobody cares about you. Nothing will come of this. â
â You want my advice? â
â Treading water is the same as drowning, for people like you and me. â
â I know all about hate. â
â Maybe itâs best he died so young. He wasnât doing much but taking up space. â
â You donât have to lecture me like a little girl. â
â Youâve got a long way to go. Donât be so arrogant. â
â Itâs so refreshing to work with someone whoâll throw a saddle on a gift horse rather than look it in the mouth. â
â I donât think you appreciate anything. I think youâre an ungrateful, self-entitled little câ â
â Cunt. Youâre a cunt. â
â Friends make the worst enemies. â
â Nobody tells me when to work and when to play. â
â Thatâs a rookie mistake. â
â Are you letting pride cloud your judgment? â
â I promise youâll never be bored. â
â The most youâll ever make of yourself is blowing men like me. â
â I can smell the cock on your breath from here. â
â You think you can get under my skin? â
â Youâre too intimidating. â
â Do you get off on this or something? â
â Thereâs no better way to overpower a trickle of doubt than with a flood of naked truth. â
â I have to be ruthless, because failure is not an option. â
â So, youâre fuckinâ my son? â
â Hereâs another truth thatâs gonna be hard to swallow: Iâm all youâve got. â
â Iâm not going to lie. I despise children. There. Iâve said it. â
â So, a piece of advice as far as career strategies go: Itâs not worth fucking your way to the middle. â
â Proximity to power deludes some into believing they wield it. â
â A great man once said, everything is about sex. Except sex. Sex is about power. â
â I have zero tolerance for betrayal, which they will soon indelibly learn. â
â You donât understand, Iâm not afraid of you anymore. â
â Such a shame, how naive you are. â
â I just thought I should open those big bright eyes. â
â You want me to teach you? â
â I wanted to be significant. â
â I envy your free spirit, and Iâm attracted to it, but not all of us have that luxury. â
â What I chose was a man I could love for more than a week. â
â Fact, I have something that you want. You have something that I want. â
â Have I said something amusing? â
â He doesnât measure his wealth in private jets, but purchased souls. â
â Of all the things I hold in high regards, rules are not one of them. â
â Are you even capable of language, or do you only understand depravity? â
â Have the courage in death that you never had in life. â
â I pray to myself, for myself. â
â I wonât let people like you fuck up the world my child has to live in. â
â Am I an enemy you want to make? â
â You canât purchase loyalty. Not the sort I have in mind. â