Travis Bickle

"You got to have discipline. Control. That's what separates us from the animals."

"Some people got light in them. Others are just darkness."

"I tried to be like other people. It didn't work out."

"There's a war going on out there. A silent war."

"I got a future. I'm not gonna waste it."

"Sometimes I wonder if I'm just imagining everything."

"A person can't help what they feel. Even if it's wrong."

"I got no friends. That's probably better that way."

"The truth is, nobody's as good as they pretend to be."

"I'm moving in a direction. I don't know where it goes."

"You can't trust anybody. Everybody's got an angle."

"I feel like I'm just watching my own life happen."

"Some people, they're worth saving. Most ain't."

"I got no education, but I know things."

"Politics, it's all about power. Nothing else."

"I believe in something. I just don't know what yet."

"A man's got to take action. Thinking ain't enough."

"I'm not gonna run from nothing. Not anymore."

"The world's sick, and I'm the only one who sees it."

"I could be somebody important. I just need the chance."

"You ever notice how nobody looks at each other? We're all alone."

"I got anger. Real anger. It's always there."

"A person's got to believe in themselves. Even if nobody else does."

"I'm not crazy. I'm just awake. That's the difference."

"The night's the only time I feel alive."

"I don't forgive nobody, and nobody forgives me."

"There's a time for talking, and a time for action."

"I got dreams. Bad dreams and good dreams. All jumbled up."

"You can't change what's inside you. No matter how hard you try."

"I'm looking for some kind of salvation. I don't know where it is."