"A person's got to face what they are. I'm doing that."Perseverance
"Maybe I'm meant to be alone. Maybe that's my purpose."Solitude
"I got rules. I stick to them. That's all I got."Strength
"The truth is, I don't know nothing about nothing."
"I'm waiting for something. I don't know what."Patience
"You know what I'm saying?"
"Some day a real rain will come and wash all this scum off the streets."Justice
"I'm God's lonely man."Solitude
"Loneliness has followed me my whole life. Everywhere. In bars, in cars, sidewalks, stores, everywhere. There's no escape."Solitude
"I got some bad ideas in my head."Fear
"The days go on and on. They don't end. All my life needed was a sense of someplace to go."
"I work from twelve o'clock at night to five in the morning."Work
"You're a young girl, you should enjoy these years."
"It's like an open sore on the city."Truth
"I wanted to go out in a blaze of glory."Courage
"Violence is not a solution."Peace
"I'm the only person in the taxi who's gonna believe anything I say."Truth
"Twelve hours of work and I still can't sleep."Time
"I just wanna be clean."
"My life has taken many unexpected turns."Change
"Travis Bickle doesn't exist anymore."
"You talking to me?"
"I ain't got no one to talk to."
"The world is a sewer."
"I gotta do what I gotta do."
"Morality is subjective."Philosophy
"You ever been raped? Well you will be."
"I got an unhealthy life."Health
"The street has its own rules."Freedom
"I'm gonna clean up this city."Motivation