Character Quotes

A Compendium of Baccano! quotes from the Anime and Light Novel Series



Maiza Avaro

 * The harshness of having to live for eternity... [Episode 13]

Ennis

 * Could you please listen to this selfish request of mine? Please... don't forget about me.

Luck Gandor

 * [quoting Edgar Allan Poe] "Thy soul shall find itself alone, amid dark thoughts of the grey tombstone / Not one of all the crowd to pry, into thine hour of secrecy, be silent in their solitude, which is not loneness, for then the spirits of the dead, who stood in life before me are again."- I was scared to death of this poem I couldn't stand it but now it doesn't seem to bother me, not since that incident a year ago.
 * Maybe because I lost any need to be afraid, I also lost any feelings of anxiety toward death I mean.
 * Look, there are powers in this world you clearly don't understand, pal.
 * [to Eve] Your brother killed some of my friends in a horrible way one year ago, right here. So I won't apologize.

Isaac Dian and Miria Harvent

 * Miria: "But we're not Ennis' parents so we really can't exactly give her a baby brother."  Isaac: "No, unfortunately thats how biology works."


 * Isaac: "I'll hit the car!" Miria:"Your hand will break!" Isaac:"Then I'll hit the driver!" Miria: "Then... I'll spit on the car!" Isaac: "That's perfect!"
 * Isaac: "Cows are herbivores, right?" Miria:"Yes!" Isaac: "That means if you eat a cow, you're eating grass and meat together!" Miria:"You're so smart Isaac!" Isaac: "Aren't I?"


 * Isaac: "We once tried to steal an entire museum as well." Miria:"That proved impossible though." Isaac: "Yes! So at least, in order to make impossible for people to enter, we stole the entrance [door]!" Miria:"It sure was heavy!"
 * Miria: "I don't understand any of it, but it's absolutely incredible!"
 * “I always see your magic, Isaac. Did you know that? It's sure not a magic trick that makes me like you, right? From now on and forever--”

Czeslaw Meyer

 * All those people in the dining car, will you kill them for me sir?

Huey Laforet

 * “I can't bring myself to trust you. But even if you were to betray me, and even if you were to become my enemy... would it be okay for me to love? Could you... let me love you?”

Ladd Russo

 * I just know you are all my newest enemies... and you have really nice guns. You people are all the same. You think you're so special! "Oh yeah, with all of our wonderful guns on this pathetic train, there's no way anyone can stop us! We are invincible and unbeatable! We are so strong with all of our men and our guns!" [laughs]
 * "You are my absolute favorite people to kill! You are so beautifully amazed when you die! Especially when I squish your brains, between my fingers, LIKE A FREAKING SAUSAGE!"
 * "Depending on your request, whether I will laugh or get angry, that will decide your lifespan, boy."
 * "Even though we are going to shatter thousands of lives, wearing white is gonna make the blood look so pretty." 
 * "[listening, getting excited] It's guns! I love guns!... Machine guns? That's even better! This could be fun! Sounds like death, and danger! Daaanger, daaaaanger... What's happening in the dining car? Is there blood? Who's killing who? Where did they get shot? I have to see! Things are really starting to get EXCIIITING! Yes! Yes yes yes! YES YES YES YES YES!"
 * [to Czeslaw] Too bad. You were so close, but you couldn't figure out how to talk to me after all... I can't let a look like yours go unanswered. You're just so sure I won't do THIS! [shoots him in the face
 * My dream is to kill everyone who wants to live more than you in the night, and in the end, I'm going to kill you thoroughly. Betting my life on it!
 * <span style="color:rgb(85,85,85);;line-height:normal;text-align:justify;">Now, dear Uncle, there's a certain person that I just love to kill. It doesn't even matter whether they're weak or strong. The people I live to kill, that really get me jazzed... never see it coming. Never. They're in some happy place where they're sure nothing can get them. Dying is the furthest thing from their minds. Maybe they're thinkin' about what they're gonna have for dinner. Just like you were. Right before I walked in.
 * <span style="color:rgb(85,85,x;line-height:normal;text-align:justify;">The reason you guys were wearing such orchestra-style suits was to perform for me, right? To think you'd come to the roof especially for me! This must be love! I have embraced your enormous love, now it's your turn to embrace my love! I love you, SO DIE!
 * <span style="color:rgb(85,85,85);;line-height:normal;text-align:justify;">[fighting Claire] Okay, all mighty ruler of this world, just how is it you're planning to kill me, huh? Maybe I should just go ahead and show you that this world works differently than you think it does. I'm gonna kill you, and then after I'll dance a jig around your dead corpse because YOU won't exist in MY world anymore!
 * <span style="color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:'lucidagrande',arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:18px;">Tonight a special express train departs from Chicago, it was called the Flying Pussyfoot I think. The one that goes directly to New York without making any stops. I'll ride on that for a while, and I'm thinking to crash the thing right into the middle of Manhattan. But that's a bluff. That's just to intimidate them a bit first. And if they don't pay up then, we'll turn it into a kidnapping accident involving all the passengers.

Firo Phochainezo

 * <span style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-fam;line-height:normal;text-align:justify;">It's creepy when you smirk like that. What are you reading?

Gustave Saint Germain

 * <span style="color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:'lucidagrande',arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:18px;">Cast aside the illusion that there is a beginning and end to the story. The story has no beginning. And it has no end. All there is, is a performance of people connecting, living, influencing each other, and departing.

Jacuzzi Splot

 * <span style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font--height:normal;text-align:justify;">The times when you want to cry are when you have to try your hardest. That's why I decided I'll cry in general. Then, when I have to shed tears for a time when I really want to cry, my tears would have run dry.
 * <span style="color:rgb(85,85,85);line-height:normal;text-align:justify;">[to Nice] I might have cried a little too much up till now. So I've decided that the amount I cried counts towards you as well. I've cried your half. So even if bad things should happen now, don't cry.
 * <span style="color:rgb(85,85,85);x;line-height:normal;text-align:justify;">I'VE GOT A GUN IN MY HEART!

Claire Standfield

 * <span style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:;font-size:;line-height:normal;text-align:justify;">"So what if I'd spare him? In my mind it's the certainty in myself that I possess which allows me to have that kind of mercy or compassion. There's no wavering on that point. It's fixed like the stars. The fact is I'm never gonna be killed! So remember this: mercy and compassion are virtues that only the strong are privileged to possess. And I am strong" [Episode 11]
 * <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)s-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:18px;">"This world is mine. I think this world may even just be a long, long dream I’m watching. You guys may just be illusions, and it can’t be proven whether or not you really exist either. In other words, this world was created with me at the center. So what will happen if I die? I don’t know. My imagination isn’t very creative; I just can’t imagine myself dying. In other words, there is no way this world can completely disappear. But if I die, then everyone will disappear. I am the only one in this world who won’t disappear. The rest are just people I see as if in a dream."  [Episode 12]
 * <span style="color:rgb(85,85,85);ine-height:normal;text-align:justify;">[fighting Ladd] All I have to do is think something, and it becomes true.
 * <span style="color:rgb(85,85,85);x;line-height:normal;text-align:justify;">I won't die no matter what. That's what I believe, so stay silent and believe in me. I am a guy who will never die.
 * <span style="color:rgb(85,85,85);x;line-height:normal;text-align:justify;">It's begun. It's too late now. There's no going back. I have become the Rail Tracer!
 * <span style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-familyline-height:normal;text-align:justify;">It's been a while. You still planning to kill me? To be honest, I would completely understand if you were. I just thought it would be appropriate for me to go ahead and declare my love for you first. I'm a little afraid that I wasn't able to properly convey my feelings for you on top of that train, so I guess I'll just come out and say it. As perplexing as it is, it appears I've fallen in love with you, Chane. Sorry, that's not true. There's actually nothing perplexing about it. Eh, I'm really not any good at expressing myself in fancy words, so I'll just make it simple: I love you. Let's get married. [a shocked Chane keeps the knife on him]
 * <span style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-familyline-height:normal;text-align:justify;">You're not sure? That's all right. I promise you there's no way I will destroy this world you've come to believe in. Your world is really not that fragile. No world can be destroyed just because someone else enters into it. It just gets bigger, that's all! And if your world is ever, in the slightest way, threatened, I will protect it. I bet you wouldn't ordinarily believe anyone who talks like me. But then, I'm not ordinary.

Graham Specter

 * <span style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family;line-height:normal;text-align:justify;">Oh, life is fun! Try sayin' that ten times fast ten thousand times a minute every day for the rest of your life and it'll screw with your head so bad that all problems will disappear like MAGIC! Okay okay okay, I've gotten past the sadness and as of now I'm evolving to a HIGHER STAAAATE! Right? Tell me you all think so! Life is a magnificent beast, and it excites me!
 * <span style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-f;line-height:normal;text-align:justify;">Tedium is such a crime. It takes the limited amount of time that is given to man, and rather than spending it in indolence or drowning it in pleasure it just sits there sucking, eating it up. I can't put up with that, tedium is a crime! Death to tedium! Die!
 * <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);height:19.1875px;">(Fighting Chane) "Uh oh, I thought you were an ordinary young lady but I don't anymore. Isn't that a little large and bulky for a girl looking to protect herself? Oh well, that's okay. You surprised me a little and being surprised is a good thing for me, for everyone really. Being surprised reminds people that whatever lies ahead of them in life is for the most part unpredictable darkness! (Attacks Chane, her knife is caught in the grasp of his wrench) Another surprise! I have this feeling that you're not Eve Genoard. And forgive me, but you don't move your body like any other amateur. And I'm actually intrigued, however, I would appreciate it if you wouldn't interrupt me while I'm speaking. (Chane just stares at him, he laughs) You're amazing! A woman that goes beyond woman, I'm starting to get excited! As a matter of fact, I wouldn't be surprised if you told me you were a martian right now. So hurry up and grow eight arms why don't ya? If it turns out you're not human that just means you'll be more fun to break! (They break from their lock, and Graham knocks her down mid-air) Oh yeah, I'm really starting to enjoy this! It is truly, truly a pleasure. I think you should be my new best buddy. We could write an incredible story. But if not, just to be clear about it, I have to hurt you."