Character Quotes

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A compendium of Baccano! quotes from the anime and light novels.

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Maiza Avaro

 * "Firo... If you have Szilard's knowledge, then you know...to be honest...I'm tired of living. Now that Szilard, my brother's enemy, s dead, there's no point in living any longer... Of course! Firo...would you...?" (The Rolling Bootlegs)

Ennis

 * "I'm sorry... Thank you. I'm really glad I was able to talk to you, at the end. If you'll let me make one selfish request...please don't forget me." (The Rolling Bootlegs).

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 loneliness, for then the spirits of the dead, who stood in life before me are again." - I was so 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. (Episode 01)

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 that's how biology works."
 * 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!"

Huey Laforet

 * [to Monica] “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 you? 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!"
 * "Even though we are going to shatter thousands of lives, wearing white is gonna make the blood look so pretty." (Episode 04, dub)
 * "Hot damn, hotdamnhotdamnhotdamn, what's up, what's shakin' in the dining car?! Is he killing? Getting killed? Either way, it's seriously 'whoa' and 'hold the phone' and damn this is exciting, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey..." (1931 The Grand Punk Railroad: Local)
 * [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 head]
 * "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." (Episode 04, dub)
 * [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!"

Jacuzzi Splot

 * "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."
 * [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."
 * [quoting Isaac] "I've got a gun in my heart!"

Claire Stanfield

 * "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, dub)
 * "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]
 * [fighting Ladd] "All I have to do is think something, and it becomes true."
 * [to Chané] "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."
 * "It's begun. It's too late now. There's no going back. I have become the Rail Tracer!"
 * [to Chané] "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, Chané. 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 Chané keeps the knife on him] (Episode 15)
 * "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

 * "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!" (Episode 14, dub)
 * "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!" (Episode 15, dub)