Pete Van Heuten Quotes in The Ice Harvest (2005)

Charlie Arglist: Did I ever tell you my father was a twin?

Pete Van Heuten: Identical?

Charlie Arglist: Fraternal. Looked a lot alike, though, him and my uncle. Different temperaments completely. My father, he's a cop. By-the-book guy. Believed in the law, wanted his only son to be a lawyer. Drank in moderation, didn't smoke. Kept up his life insurance premiums. Voted in every election, not just for president.

Pete Van Heuten: Lemme guess, uncle didn't vote?

Charlie Arglist: He said he didn't want to encourage the bastards. In and out of jail from the time he was 16... drunk all the time, fucked everything that walked. Won a fortune playing poker, lost it all the same way. Lost an eye in a fight. My father was 54 when he died of a massive embolism, right here in Wichita. My uncle died the very next day in a car wreck in California. So the point is... it is futile to regret. You do one thing, you do another... I mean, so what? What's the difference? Same result.

Pete Van Heuten: Yo-ho-ho, mofo!

Pete Van Heuten: Take me with you, man.

Charlie Arglist: Oh, Fuck. Jesus, Pete.

Pete Van Heuten: No, I mean it. Take me with you, buddy. I can't do my life, man. I can't do it.

Charlie Arglist: Just get some rest.

Pete Van Heuten: I hate myself. I want a new life.

Charlie Arglist: You don't want mine.

Pete Van Heuten: I really do.

Charlie Arglist: I'm in trouble. I'm in big fucking trouble.

Pete Van Heuten: But that'd be great. Don't you see? We go out in a blaze of glory. Like men. Like men, Charlie No goddamn life left for men anymore. Not here. This country, all that's left for men is money and pussy.

Pete Van Heuten: My friend here is a mobster. You may know that. You may not.

Pete Van Heuten: [standing outside his home where his wife's family is waiting to have Christmas dinner] That's my chair in there. You wanna know the truth? I can't fill it.

Charlie Arglist: Neither could I, if it makes you feel any better.

Pete Van Heuten: Listen, Charlie. Before we go in, there's something I have to tell you. It's been on my conscience, and you can punch me if you want to.

Charlie Arglist: I don't think I'm gonna want to.

Pete Van Heuten: Back when you and Sarabeth were still married, that last year... she and I were fucking.

Charlie Arglist: [not surprised] No kidding?

Pete Van Heuten: Like minks. Everywhere. Kitchen table, your bed, garage.

Charlie Arglist: Wow.

Pete Van Heuten: Jesus, Charlie, we were friends! It doesn't make you angry?

Charlie Arglist: Actually, it makes me curious. It makes me wonder who she's fucking now.

Pete Van Heuten: [waking up in back of Charlie's car] Ugh... Where are we?

Charlie Arglist: We're in heaven, Pete.

Pete Van Heuten: Oh... They got pancakes?

Charlie Arglist: They got everything.

Pete Van Heuten: Good.

Pete Van Heuten: That was unpleasant. I think I scraped my tummy.