 The World According to Sonny The Mob All in the Family Everyone's Got Something to Say
The World According to Sonny NEW! Durant: “Were you not involved with what might be called a “mob war” with the Ruiz crime family?” Sonny: “I don't believe in war. I'm what you might call a “pacifist.”” Elizabeth: “Hi. I need to talk to you about Emily.” Sonny: “There's a lot of that going around lately.” • • • • • “Well, I don't like to do anything that takes longer to prepare than to actually do, you know, like deep-sea diving, parachuting, skiing. But I tell you what, you put me in front of a fire, curled up with you, a 50-year-old brandy, nobody does it better.” Sonny to Reese • • • • • “Well, first time I went skiing I think I hated it more than god hates sin.” Sonny to Reese • • • • • Sonny: “You want me to do yoga?” • • • • • “I'll never lay a hand on a woman, I'll never lay a hand on a child, but I tell you what -- I'll snap your neck in a heartbeat.” Sonny to Dr. Thomas • • • • • Reese: “You know something? You're
not as charming as you think.” • • • • • “I just want the truth.” Sonny to Reese • • • • •Sonny: “I got on the elevator, and I pushed the seventh floor, right? And then I got off the elevator. I turned left, and I walked down to AJ's room.” Reese: “AJ Quartermaine?” Sonny: “That's pretty much the only dead AJ I know.” • • • • • “Ah. I didn't even have to work that hard for that.” Sonny to Reese • • • • •Reese: “Do you want me to feel better or not?” Sonny: “Yeah, I want you to feel a lot better.” • • • • • Reese: “I have devoted my life to putting men like you in prison.” Sonny: “You don't know any men like me.” • • • • •“Well, you should know me by now. I always get what I want.” Sonny to Jordan • • • • • “Yeah, well, you know, usually when I like something it's—it's pretty obvious.” Sonny to Jordan • • • • • “I guarantee you by the time you get back to Port Charles you'll have a better understanding of what pleases me.” Sonny to Jordan • • • • • “Well, I mean, you're picking out silk sheets for my bed. I mean, I think the lines are already kind of crossed — are you hot? Sonny to Jordan •
• • • • Jordan: “You think you're charming, too. You use it to great effect.” • • • • • “She taught me a valuable lesson...never assume your attorney is on the pill.” Sonny to Jordan about Alexis • • • • • “No, I do not think I'm irresistible to women.” Sonny to Jordan • • • • •“I don't deal in hypotheticals, I live in the real world.” Sonny to John Durant • • • • • “How'd
you end up District Attorney? You're not showing much talent for it.” Sonny to Scott Baldwin • • • • • “Sometimes
we want things in life, years go by and we still don't get them. It's
called too bad.” Sonny to Ned • • • • • “I paid my dues, Luke. I have the power. I'm not going to give that up to Jason or anybody else.” Sonny to Luke • • • • • “You
know what I see when I look at you? I see a woman wearing clothes
she probably paid too much for, and she's powerless.” Sonny to Katherine Bell • • • • • “I
don't know where you think you came by the wisdom or experience to
tell me what to do about anything.” Sonny to Kristina • • • • • “People ask questions all the time. It's the answering you need to be concerned about.” Sonny to Stone • • • • • “Well, I thought you were a good judge of character. You're making me wonder.” Sonny to Luke
The Mob Sonny: “Emily is under my protection from now on. Do you understand what that means?” Coleman: “Well, it means she's a lucky lady.” Sonny: “A charmed life. That's what I want...even when she has lapse of judgment and walks into this place. Do we understand each other?” • • • • • “Ok. You know something? I'd shake your hand, but I see you got hurt there. I just want to thank you for saving Jason's life. He's got nice hands. You take good care of them? ...You ever busted a finger, broken a bone? ... I hear that it's extremely painful, hand injuries. I also hear that you're dating Emily Quartermaine.” Sonny to Dr. Drake • • • • •Sonny: “You're a dead man.” • • • • • “You're the one who should start praying.” Sonny to Javier Ruiz • • • • • Ric: “All right, well, I am a lawyer. I'm a negotiator.
Let me go to Ruiz. I'll set up a meeting, I'll be able to figure out
exactly what he wants.” • • • • • “Summer's over, leaves are turning. I feel a little chilly. Isn't it about time you went back home to your papa in Miami?” Sonny to Javier Ruiz • • • • • “Your brother came into my town, into my house, and now he's in a coma for his trouble. Manny underestimated me. And I'm just going to warn you not to make the same miscalculation. Because if you don't walk away, I will send you home in a body bag.” Sonny to Javier Ruiz • • • • • Sonny: “If you wanted some time off, all you had
to do was ask. You didn't have to get yourself shot up there.” • • • • • “Where'd he go on this business trip? Ok, Carly's disappeared. If your father has her, then that's between me and your father. If he doesn't, then we can walk away, no harm done. Unless, of course, I tear your heart out, which I would not hesitate to do if you don't tell me where he went.” Sonny to Diego • • • • • “Fire him! I never want to see his lazy, incompetent face again. And if...and if Carly's in trouble because he left his post for five seconds...do me...ok. Do me a favor. Jason's vacation's over. You call him, tell him it's time to get back to work.” Sonny to Max • • • • • “There's nowhere to run, you son of a bitch!” Sonny to Dr. Thomas • • • • •“Sometimes, Jason, there's a moment in time—you don't see it coming, sometimes you don't realize how much it's changed your life until later, sometimes years, but it's that—it's that moment that defines everything from that point on...The day Joe Scully killed my stepfather, I told him, I said, "hey, you know, my stepfather beats up my mother and I wish—I wish he was dead." And then he was. The justice Scully gave to me that day no one's ever given to me. And I've got to tell you, it felt so powerful. That was my moment. The point of no return.” Sonny to Jason • • • • • “The murder? You want me to tell you about the murder? I'll tell you about the murder, OK? Like I said before, OK, I walked into AJ's room, OK, picked up a pillow, and I—I put it over that sick freak's face until he was good and dead. But I got to be honest with you. My imagination got the best of me. I wished that he wasn't immobilized because I—I wanted to feel him struggle for the last breath that I took from him. But it didn't matter anyway because he was dead. That's all that counted. All right? So I walked out of AJ's room, never looked back. AJ was long gone before Carly or Michael walked into that room.” Sonny to Ric • • • • • Ric: “I am not going to—look,
I can't put you in prison for a crime you didn't commit.” • • • • • “Hey, Durant? You're a dead man.” Sonny to Durant • • • • •“Well, look, we were just in the middle of something, and then — whoever's out there, you know, rigged your car to explode is still out there. Just — let me take care of you. I'll keep you safe here.” Sonny to Reese • • • • • “The feds have been trying to take me down for years. Why not take advantage when Faith snatched my children? You see who they sent. Not some old guy with a beard who's been profiling, you know, kidnappers for 30 years. They sent Agent Marshall because they know I'm vulnerable to beautiful women. She was perfectly placed to get inside information.” Sonny to Jason • • • • • “I'm not going to fall for this trap, OK? It doesn't matter that Agent Marshall and I both lost a child. She's a fed. She's put in a lot of time and effort to get where she is. She's not going to just throw it away. She's got to be working me.” Sonny to Jason •
• • • • “But what we both find interesting is what you didn't include — I mean, my associates in the Caribbean, what happens to my money. I gave you a gold mine of incriminating information when we were looking for my children, and what you handed over to them makes me look like a model citizen. Why?” Sonny to Reese • • • • • “Bull, bull. You don't know me. I'm not your friend. You're a federal agent. It's your job to come after me. What the hell kind of game you think you're playing here?” Sonny to Reese • • • • • “This goes way beyond Faith. I've let too many of my enemies slip through the cracks. They got to get the message. You know, the message has to be loud and clear. Anybody who threatens me or my family will be eliminated!” Sonny to Carly • • • • • “Luke's alive because he's my friend. Anybody else who crosses me is gone. No negotiating, no mercy. Gone.” Sonny to Jason • • • • • “Why? What good would it do? It's not going to bring my son back. Jason wants you dead because it's business. You see, the Sandovals — I'm having a lot of problems with the Sandovals, and killing you would make a statement, but I don't want to make a statement that badly. I want to remember the camping trips. I want to remember how good you were to Stone. The only memory I have of my son is in a swamp somewhere in Louisiana. I don't want to make it any uglier by having your death on my conscience.” Sonny to Luke • • • • • “When you and I first met, Lucky was a little older than Michael is — Michael was. You were a good father, Luke. I used to watch you with Lucky. Never in a million years did I think that I'd ever have a son of my own — as a matter of fact, I was sure of that — but you know what they say — you know, “life is what happens when you're making other plans.” Michael came to live with me, he became my son. Now he is dead, shot and thrown in a swamp by a bitch I should've killed nine times over, and you let out of prison. I can't get past that, Luke. I mean, you know? It's like driving drunk — even if you don't set out to kill, you're taking a chance with other people's lives, and even if you didn't know what you were doing, you did it, you know?” Sonny to Luke • • • • • “Oh, I remember a lot. I remember when we used to be friends, when I — I remember when I picked you up at that old house on Charles street. We were doing some job for Frank, and Laura came out and she asked me to promise her that I would never let anything happen to you. I gave Laura my word. How do I break it now?” Sonny to Luke • • • • • “I'm back to being your number one assignment.” Sonny to Reese • • • • • “You know what? When I realized you were doing everything you could to get my children back, you earned my trust.” Sonny to Reese • • • • • “Turn informant? Is that what you're saying you want me to do? ... You don't know me at all.” Sonny to Reese • • • • • “You've been laying the groundwork for this from day one...you want me to turn state's evidence so you can get a pat on the back from the Bureau. Maybe a raise, even a promotion — you've been using my children's kidnapping as an excuse to work me.” Sonny to Reese • • • • • Reese: “Sonny, you have to
take the deal!” • • • • • “Don't tell me what my options are!” Sonny to Reese • • • • • “Jason is just — he's sending out a message that whoever comes after my family is going to pay.” Sonny to Carly • • • • • “And the fact that Luke and I used to be business partners, friends — the fact that I, you know, went camping with his son, or that he gave you your first job — that means nothing?” Sonny to Jason • • • • • “OK, you know what you're saying is right, but that doesn't take into consideration the friendship I had with Luke, for years. First of all, he killed Frank Smith which gave me the opening to take over. He was my business partner in that club for years. I watched his son grow up. He watched Stone get sick, and die. One night, some of my competitors came to take me out. They hit my apartment and his house at the same time. His wife and kids were there — they all could have been dead because of me! So are you telling me I can't owe this one mistake? I can't look away for a man who was once my friend?” Sonny to Jason • • • • • Reese: “I appreciate your honesty. I realize you're putting yourself at risk by being so candid with the FBI about your business dealings.”
• • • • • “Don't concern yourself. She is going to pay. Along with anybody else who made the mistake of helping her.” Sonny to Durant • • • • • “I'm not going anywhere until I find that bitch.” Sonny to Mac (about Faith) • • • • • “How much did Faith pay you to help her take my children from their home? Did you—did you have fun? Did you enjoy your work? Did it give you a lot of satisfaction? Or were you in it for the money? Is your salary worth your life? You feel lucky tonight, huh? You feel lucky tonight?” Sonny to William Peavy •
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• • • • • “Get Max on the phone. I want all the gates shut down. I want everybody we got to search the property. I don't want anybody to leave this place. I will kill the bastard who did this!” Sonny to Jason • • • • • “I'm too angry to think. If I hear that bastard's voice, I'm going to have to tell the truth. I will find out who they are...cut their hearts out while they watch.” Sonny
to Jason Sonny: “Well, you were my lawyer. Would you represent somebody who broke the law?” • • • • • Justus:
“I never turned on you Sonny. I simply made a choice to help
Faith.” • • • • • “Faith's gone anyway. You know, I wish she were dead, but, you know, sometimes you can't have everything you want in life.” Sonny to Justus • • • • • “Now get out of here. One more thing, Meyer. If you think you can just disappear, right, I want you to remember something. Damn—no bullets.” Sonny to Meyer • • • • • “He probably thinks I owe him. He may be right. It's time I cancel the debt.” Sonny
to Carly about Lorenzo Alcazar “You're
gonna die!!” Sonny
to Lorenzo Alcazar “You're just an inconvenience, Mr. Durant. Aside from that, I have no feelings for you at all.” Sonny
to John Durant Sonny to Lorenzo Alcazar • • • • • “I'll tell you when I win...when Faith is dead.” Sonny to Justus • • • • • Alcazar:
“I don't fear you Mr. Corinthos,” Sonny: “Well, that's
a miscalculation now.” • • • • • “Listen
to me, you can tell your bosses I'm finished with you. You weren't
bad...for government work.” • • • • • “Everybody wants something. You want to sleep with my sister. Faith wants my territory. Jax wants me dead, which is convenient because I want him dead too. And as soon as he gets here, he will be.” Sonny to Jason • • • • • “One
day, I'm going to kill that idiot...just for the fun of it.” Sonny to Jason about Scott Baldwin • • • • • “You
got to understand something. Your job is to follow my orders, not
to decide whether they're right or wrong.” Sonny to Jason • • • • • “Roy Dilucca...road kill. Some unrecognizable thing somebody just happened to run over on the way to the showdown with me.” Sonny to Roy • • • • • “There's
respect, and success, and a man's word. Mine. Sonny Corinthos. People
are going to remember that name for a long time to come.” Sonny to Harry • • • • • “Now
I'm going to try to understand, so maybe you can help me. Were you...were
you drunk? Asleep? In a trance? On crack? What?!” Sonny to Jason • • • • • “They want it? Ok. So, I want their names on a list — you understand what I'm saying?” Sonny to Greg • • • • • Sonny:
“I can still hate your guts and want you in my bed.” Sonny and Faith Roscoe •
• • • • Sonny to Dutch Arnold
All in the Family NEW! “You got what you wanted. You wanted a free pass, you got it. Take it.” Sonny to Carly • • • • • “Carly's just being Carly...that's why I'm apologizing.” Sonny to Emily • • • • • “I don't know. What did I miss? Weren't you the guy who always, you know, insist people make their own choices? What, nobody can tell you what to do, but you get to micromanage my life, your sister's life? Look, I...you know how much I respect you greatly, but forget it. I get enough of that from Carly.” Sonny to Jason • • • • • “It's no fun playing God with people's lives, is it?” Sonny to Jason • • • • • “Years ago I watched a woman I love die in my place. I'm not going to let that happen again.” Sonny to Nik • • • • • Sonny: “When I'm with you, you take me back to a really good time in my life. You make me less cynical and you make me believe that there are better days ahead of me.” Emily: “Then why push me away?” Sonny: “I can't anymore.” • • • • • “I would've left here tonight...if you'd have let me. You'd have been safer and I probably would've been, too. But now that I've been with you, I'm not going to give you up. No matter what I have to do, whatever it takes, I need you in my life.” Sonny to Emily “What's not to fall in love with, Carly? Emily's compassionate, kind, smart. And what a relief...she won't lie to my face every two minutes. Hey, that's a woman that I could fall in love with.” Sonny to Carly • • • • • Sonny: “Ok, you need to understand
something. When you are finally and legitimately released from Rose
Lawn, you're not coming back to me.” • • • • • “Yeah, let me give you just a little word of advice. When Carly seems reasonable, it usually means she's shining you on.” Sonny to Lainey • • • • • Sonny: “Nothing's changed.” • • • • • Alexis: “I want you to take her. I want you to
take Kristina.” • • • • • “It's ironic. My stepfather...may he rot in hell...used to tell me that I was going to wind up on a chain gang, digging ditches. By the time he died, I made more money than he ever saw in a lifetime.” Sonny to Reese • • • • • “Ok, you want to play who hurt Carly worse? Who's the one who left Carly in a panic and chained to a wall like an animal? Not me. Who stalked Carly over and over again? It wasn't me, it was you, Alcazar. You chased her and you chased her. And when you finally got her, you didn't want her anymore. Your marriage to Carly doesn't mean spit. Now get out of my house.” Sonny to Alcazar • • • • • “Blood means nothing, Ric. Michael's not related to me by blood, but it doesn't make him any less my son. Jason's my brother, not by blood, but he's more brother than you'll ever be.” Sonny to Ric • • • • • “Maybe all along, you were with the wrong brother.” Sonny to Reese • • • • • Sonny: “So, you're going to stay?” • • • • • Emily: “This is hard on michael.
He needs lots of reassurance, huh?...And lots of discipline. Because
he's strong-willed, very good at getting his own way.” • • • • • “So now you're worried about Emily? Where was your concern months ago? You were too busy banging my sister...to worry about your wife who had been raped.” Sonny to Nikolas • • • • • “A life without my kids? Never. Biggest mistake I ever made was having children, because my kids are the one thing I could never stand to lose.” Sonny to Reese • • • • • Sonny: “I want my sons growing
up knowing who they are.” • • • • • “I'm not planning on dying. What I want is the both of us to come out of the other end of this, and I need you standing. Do you understand?” Sonny to Ric • • • • • “Your mama had a nervous breakdown. Some people don't know what that means. They act like it's the person's fault, they should have been stronger. They don't realize that your mind can get sick, just like your body...sometimes people's brains are wired differently, and they call that a chemical imbalance. Other times, it could be, you know, bad things keep happening to somebody, right? And they can't cope with it anymore, so they break. Ok? Or it could be a combination of both things. But what I want you to know is your mom didn't have a nervous breakdown on purpose. She has an illness in her head.” Sonny to Michael • • • • • “You weren't somebody who watched my back or my family for a paycheck. You're like a brother to me.” Sonny to Jason • • • • • “So maybe you'll have a breakthrough, you'll remember, and then you'll know it's safe to come home. I just want to tell you you can always come home.” Sonny to Jason • • • • • “That's why I don't want to risk that happening again. So that's why I came here. To tell you that you're off the hook. I don't want you working for me anymore...You are a brilliant attorney. You did a great job for me. And I'm proud of you...You took a bullet for me, ok?...You have responsibilities, you have a wife, a baby on the way. It's your family. I could not ask you to take on anything for me, Ric.” Sonny to Ric • • • • • “Yes, I do know what it's like, Carly! You feel like the whole world is against you. There's nowhere to go, no one to trust. Everybody you think is trying to help you is actually hurting you the most. You're in darkness...sinking, suffocating darkness. I've been there, Carly. I know that place intimately well. I almost got lost there and you...you did not let that happen. You pulled me back, right? And you didn't let me go till I found a reason to wake up in the morning, to make an effort to breathe. You taught me that life matters and that it...it's worth fighting for. But sometimes you need more.” Sonny to Carly • • • • • Ric: “Sonny, she needs help.” • • • • • “Yeah, I'm giving her the guesthouse. It's quiet and secure, and she doesn't have to deal with the two-timing bastard who slept with my sister.” Sonny to Nik about Emily • • • • • “A lot's changed between us the last few months...Even with all that, don't think I've forgotten how you blew into town with all your lies and betrayal.” Sonny to Ric • • • • • “Sometimes I wish I'd know what kind of a man I'd be or what kind of life I would be living right now if I wasn't knocked around when I was a kid.” Sonny to Emily • • • • • “I'm Michael's father. I don't give a damn how much DNA evidence you get, you buttoned-down son of a bitch. My son will never stand trial for AJ's murder. Never.” Sonny to Durant • • • • • “I know what happens when somebody smashes your body and cripples your soul. And you're too small...ahem...and too weak and helpless to stop them. And then when the physical scars heal, people always say to you, "ah, come on, get over it now," you know? But you can't.” Sonny to Emily • • • • • “No. How can I be mad? You've seen me lose it a lot, right? ... You've seen me yell, break things. It's pretty scary, huh? ... Pretty scary to me, too. You know, I hate it when I lose control, when I break things because it makes me feel like I'm breaking inside. And, you know, I have all this stuff going on inside of me, you know, and then the only way I can let it out is through a burst of rage. And sometimes I feel like, you know, I get very upset when I can't make them go away. Is that kind of how you felt last night?” Sonny to Michael • • • • • “That's what my mother used to say. That you don't know what's going on in a marriage until you've lived in it, and then she'd show up with black eyes and make excuses for the pig who hit her.” Sonny to Emily • • • • • “And my friend -- he was dying of aids, you know? And we used to live together, and he was going blind, and I just...I wanted him to have a decent place to live before he lost his sight. And I remember walking in here and I looked out at the view, and I said, this is it. This...I just put the deposit right there that afternoon, you know? ... Stone...Stone Cates was his name. He lived upstairs in what you'd call the guest room. Is this creeping you out? ... Good, all right. Stone was an amazing...an amazing man, and he was like my little brother. Sometimes I'd look out at the view and I'd say to myself, 'if all my money can pay for this view, why the hell can't it pay for a cure for him?'” Sonny to Reese • • • • • “How do you know? You ever been arrested? I'm not talking about when you're a kid, it's a misdemeanor, whatever. I'm talking about the first time it's real, when it counts, when the cops come into your place of business. And if they want to make an example out of you, they treat you like scum. They throw you against the bar, they handcuff you, they read you your rights in front of everybody, the people you care about, the people who...who were just starting to respecting you. And then there's the cop shop, you know, the prints, the mug shots, the media vultures. And then they throw you in a cell that's about the size of a closet. My son is 9 years old. He will never, ever have to experience the humiliation of what that is.” Sonny to Reese • • • • • “What do you mean I can't protect your family? What, so you marrying Alcazar, we can just forget about that? He stalked you when you were pregnant. And the way you side with Durant? What about that?” Sonny to Carly •
• • • • “Carly, this is not your home anymore, it's my place, so you need to get the hell out.” Sonny to Carly • • • • • “You're going to go through with it, Ric? You're going to put a terrorized little boy who you claim is your nephew on the stand to testify against his own mother, knowing how much pain he's going through? You look down on me because of what I do for a living. What do you see when you look in the mirror?” Sonny to Ric • • • • • “Do you know what the saddest day of my life was? When I thought I lost you. And you know what the happiest day of my life was? When I found you, and you were alive.” Sonny to Michael • • • • • “It's not his fault! It's not his fault! He didn't teach that little kid to be a killer. I did that.” Sonny to Jason • • • • • “I'm a hell of a role model. My son watched me, learned my personal code of ethics. When someone hurts you, you hurt them back. When someone threatens the people you love, you make them pay. Parents teach from example. I taught mine to kill.” Sonny to Jason • • • • • “The only innocent here is Michael! And he's — he's suffered too much already. We are brothers, flesh and blood. One day, that's supposed to count for something. I'm asking you, forget what you know about Michael and let my confession stand.” Sonny to Ric • • • • • “Hey, hey — listen to me. You don't have to worry about that. Your dad's going to take care of everything. You know that, right?” Sonny to Michael • • • • • “Must be hell being you, Alexis. You know, you're so possessive of your child you can't function when she's not around. What happens when she's at my place? Are you outside the gate?” Sonny to Alexis • • • • • John Durant: “Hernando Rivera?” • • • • • “No, no, you want everything your own way. You keep, you know, singing this song over and over again about wanting to protect Kristina, but I remember when you were pregnant how many times that you wanted to tell me, and now I know why you didn't—because I went back to Carly.” Sonny to Alexis • • • • •Ric: “You bastard. You called the authorities before I even went to the judge.”
• • • • • “As soon as the doctor says, I'm going to take you back to the island. We're going to get up in the morning, like we always do. We're going to go in the ocean. We're going to go for a swim. I'm going to buy you new fins, because your feet have gotten so big. And you can collect shells and give them to your mommy, because you know how much your mama loves shells. And then guess what. I'm going to take you on the speedboat, and I'm going to let you steer, and I'm not just talking about, you know, where I'm behind you, holding your hand, steering. I'm going to let you steer by yourself. You know why? Because I know you can, because you are a strong, brave, smart little boy. And I know that I can count on you to take us wherever we need to go.” Sonny to Michael • • • • • “Yeah, well, nothing's ever personal with you, Ric, just like nothing's ever personal with Alexis.” Sonny to Ric •
• • • • Sonny: “It's a mistake, Carly. You can't push this. Michael's got to come back in his own time.”
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• • • • “Sounds like justice to me.” Sonny to Ric and Reese about AJ dying • • • • • “Ric, he was a worthless piece of garbage. Who cares why?” Sonny to Ric about how AJ died • • • • • “Well, he used to know he could count on me for anything. AJ took that away from him, you know?” Sonny to Reese • • • • • Reese: “Ok, but you have to be patient. You know, Michael's been traumatized for months. Just put yourself in his place.”
• • • • • “A little boy is scared and confused upstairs in a room, crying his eyes out. You're proud of yourself? You think you beat me if all it cost was a child's faith and sense of security? Who cares, right? You got what you wanted, right?” Sonny to AJ • • • • • “You mean my son? Is that what you're talking about? Named for me, raised by me?” Sonny to AJ • • • • • “I never stole him. I never stole Michael. I saved him. And I'll go on saving him, no matter what it takes. You are never going to go anywhere near my son again. I promise you that, on my Mother's soul.” Sonny to AJ • • • • • “I know what it's like to get trapped inside yourself, in a place of fear. That's where Michael is now. And A.J. put him there.” Sonny to Reese • • • • • “According to AJ, we're a bunch of thieves and liars. Hope to god that fall killed that son of a bitch!!! That way we don't have to think about him again.” Sonny to Ric and Carly • • • • • “By bringing Michael here, he thought he could taunt us by waving our son under our noses, and I will say this right now. That miscalculation is going to cost that little bastard everything.” Sonny to Carly about AJ • • • • • “That's not true, buddy. You're my son — no, no, no, no. No, no, no. You're my son in every way that matters. I would never turn my back on you. I would never tell you to go away. A.J.'S the one who hired Faith to take you, to bring you to him, ok? He set this whole thing up, ok, buddy? But it was all a lie. Your mother and I love you very much. A.J. Was just using you to hurt us. That's all he cared about.” Sonny to Michael • • • • • “You were born jealous. You always want what you can't have.” Sonny to Carly • • • • • “Well, I got a thing for strong women. That's why — that's why I'm attracted to you...Actually, you know, you're strong, you know, in a different way. I mean, you got — you got the fire, right?...But you got this — this pain that's rooted deep inside. You ever get tired of hurting? Because I know I do. That's why upstairs I was starting to feel — starting to feel real good, you know? For that one moment in time, the pain was just — was just gone, you know? I can get used to that.” Sonny to Reese • • • • • “But I don't — you know, I don't owe Carly fidelity and I don't, you know, expect it from her. I mean, I don't feel guilty wanting you. Right? I'm a man, you're a woman. And I don't expect you, you know, to feel guilty about anything that I — you know. You know what I mean?” Sonny to Reese • • • • • Ric: “It'll all become apparent very soon. Alexis is going into therapy.”
• • • • • Carly: “Sonny, I faked being crazy so I could avoid a prison term, and then iI had to convince doctors that I was cured so they'd release me. I sat through hours and hours of therapy with a team of shrinks. I know what they want to hear, and I'm your best bet to beat Alexis.”
• • • • • Sonny: “Ok, first of all, you're not really qualified to coach me on being stable.”
• • • • • Ric: “Kristina wants to be with Alexis — her mother.”
• • • • • “Don't worry about it. I'm going to keep Kristina safe from you and your paranoia.” Sonny to Alexis • • • • • “I just — I want to tell you guys — you know, I wasn't there when Michael was born or when he was baptized, you two were, and you — you gave me the privilege of, you know, being his father. It's just — it's the greatest gift I've ever received. And I just want to thank you for sharing it with me.” Sonny to Carly and Jason •
• • • • “So, do you want me to tell you a story? OK. What happened was Michael went to live with God and the angels. He loved you very much and he wanted to stay here, but you know what? God decided that it was time for Michael to live with him in heaven. So he's in a beautiful place right now. There's — you know, there's no fear, there's no anger. There's just light and goodness and — and he's going to be there forever. Forever. But, you know, anytime that — anytime that you think of Michael, anytime that you think of him, he'll always be right there with you. He's looking down on all of us right now. And I'll tell you another thing about him. He will always keep on loving you from heaven.” Sonny to Kristina • • • • • “Michael sacrificed himself to get you and your sister home. And that was his last gift to us, and your big brother is still watching out for us. He's in heaven now, buddy, ok? He's your guardian angel.” Sonny to Morgan • • • • • Brook Lynn: “You know, you probably already know this, but Michael thinks that you're amazing. The night that I was baby-sitting him, the night that Kristina was taken, he told me that no one was as cool as his dad.”
• • • • • “Think of it this way...if Kristina ends up dying, at least you have a backup...your baby with Ric.” Sonny to Alexis • • • • • “I always wondered what you saw in Alexis, you know. Now I know. You saw her as a way to get to my child, you wanted to raise a little girl that I didn't know about, and you wanted to do everything you could to keep me out of her life-that's sick. That's sick. That's twisted-Even for you, Ric.” Sonny to Ric • • • • • Ric: “Alexis
and I are having problems, ok? All couples have that. It doesn't change
her capabilities as a mother.”
• • • • • Alexis: “In
the future, I would really appreciate it if you would consult with
me about my daughter.” • • • • • “You see this? I was walking on the sand, right, and it was washed up on the beach. And usually they got holes in them because they got scratches, but this one is perfectly beautiful, just like you are. You want to hear what's inside of there? Put that to your ear here, this way. Here, no, this way. I don't want to hurt you. You can't really do it because you're too small. But what's in there are the waves and the ocean. Let me see. Yeah, there it is. Can you hear that? Shh. Yeah. You know what? One day, I'm going to take you to the island. Would you like that? A little bit? But you know what? You're going to be visiting here with your brothers a lot. You can play with your brothers, you can spend a lot of time with your papa. Because we missed two years, but you know what? We got the rest of our lives together.” Sonny to Kristina • • • • • “Well, you're right, I would've tried to buy her love, but I don't really have to because I—I already have it.” Sonny to Alexis • • • • • “You want me to feed her bread and water, too?” Sonny to Alexis • • • • • “You know what, buddy? The house situation doesn't change the situation between your mother and me. We're still getting a divorce.” Sonny to Michael • • • • • “A minute? A second is too long when it comes to my children. I pay you to guard them, not to play games with them. Do you understand, Max?...Don't make that mistake again, Max.” Sonny to Max • • • • • “Well, what about me? Or did it slip your mind that I'm Kristina's father?” Sonny to Alexis • • • • • “What are you going to do? You going to knock on everybody's door except mine to find somebody to watch Kristina?” Sonny to Alexis • • • • • “Ok, up to now, you know, being reasonable has meant doing everything your way. Yeah, not anymore.” Sonny to Alexis •
• • • • • • • • • “No, I was just thinking, you know, that you—there may be some hope for you yet.” Sonny to Alexis •
• • • • • • • • • “You know, what does Alexis think that Kristina is doing over here? Smoking a Havana cigar, leaning back, making a poker bet?” Sonny to Jason • • • • • “Carly and I are divorced. She can do whatever she wants.” Sonny to Jason • • • • • “You know what? Thanks for telling me. It justifies everything for me.” Sonny to Jason (about Carly & Alcazar) • • • • • “You know, why don't you, like, call an agency and hire a backup nanny? Anything to convince you that Kristina's going to be safe with her dad.” Sonny to Alexis • • • • • “Well, I grew up in Bensonhurst, you know, first, in apartments and then a cramped little row house. You know, I don't know why it took me so long to realize that money — it can buy you space and room to breathe. You know, when I first — when I first came to Port Charles, I lived in this little ratty apartment above this nightclub that I used to own. I think I stayed there a little too long. When I finally moved out, I moved into the biggest penthouse with the best view of the city. But my kids, you know, they need more than that, they need more than an atrium and a city park to play in. They need a place where they can run, you know, without guards watching them every minute. This has got to be it, you know? This is the home they deserve.” Sonny's speech to Jordan about Greystone • • • • • “Ric, Ric, Ric! Ok, listen. I'm Kristina's father. All right? You are her mother's husband. There's a big difference.” Sonny to Ric • • • • • “So you just want to raise a snob who thinks she's better than everyone else because she's going to, you know, go to some designer play group and do whatever she's got to — is that what you were trying to say here? What are you saying?” Sonny to Alexis “Don't waste my time with your morals and philosophy. Just tell me, are you going to agree to shared custody or not?” Sonny to Alexis • • • • • “Now
you pushed me too far, Alexis...I've never tried to hurt you. I've
never lied to you about anything personal. Sonny to Alexis • • • • • “Well,
you know how you feel about our mother giving you up? The anger and
resentment? The question you live with... 'why wasn't I good enough?'
Right?...I ask the same question. Why Mike left me
and my mother. Kristina's never going to ask that question. She's
never going to feel that she wasn't important enough for her father
to stay around. Sonny to Ric • • • • • “How am I supposed to trust the man who dedicated his life to wrecking mine?” Sonny to Ric • • • • • Alexis: “I'll call you to set up a schedule for visitation.” Sonny: “...A schedule? ...the agreement was unlimited visitation, and that means I get to have her when I want, starting now.” • • • • • Ric: “Tell me something, Mr. Corinthos. Do you know the title of Kristina's favorite book?” Sonny: “No. Do you?...But if you were to ask me about my own sons, I'd be able to answer every question.” • • • • • “I went to extremes to get custody of Michael. I'm not going to bore you with the details, because you're a lawyer. The less you know, the better...Kristina was a product of a one-night stand, and Morgan was born a minute after I shot his mother. Now, do you want to leave now?” Sonny to Jordan • • • • • “Well, the point I'm making is I made a lot of mistakes, and kids aren't very forgiving. And I know that, you know, in life you start out thinking that your parents are the world. You think your mother is the most beautiful, your father is the smartest and the strongest, and with the best intentions, they fail you. And even if they don't fail you, you got to let go and become your own person. And then you look back at your parents and your whole childhood seemed like a lie. They weren't right, they weren't smart, and all they did was screw up your life...not until I became a father did I realize that my parents are just human beings. You know, my mother is not the angel that I wanted her to be, and my father, with all his faults, loved me from the minute I was born. And I keep thinking about my own kids up there, you know, and everything that I'd done, and I know for most people, what I've done is a hell of a lot worse than running away. But I just can't help to think, how much time do I have before my own kids start deciding that, you know, maybe I'm to blame and th |