Curtis Hoyle Quotes

Curtis Hoyle: You see, here's the thing, Frank... You keep telling people to stay out of it, but they care about you, whether you like it or not. And I wasn't about to see you die.

Curtis Hoyle (to Frank): You see, I figured it's easy not giving a sh*t. Not caring about anybody, running from all sorts of feelings, worrying about nobody but yourself. Sounds miserable as hell, but easy, I guess. But, Frank, I want a real life. A life that doesn't include me pulling guard duty in my own apartment.

Curtis Hoyle (to Frank): His wires are definitely screwed. I mean, he thought we were all in the service. Talked about you like a brother. See, whatever it is that you wanted him to live with, you knocked it clean out of his head. And that's the irony. See, now, everybody but him has to live with what he did. And what you did, too, Frank.

Lewis Wilson: You got that over there? Your leg.

Curtis Hoyle: "You got that over there." Are you listening to yourself? I didn't get nothing over there. I lost it. No, seriously, on a... Somewhere on a Baghdad rooftop is a size 11 shoe with my foot still in it.

Lewis Wilson: Yeah, well, you know what I meant.

Curtis Hoyle: I think I do know what you meant. But I don't think you know what you meant. You see, when you look in a mirror, you still see a soldier. And out on these streets, that soldier is invisible to everyone else. If only you'd got something over there, like half your face burnt off or a hook for a hand. That's what you meant.

Curtis Hoyle: We take matters into our own hands. We are not the only soldiers to feel let down by the country we serve. I have friends who have been betrayed in ways that you guys can't even imagine. Everything taken from them. A good man risked his life to save mine. Yeah. And I decided not to throw away that gift he gave me. So I got a job... started my second life. And now I take pride in living that life well.