"Iris father: [in a letter to Travis] Dear Mr. Bickle: I cant say how happy Mrs. Steensma and I were to hear that you are well and recuperating. We tried to visit you at the hospital when we were in New York to pick up Iris. But you were still in a coma. There is no way we can repay you for returning our Iris to us. We thought we had lost her, and now our lives are full again. Needless to say, you are something of a hero around this household. Im sure you want to know about Iris. Shes back in school and working hard. The transition has been very hard for her as you can well imagine. But we have taken steps to see she has never cause to run away again. In conclusion, Mrs. Steensma and I would like to again thank you from the bottom of our hearts. Unfortunately, we cannot afford to come to New York again, to thank you in person or we surely would. But if you should ever come to Pittsburgh, you would find yourself a most welcome guest in our home. Our Deepest Thanks, Burt and Ivy Steensma."

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Senator Charles Palantine
"When we came up with our slogan, We are the People, when I said let the people rule, I felt that I was being somewhat overly optimistic. I must tell you that I am more optimistic now than ever before. The people are rising to the demands that I have made on them. The people are beginning to rule. I feel it is a groundswell. I know it will continue through the primary. I know it will continue in Miami. And I know it will rise to an unprecedented swell in November."

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Senator Charles Palantine
"We meet at a crossroads in history. No longer will the wrong roads be taken."

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Travis Bickle
"May 10th. Thank God for the rain which has helped wash away the garbage and trash off the sidewalks. Im workin long hours now, six in the afternoon to six in the morning. Sometimes even eight in the morning, six days a week. Sometimes seven days a week. Its a long hustle but it keeps me real busy. I can take in three, three fifty a week. Sometimes even more when I do it off the meter. All the animals come out at night - whores, skunk pussies, buggers, queens, fairies, dopers, junkies, sick, venal. Someday a real rain will come and wash all this scum off the streets. I go all over. I take people to the Bronx, Brooklyn, I take em to Harlem. I dont care. Dont make no difference to me. It does to some. Some wont even take spooks. Dont make no difference to me."

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Travis Bickle
"Each night when I return the cab to the garage, I have to clean the cum off the back seat. Some nights, I clean off the blood."

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Travis Bickle
"Twelve hours of work and I still cant sleep. Damn. Days go on and on. They dont end."

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Travis Bickle
"All my life needed was a sense of someplace to go. I dont believe that one should devote his life to morbid self-attention. I believe that someone should become a person like other people."

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Travis Bickle
"I first saw her at Palantine Campaign headquarters at 63rd and Broadway. She was wearing a white dress. She appeared like an angel. Out of this filthy mess, she is alone. They... cannot... touch... her."

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Travis Bickle
"Loneliness has followed me my whole life. Everywhere. In bars, in cars, sidewalks, stores, everywhere. Theres no escape. Im Gods lonely man."

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Travis Bickle
"May 26th. Four oclock p.m. I took Betsy to Charles Coffee Shop on Columbus Circle. I had black coffee and apple pie with a slice of melted yellow cheese. I think that was a good selection. Betsy had coffee and a fruit salad dish. She could have had anything she wanted."

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Travis Bickle
"I called Betsy again at her office and she said maybe wed go to a movie together after she gets off work tomorrow. Thats my day off. At first she hesitated but I called her again and then she agreed. Betsy, Betsy. Oh no, Betsy what? I forgot to ask her last name again. Damn. I got to remember stuff like that."

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Travis Bickle
"[talking on the phone to Betsy] Hello Betsy. Hi, its Travis. How ya doin? Listen, uh, Im, Im sorry about the, the other night. I didnt know that was the way you felt about it. Well, I-I didnt know that was the way you felt. I-I-I would have taken ya somewhere else. Uh, are you feeling better or oh you maybe had a virus or somethin, a 24-hour virus you know. It happens. Yeah, umm, you uh, youre workin hard. Yeah. Uh, would you like to have, uh, some dinner, uh with me in the next, you know, few days or somethin? Well, how about just a cup of coffee? Ill come by the, uh, headquarters or somethin, we could, uh...Oh, OK, OK. Did you get my flowers in the...? You didnt get them? I sent some flowers, uh...Yeah, well, OK, OK. Can I call you again? Uh, tomorrow or the next day? OK. No, Im gonna...OK. Yeah, sure, OK. So long."

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Travis Bickle
"I tried several times to call her, but after the first call, she wouldnt come to the phone any longer. I also sent flowers but with no luck. The smell of the flowers only made me sicker. The headaches got worse. I think I got stomach cancer. I shouldnt complain though. Youre only as healthy, youre only as healthy as you feel. Youre only as...healthy...as...you...feel."

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Travis Bickle
"I realize now how much shes just like the others - cold and distant, and many people are like that. Women for sure. Theyre like a union."

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Travis Bickle
"Loneliness has followed me my whole life. Everywhere. In bars, in cars, sidewalks, stores, everywhere. Theres no escape. Im Gods lonely man. June 8th. My life has taken another turn again. The days can go on with regularity over and over, one day indistinguishable from the next. A long continuous chain. Then suddenly, there is a change."

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