How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from Seven.
Quote #1
DETECTIVE TAYLOR: Who gives a f***? He's dead. His wife killed. Anything else has nothing to do with us.
Apathy seems to run rampant in the police force. When Somerset wonders early on if a victim (one unconnected with the murders) has a child who saw anything, this is the response he gets. Somerset is starting to feel this way, too, but this scene shows us that he wasn't always like this.
Quote #2
CAB DRIVER: Where you headed?
SOMERSET: Far away from here.
Somerset's main goal in the movie is just to retire and get the heck out of the city. He hates it. This line isn't even about that, but it shows us that's always on his mind.
Quote #3
SOMERSET: Gentlemen, gentlemen. I'll never understand. All these books, a world of knowledge at your fingertips. What do you do? You play poker all night.
LIBRARY GUARD: Hey, we got culture. Yeah, we got culture comin' out our ass.
Somerset is disappointed that the security guards at the library don't do anything at the library at all. Somerset sees most people like this—more likely to engage in vices (i.e., sins) than doing something productive.