Al Roberts:
[as narrator] As I drove off, it was still raining and the drops streaked down the windshield like tears.
--Tom Neal (as Al Roberts) in Detour
--Tom Neal (as Al Roberts) in Detour
Al Roberts:
[as narrator] Until then I had done things my way, but from then on something stepped in and shunted me off to a different destination than the one I'd picked for myself.
--Tom Neal (as Al Roberts) in Detour
--Tom Neal (as Al Roberts) in Detour
Al Roberts:
[as narrator] What kind of dames thumb rides? Sunday School teachers?
--Tom Neal (as Al Roberts) in Detour
--Tom Neal (as Al Roberts) in Detour
Al Roberts:
[voiceover] It wasn't much of a club really. You know the kind. A joint where you could have a sandwich and a few drinks and run interference for your girl on the dance floor.
--Tom Neal (as Al Roberts) in Detour
--Tom Neal (as Al Roberts) in Detour
Al Roberts:
Ever done any hitchhiking? It's not much fun, believe me. Oh yeah, I know all about how it's an education, and how you get to meet a lot of people, and all that. But me, from now on I'll take my education in college, or in PS-62, or I'll send $1.98 in stamps for ten easy lessons.
--Tom Neal (as Al Roberts) in Detour
--Tom Neal (as Al Roberts) in Detour
Al Roberts:
He got his for being greedy. He wasn't satisfied, so the final windup was he took the count. A couple of day ago you didn't have a dime. Why you were so broke, you couldn't pay cash for a postage stamp.
--Tom Neal (as Al Roberts) in Detour
--Tom Neal (as Al Roberts) in Detour
Al Roberts:
Money. You know what that is, the stuff you never have enough of. Little green things with George Washington's picture that men slave for, commit crimes for, die for. It's the stuff that has caused more trouble in the world than anything else we ever invented, simply because there's too little of it.
--Tom Neal (as Al Roberts) in Detour
--Tom Neal (as Al Roberts) in Detour
Al Roberts:
So when this drunk handed me a ten spot after a request, I couldn't get very excited. What was it I asked myself? A piece of paper crawling with germs. Couldn't buy anything I wanted.
--Tom Neal (as Al Roberts) in Detour
--Tom Neal (as Al Roberts) in Detour
Al Roberts:
That's life. Whichever way you turn, Fate sticks out a foot to trip you.
--Tom Neal (as Al Roberts) in Detour
--Tom Neal (as Al Roberts) in Detour
