Freddie Gale is a seedy jeweler who has sworn to kill the drunk driver who killed his little girl.

Joe: So listen to this. I'm coming out of the bathroom, right, and these two Orientals, they're arguin', they're hollerin', they're screaming at one another. And all in Japanese. So I told 'em, I said "Ay! You're in America now, speak Spanish."
John Booth: Would you maybe, ya know, would you take a couple days, and maybe think about not taking my life?
[after being released from prison]
John Booth: I think freedom's overrated. What you're talking about. You know, if there isn't something bigger than, uh, than freedom, then freedom is just entertainment.
Peter: In the joint, did you get butt-fucked?
John Booth: It only hurts the first time.