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True Detective monologues, by character

Twenty-one speeches. Thirteen of them are Rust Cohle's, with Marty Hart's five and Danvers's two. The text is copyrighted, so each entry names the character, the piece and the length, and the search opens the rest.

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    Danvers from True Detective

    Nic Pizzolatto, Issa López · TV · defiant · 0:59 min

  2. 2

    Cohle from True Detective

    Nic Pizzolatto, Issa López · TV · philosophical · 0:46 min

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    Cohle from True Detective

    Nic Pizzolatto, Issa López · TV · philosophical · 0:48 min

  4. 4

    Hart from True Detective

    Nic Pizzolatto, Issa López · TV · contemplative · 1:01 min

  5. 5

    Danvers from True Detective

    Nic Pizzolatto, Issa López · TV · dark · 0:43 min

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    Cohle from True Detective

    Nic Pizzolatto, Issa López · TV · philosophical · 0:57 min

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    Cohle from True Detective

    Nic Pizzolatto, Issa López · TV · philosophical · 0:53 min

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    Cohle from True Detective

    Nic Pizzolatto, Issa López · TV · philosophical · 0:42 min

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    Cohle from True Detective

    Nic Pizzolatto, Issa López · TV · contemplative · 1:46 min

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    Cohle from True Detective

    Nic Pizzolatto, Issa López · TV · philosophical · 1:09 min

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    Hart from True Detective

    Nic Pizzolatto, Issa López · TV · contemplative · 1:01 min

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    Cohle from True Detective

    Nic Pizzolatto, Issa López · TV · dark · 0:52 min

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    Hart from True Detective

    Nic Pizzolatto, Issa López · TV · anguished · 0:47 min

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    Cohle from True Detective

    Nic Pizzolatto, Issa López · TV · dark · 0:51 min

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    Hart from True Detective

    Nic Pizzolatto, Issa López · TV · contemplative · 2:55 min

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    Cohle from True Detective

    Nic Pizzolatto, Issa López · TV · philosophical · 1:12 min

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    Hart from True Detective

    Nic Pizzolatto, Issa López · TV · dark · 1:07 min

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    Cohle from True Detective

    Nic Pizzolatto, Issa López · TV · defiant · 1:01 min

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    Cohle from True Detective

    Nic Pizzolatto, Issa López · TV · defiant · 0:55 min

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    Cohle from True Detective

    Nic Pizzolatto, Issa López · TV · dark · 1:01 min

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    Dicillo from True Detective

    Nic Pizzolatto, Issa López · TV · dark · 0:57 min

Length is estimated at a performing pace of about 130 words a minute, with a breath at each sentence. Public-domain pieces are printed in full on their own page; copyrighted ones list the character and the source.

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