CORDELIA: This guy's never gonna do it. What a waste of a good vision.

WESLEY: It's going that badly?

CORDELIA: I knew it when you brought him in last night. Someone with that much body art is gonna have a different definition of civic duty.

WESLEY: After we saved his life?

CORDELIA: When was the last time you wrote a thank you card?

WESLEY: Well, I have faith in Angel. If anyone can convince him to testify . . .

CORDELIA: (Wesley, you don't change a guy like that. In fact, generally speaking, you don't change a guy. What you see is what you get. Scratch the surface and what do you find? More surface.

WESLEY: One could have said that about Angel.

CORDELIA: Oh, please! He was cursed by gypsies. What's Angel gonna do? Drag a bunch of them in here to shove a soul down this guy's throat?

WESLEY: He may be a ruffian but he's already got a soul, and therefore somewhere deep down inside an urge to do what's right.

(Marquez storms out of Angel's office)

Marquez: No way, I'm gone!

(Angel yanks him back in)

ANGEL: (inside) Shut up and sit down.

CORDELIA: I guess you're right, Wesley. He's just like the Dalai Lama.

• Cordelia's unique world views
• Funnies

written by: Jim Kouf; original transcript from anonymous. Edited, formatted for this site, and checked against source by me.. Full transcript at:
http://www.buffyworld.com/angel/season1/transcripts/18_tran.shtml