17 Best Rustin Cohle moments from True Detective

By Deeya

Modified Feb 03, 2025 07:00 ET

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8.⁠ ⁠Rust’s dismissal of religion

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In one of the episodes, Marty and Rust have a heated exchange and while Marty tries to counter Rust’s arrogance towards people and life, Rust criticizes religious belief, by saying a memorable quote. He says, “If the only thing keeping a person decent is the expectation of divine reward, then, brother, that person is a piece of sh*t.”

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