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Eli Wolfson: We're a lot of things, Mrs. Smets, but not thieves.

Jo Smets: No, I can't do that.
Noah Wolfson: Why not?
Jo Smets: For the same reason your people take off Saturdays: principles. I try to make criminals pay for what they do, and I do my best to do my duty. And I won't be bribed just because it's convenient for you.

Noah Wolfson: You get the prosecutor on the phone.
Or everyone's gonna find out you've been ratting on your fellow Jews.

Benny Feldman: We're just a few days from Yom Kippur. Don't you respect Hashem?
Eli Wolfson: Don't you?

Tommy McCabe: Dad, what does Yom Kippur mean? Aharon said to ask.
Noah Wolfson: Well, uh... it's a day of atonement. Which means that we can ask for forgiveness for...
Adina Glazer: It's the day when the Aibishter, God, looks at the things that we did in the past year and decides our fate for the next one.
Tommy McCabe: Does He forgive bad things?
Adina Glazer: Sometimes.

Alfred Smets: I need to move forward. If you hold onto something too long... it crumbles as you're holding it in your own hands.

Noah Wolfson: It's over. Adina, we're safe now.
Adina Glazer: But what was the price of it?
Noah Wolfson: You know it was the only way.
Adina Glazer: Yeah, I suppose that's true. But was it worth it?
Noah Wolfson: Of course it was.
Adina Glazer: I'm not so sure.

Adina Glazer: I never figured I could do something like that, any of it. I put one foot in front of the other, I walked into the darkness. One step further once again. Now it is so, so dark that I have the feeling I've gone blind.

We are guilty
We have betrayed
We have stolen
We have slandered
Ai-ai...
We have sinned
We have caused others to sin
We have acted with malicious intent
We have been violent
We have deceived

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Rough Diamonds 1×7

Jo Smets: This is a lot more than one person. And moving quickly was necessary to stop a coverup on their side.
Wouters: Married ever?
Jo Smets: Sorry?
Wouters: Did it end?
Jo Smets: What's that supposed to mean?
Wouters: Do you have an idea what's needed to have relationships for life? How difficult it is to gain trust? We spent decades slowly building mutual trust between our office and the diamond industry. Do you think we did it by kicking doors down or just storming in? Do you think it's a clever move to tarnish a whole industry, an industry that's vital to the city, just because a few idiots want to put their money overseas?

Adina Glazer: The notebook is, indeed, all they have. For now. But if we won't take this settlement, they'll have much more. Is there anyone here who wants the police digging into their past? Inspecting every deal we ever made?

Jo Smets: You know they're evading justice, Maarten.
Maarten: But are you really going to risk your career over this?
Jo Smets: Stop thinking like a politician. We're making an important statement with this. These people have committed serious crimes: they support criminal organizations. So they'd better pay for what they did, same as anyone else, whatever power cabal they belong to.

Tommy McCabe: So I said, when we're both 18, we're going to have phones. Even if he has the old kind of phone, so we can talk all the time. Even if he goes to Jerusalem to study, and even if I'll be in uni. But Hillel says that the phone doesn't always work in Jerusalem because it's old. So I said I can come visit him and I can come alone because I'll be 18. I can do that, right? Dad?

Noah Wolfson: The only safe time to do it, without being seen or heard, is on the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah. They shut down diamond trading all over the world for two days. The district will be empty.

Noah Wolfson: Mrs. Smets, I have important information for you. Can we meet?

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Rough Diamonds 1×6

Noah Wolfson: How long can you play the same game?
Tommy McCabe: It's not the same game, it's a new level.

Eli Wolfson: You lied to me. You're after the bank, not the mafia.
Jo Smets: I withheld the truth for your own wellbeing, Mr. Wolfson. If you had known what my office was doing, you would have felt the pressure then and the man would have noticed.
Eli Wolfson: If I had known, I would have never gone in there at all.
Jo Smets: Hey, I'm doing you a big favor here. You could have been in jail already.

Eli Wolfson: All you do is tell lies.
Jo Smets: Mr. Wolfson, this isn't a lie. The truth is, this is the only way for you to escape prosecution.

Miri Wolfson: How did you know you chose the right man in the end? How can you ever be certain?
Adina Glazer: What are you so worried about, honey?
Miri Wolfson: I don't even know the guy. We've only spoken six times, you know.
Adina Glazer: You two have been engaged a whole year. Your parents have gotten to know his parents. You kids are undoubtedly a great match. All of us agree on that.
Miri Wolfson: How would they know that? I'm going to spend the rest of my life with him, together we'll raise children. I have no idea what that's gonna be like. How can I tell if I'm making the right choice?

Mendy: I've gotta say, Eli... I didn't want to bring this up to you at all, but... after the story with Yanki and then with Noah returning home, there... there were one or two people in the community who advised us to reconsider the match we were making and to cancel the wedding. They were arguing that two rotten eggs in the mishpocha... it's just not a good omen.

Mendy: I know you, Eli, and I knew your tateh, may he rest in peace. That has nothing to do with what your brothers have done, I say. I know that my son is getting a bride from a respectable family, with a tateh who's a respectable Jew. Of good character, huh? That's everything, that's what counts.

Jo Smets: Do you realize what you're doing? I have your confession. I know all that you've done in your family business.
Eli Wolfson: I'd rather fight in court than turn me and my family into traitors. It would mark us for generations.
Jo Smets: What do you mean, fight in court? If you don't sign the deal, you bet I'll destroy you in court. I'll make Wolfson Diamonds my personal target, do you hear me? You'll go to prison.
Eli Wolfson: Do what you have to do.

Adina Glazer: You did the right thing refusing to be a witness. That never would have been forgiven, Eli.

Sarah Wolfson: We will deal with all this tomorrow. Now we have to smile. In honor of the bride.

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Rough Diamonds 1×5

Eli Wolfson: How is that relevant to the Albanians?
Jo Smets: We've got to know each and every link in the chain if we're gonna prosecute, so... you pay your supplier with that money?
Eli Wolfson: No, we... Wait, you said this was about the mafia.
Jo Smets: It sure is. And if you cooperate, we can protect you, but if you don't, we have a pretty solid case against you. So, Mr. Wolfson?

Noah Wolfson: So let's go.
Adina Glazer: With all those men, it's closed to me. You're gonna have to do this, Noah.

Eli Wolfson: The banks have turned their backs on us. Diamond dealers can't even get a mortgage for a flat for their kids nowadays. So, some people have set up a service to help a bit with that kind of thing.
Jo Smets: You mean a bank?
Eli Wolfson: Yeah, you could say that's what it is.
Jo Smets: And you deposit the dirty cash from the Albanians in that bank?
Eli Wolfson: Mm, yeah. Well, no. They don't keep it. They send it to another bank in Tel Aviv. Minus the commission.

Yehuda Ziskind: I gotta tell you, it... it does get better. Time can't heal all wounds, I think. But the pain gets easier.

Marie: There's someone here?
Tommy McCabe: There's always someone here.

Tova: He's a widower, young, wealthy, handsome, from an excellent family. And what's most important is that your situation doesn't bother him.

Jo Smets: Mr. Wolfson, my bosses want proof of this. They want to know you're being honest so they can justify looking out for you and protecting you, get it? I have to prove that you're a valuable asset.

Tova: Yehuda Ziskind wants the two of you to wed... Well? You're allowed to smile, sweetheart. You've won him over.
Gila Wolfson: I've gotta think about it.
Tova: About what? What's to think? You have been given a gift for sure. I know that it feels sudden, but you'll never have an opportunity like this once again, Gila... Just think about the kids. If you don't say yes to this, you're gonna regret it forever.

Noah Wolfson: He wants me there with him.
Adina Glazer: Treif business needs a kosher certification. He needs you to ritually purify his dirty deal.

Noah Wolfson: I can't do this. Don't accept this deal. I'm sorry.

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Rough Diamonds 1×4

Benny Feldman: Eli, your Tateh, he made this firm great through risky ventures, yeah? This is your chance to be like him, and your zayde. Ensure that there's a future for your company. Do you want to be known as the man the firm died with or the man who did something to make it prosper?

Noah Wolfson: I'll be back in time. You have fun with your cousins.
Tommy McCabe: Can they come to the movies with us?
Noah Wolfson: They don't go to the cinema, Toms... It's not allowed.

Noah Wolfson: Eli. You spent your life believing that you were owed something. That's not true. You always got way more than you deserved. All because we pitied you. And now you've stolen the rest. But you'll screw this up, Eli. Not because you're bad at your job... but because no one has ever respected you. And no one ever will.

Noah Wolfson: I need your help. I need the Chevra Kadisha van for a bit.
Adina Glazer: Why? What's in your car?
Noah Wolfson: No, no, nobody's dead. But... there's something I gotta transfer in the van.
Adina Glazer: What do you mean, in the van? I'm supposed to be Chevra Kadisha now?

Adina Glazer: What? Mama, what is this?
Sarah Wolfson: These two caused such a mess. It's over. For some reason, the Lord endowed you with more intelligence and honesty than anyone. I know you're going to make us so proud.

Matthias Dumont: So... What's happening? The family good?

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Rough Diamonds 1×3

Noah Wolfson: Good evening, Mr. Fogel. We're here to pay what we owe you.
David Fogel: And what's this?
Noah Wolfson: It's all there...
David Fogel: And who gave it to you?
Adina Glazer: Our client has paid us.
David Fogel: I won't accept this.
Noah Wolfson: Why not?
David Fogel: You've been away for a bit, but let me explain, it's not the '90s. There are rules now.

Ezra Wolfson: You see, first we have to say a bracha, a blessing. Listen. Blessed are you, our God, king of the universe who brings forth bread from the earth.
Tommy McCabe: Amen.
Ezra Wolfson: Omein.
Tommy McCabe: Omein.

Herman: But... Why be in a big hurry?
Gila Wolfson: Yeah, I'm not sure. Um... Ever since it happened, it's been just such a mess. I wanted to just find a way to be in control, I think.
Herman: I wanted the same thing. But I realize we got none at all. Hashem alone controls our lives.

Marie: I see them walk by every day. They've got their bikes and scooters and they're wearing their nice clothes.
Noah Wolfson: That was me.
Marie: Tough to imagine you like that.
Noah Wolfson: Tough to forget.

Marie: I mean, it's fascinating.
Noah Wolfson: What?
Marie: Yeah, those people. I go to work, I see them every day, and I... I'm still a bit lost as to who they are.
Noah Wolfson: We all are.

Eli Wolfson: Noah? He's barely a brother to me. He's hardly one of the family. And he's not a member of the company. He hasn't been here for 15 years.

Jo Smets: It's still a crime, whether you knew it or not. But you're in luck, Mr. Wolfson. I'm not interested in Wolfson Diamonds, only in the Albanian mafia.

Noah Wolfson: How are you feeling, Tateh?
Ezra Wolfson: Baruch Hashem... I definitely had better days. But this too shall pass. Your brother and sister have let us all down.
Noah Wolfson: I'm sure they had good reasons.
Ezra Wolfson: I... I thought that I had paved the way for the two of them. Showed them the right path. But I failed. I failed. I fear in the end, I've just... I failed them all, all of my children.

Noah Wolfson: I'm gonna be here helping. I'm gonna see to everything. You'll see, Tateh. Ezra Wolfson: You? You don't even know who you are. You abandoned your family, you abandoned God. And what did you find in its place? Huh? Nothing but nothing. You float around like a leaf, aimless. Such a man cannot lead. He only brings about turmoil. Destruction.

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Rough Diamonds 1×2

David Fogel: I'm sorry to be the one saying this, but it's time for you to face reality. Wolfson Diamonds is over. For your own sake, shut down the company, liquidate your assets and end this with dignity.

David Fogel: I'm not trying to hurt you, Eli. It's the honorable thing to do in your situation. But if you don't pay me in two weeks... you will never be able to show your face in the street again.

Eli Wolfson: No. We cannot be the generation who lost everything.
Adina Glazer: Aren't we already?

Noah Wolfson: The gojim were good teachers to me: When someone fucks you over, you handle it with a stick.
Eli Wolfson: Here we use a different kinds of sticks.

Jo Smets: These are rough diamonds. Uncut. They must have come from some broker in the Diamond District.
Nicole Van Goethem: Jo, come on, please listen.
Maarten Prinsen: I don't need the attorney general breathing down my neck. Saying the mayor has called to express some concerns about whether we've hurt Diamond District relations. You have to find criminals, drug dealers. Keep the fuck out of the Diamond District.

Noah Wolfson: But you two were a good fit.
Gila Wolfson: Good fit? I was 20, Noah. My fiancé abandoned me and his younger brother came to fill his place. How do you think that made him feel? We were too confused and hurt to be open with each other.
Noah Wolfson: Did you love him?
Gila Wolfson: ... I gave it my best.

Eli Wolfson: It's a matter of life and death, Weiss. My family went through enough already.
Weiss: If he's already made up his mind, there's nothing to be done.
Eli Wolfson: Yeah, but he listens to you. You've been friends for a long time.
Weiss: Friendship is friendship, and business is business.
Eli Wolfson: Not in diamonds.

Tommy McCabe: Am I Jewish?
Noah Wolfson: Uh, not really.
Tommy McCabe: How come you're Jewish and I'm not?
Noah Wolfson: Well, it's complicated. Uhm... The rules go by the mother. But you shouldn't worry about it. It doesn't matter.
Tommy McCabe: So I'm half and half?
Noah Wolfson: I guess.
Tommy McCabe: Cool.

Alfred Smets: I'm pretty familiar with those fucks. They'd never get involved in that shit.
Jo Smets: Dad, the days where you polished diamonds in the backyard are over and done with. It's different now.
Alfred Smets: Jews are the same always. They're not exactly big fans of paying taxes, but never drugs. No way. They're upright. Strong morals.
Jo Smets: They fucked you over in those days, Dad. They paid you like a pauper, and when they had their own polishing ring, it's like you never existed.
Alfred Smets: We got paid rather well. I earned more in a weekend than in a month of farmwork.
Jo Smets: What? Peanuts. Compared to what they were pulling in?

Alfred Smets: I hope for your sake the ones behind it aren't Jews.
Jo Smets: What for?
Alfred Smets: Because Jews are not snitches. Because their morals are strong. Ha! They don't talk to the authorities. They have their own systems in place.
Jo Smets: Well, Dad, maybe that's true, but we do too.
Alfred Smets: Oh, yeah? But their systems are much older than yours.

Noah Wolfson: This is her husband, Shmulik... He's not allowed to touch a woman.

Sarah Wolfson: Diamonds are not just about money. It is in our blood. It's what holds us together. Even through the worst of times. If we want to break the business apart, we'll have a different set of problems to face.

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Rough Diamonds 1×1

Noah Wolfson: He didn't like the firm or what?
Adina Glazer: He found it okay, but he wasn't passionate about it. I think he mainly did it because he thought it's what tate wanted.
Noah Wolfson: Naturally, they all do what tate wants.

Noah Wolfson: Come on, Adina. For real. How many years did you fight before he let you become a trader? Huh? You were the best out of any of us and he wanted you to teach or something.
Adina Glazer: Yeah, but he did make me a dealer and I'm doing fine now. The first woman in four generations. Give him credit for that. He's earned it.

Eli Wolfson: This whole entire thing... They come here, to our house and make threats as if we were just... This is what's become of us. You know? There used to be rules, used to be honor. I mean, they wouldn't have dared come here. It's crazy.

Gila Wolfson: The Wolfsons... You're all the same kind of person. You expect us all to love you. You can't stand anybody speaking badly about you. But when times get hard, "poof"... you disappear.

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