Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. quotes

Gordon

I wish you wouldn't stare.

Skye

Uh–

Gordon

Th-that was a joke. I'm not very good at them. I don't mind that you're curious, honestly. And, yes, I used to have eyes. They were blue. This? This was the obvious change for me, but what happens inside can be just as profound. You see, the mist changes everyone differently. The real difference between the two of us is what happened after we went through the mist.

Skye

What do you mean?

Gordon

I knew from an early age how special I was. Had a mentor, a guide of sorts. And the first thing she did after I transformed was embrace me. Tell me, Skye, what was the first thing that S.H.I.E.L.D. did to you?

Nice office. Lots of light.

Coulson

You haven't even delved into the record collection.

I have no plans of moving in. You may not know who I am, but I -

Coulson

Oh, no. I actually know quite a bit about you, Robert. You started in S.H.I.E.L.D. young, like me, dropped out for awhile when your wife passed, but then came back with a vengeance, rose to command the Iliad three years later and, by all accounts, became one of the best commanders S.H.I.E.L.D. ever had. I know this because I spent months searching for you when S.H.I.E.L.D. fell, because I'd heard you were a good man, 'cause I wanted you on my team.

I wish I could say the same. I wish you were the man you were even two years ago. But by all accounts, you're not.

Coulson

You didn't know me then, and you don't know me now.

I know that Fury brought you back from the dead.

Coulson

Right. I didn't ask for that. But I've come to appreciate the gesture.

And that he filled your veins with alien blood. God knows what that did. Weaver thinks it made you into some kind of a messenger for an alien race. Can you say with certainty that that's not true?

Coulson

You really think they're gonna help you?

Everyone on your team is a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent. We'll let them make their own decisions.

May

[Shoots Gonzales in the back with an Icer] Already made mine.

Coulson

That's really a nice entrance.

Coulson

What's that?

Hunter

You offered me a permanent position. Consider that my contract. So, what's the plan, boss?

Lincoln Campbell

Gordon's the only one who knows where we are, and he's the only way in or out. It keeps us secret and safe from the outside world.

Skye

Or it keeps us prisoners.

Lincoln

You're not very trusting, are you?

Skye

I woke up naked on a table in a place no one can even point to on a map, so call me crazy.

Lincoln

Our gifts don't have to be terrifying. They're a part of us. I felt lost before I came here, too. Looking for answers in the all the wrong places. But we're connected to something bigger and older than than we could have ever imagined, something extraordinary. Don't walk away from it.

[to Gordon] You clearly have an unfair advantage, and we clearly don't see eye to eye.

Skye

What happened to you?

Raina

Destiny, apparently. I wanted to be set free, but now I can't even bear the light of day. I dread being awake, but my sleep is filled with such horrible nightmares. Children are so afraid of monsters. They should know it's worse to be one.

This is not about Coulson. It's not about me. It's not about anyone on this ship. It's about S.H.I.E.L.D. We cannot afford to be enemies to each other when there are new threats out there waiting for the moment we are at our weakest. A house built on shifting sand will fall. And without a strong and united foundation, S.H.I.E.L.D. will fall again.

I've had their pain. Now give me yours.

May

Come on. I've got plenty to share.

Lincoln

You know it's really impressive for Jiaying to take anyone under her wing.

Skye

Yeah?

Lincoln

Yeah.

Skye

I like her. I just... I can't... What's her role here?

Lincoln

Her role is, in charge. So really she must like you.

Skye

If she's in charge, how often does she train people?

Lincoln

Since I've been here... let me see... never.

Jiaying

Your gift is quite destructive, but look at the music you can make.

Skye

Something bad happens every time I feel settled somewhere. I'm twenty five and I have never spent more than two years anywhere. The second I made friends at the orphanage; gone. And God forbid I called a foster family home; pack your bags. I got the news on my birthday once, which is a complete farce because I don't even know when I was born.

Jiaying

I'm so sorry.

Skye

S.H.I.E.L.D. was the closest I ever came to having a family. I belonged there, saw what I could be. Even that ended with agents hunting me through the woods.

Jiaying

We're not going to turn on you, or abandon you. This is a safe place.

Skye

See, you say that but I know you're not being straight with me? Why do you care if I stay or go and why are you...

Jiaying

July second. You were born on July second.

Raina

I dream of Skye and her father at dinner. A bouquet of daisies. And she's so happy.

Lincoln

It's not a dream.

May

The girl...she didn't understand...I couldn't save her...