Oliver Queen quotes from Arrow

Diggle

[walks into the Arrow cave] Wow, this place just got really crowded. Hey. [embraces Felicity]

Rory

Do people just walk into your secret base of operations?

Yes.

Oliver

This is...

Evelyn

Spartan... I'm guessing.

Diggle

You guys must be the new kids on the block.

Curtis

More like the Backstreet Boys. [chuckles] It was funny in my head.

Felicity

Hi.

Oliver

Thanks for letting me swing by.

Felicity

You do remember this apartment has a front door, right?

Oliver

Front doors are more for people who haven't just faked their own death.

Felicity

Good point.

With Church in custody, I take it your identity's safe.

Oliver

I hope so. Thanks for the assist. [pause] And the personal insight.

It's just part of the service. [Felicity enters the office] Speak of the devil.

Felicity

Oh, am I the devil now?

That would definitely be my cue to leave. Take care. [walks out of the office]

Oliver

What's the status on Church's cellphone?

Felicity

It's holding still at a pairing pocket. This is one well-traveled phone, considering that its owner was killed on the other side of town last week.

Oliver

Prometheus is trying to bait me.

Felicity

Yeah, that's the general point I was trying to convey, and also that it's probably a trap. You should've let me call in the rest of the team.

Oliver

No!

Felicity

Why?

Oliver

Because it's probably a trap.

Anatoly

Okay, once you have wires attached... Good. Now take the other one and attach to battery, and the other one to the ignitor.

Oliver

I failed chemistry in high school, twice.

Anatoly

Then learn like I did, in, how you say, school of have knock.

Oliver

I don't see the point of this. I'm here, in Russia, to take out Konstantin Kovar, not to learn how to make a bomb.

Anatoly

You must be like sponge, Oliver. Making bomb, working with electronic, welding metal, Bratva spend off hour learning many trade.

Oliver

Fine.

Anatoly

Attach one end to ignitor, other one to battery terminal. Careful! Do not touch circuit board.

Anatoly

[laughs] It's okay Oliver, first time I try, nearly lose finger.

Quentin

You are not actually flirting with that woman.

Thea

She can literally ruin your career.

Oliver

I haven't done anything yet.

Quentin

Oh my g– wow!

Thea

I hate that he just said "yet".

Oliver

Where's Felicity with the list of potential targets?

Diggle

She's working on it, it's a big city.

Oliver

Yeah.

Diggle

Something tells me it's not the only thing weighing on you.

Oliver

How are the recruits?

Diggle

Taking a little time out.

Oliver

I expected them to be upset with me, and that's fine, but John, they seemed horrified.

Diggle

I wouldn't call it that, just a bit surprised. Look on the bright side, it does show how far you've come. I haven't seen that guy in a long time. And the way the kids reacted, I think it proves how much you've changed.

Oliver

Except I haven't. I killed Damien Dahrk, and I haven't stopped since. [shoots a tennis ball]

Diggle

Yeah well, don't forget who you're talking to man. I know firsthand what it's like to be a murderer. I know the difference between a good kill and one made out of pure rage. You killed Damien Dahrk, Oliver, because you had to. You took down Church's men because you had to. The list was something different. You were targeting lawyers, stockbrokers. You were killing as a first resort, not a last.

Oliver

Now Prometheus is just dredging all that up again. I want to move forward. I'm trying to move forward. But I... [takes a deep breath] I feel stuck.

Diggle

I think you're being hard on yourself, which is a bit annoying 'cause it's usually mine and Felicity's job. But Oliver, in that official capacity, I think you are moving forward. I think you're evolving. I think you're growing.

Oliver

What makes you so sure?

Diggle

Because that guy with the list wouldn't have even thought to ask the question.

Rory

"All that most maddens and torments. All that cracks the sinews and cakes the brain".

Oliver

Where is that? From the Torah?

Rory

Moby Dick.

Oliver

Oh. Does that make me Ahab?

Rory

Well, if the obsessive and really intense look fits....

Oliver

Sorry for the wait.

No worries. Gives me time for this Twitter war I'm having with an investigative journalist from Russia.

Oliver

What can I help you with?

Susan

So formal, that's not fun.

Oliver

Susan I've got a million things to do today.

Susan

Including dealing with whoever dropped two bodies on the SCPD's doorstep?

Oliver

How do you know about that?

Susan

I believe it's called being good at my job.

Susan

Tonight, Maguire's, 9PM. I'm going to buy you that drink you so desperately need.

Oliver

I appreciate that, but I don't need a date.

Susan

No, but you need a friend, even more than you need that drink. See you tonight.

Thea

It's like what you were saying at that Christmas party. Mom and Dad would be proud.

Oliver

They might not be proud if they knew that I created something like Prometheus.

Thea

There's two types of every legacy, two versions of what we leave behind: the good and the bad. You just really have a lousy habit of focusing only on the bad.

Did you hesitate at all when you killed him, or was he just another name you crossed off your list?

Oliver

If you want revenge, I'm right here.

This is about so much more than revenge.

Susan

Can I get you a drink?

Oliver

I could use a drink.

Susan

[pouring Oliver a drink] Why? I thought things were getting better.

Oliver

So did I, but that feeling never seems to last.

Susan

And why do you think that is?

Oliver

I was reunited with someone from my past recently. I knew their father. And they told me that I ruin the lives of everyone that I come into contact with. [scene of Curtis crying after Paul breaks up with him] Doesn't matter who they are. [scene of Felicity grieving over Billy's death] Doesn't matter how much I love them. [scene of Diggle entering his house and being painted with lasers] If I'm in their life, their life turns to ash.

Susan

I think that's ridiculous. Everyone's life touches everyone elses. Sometimes the result is good, and sometimes it's bad. You're only focusing on the bad.

Oliver

My sister said something very similar to that.

Susan

Well, she's a smart woman. Look, no matter what's going on in your life Oliver, shutting people out is the last thing you should do. Let me show you. [kisses Oliver]

Rene

Weird, man. She was dead and now she's not.

Oliver

That's time travel for you.

Rene

Well, I don't mean about Laurel being back is what's weird. It's how you all reacted to it, like it's happened before. [Oliver stares at Rene, who then realizes.] It's happened before.

Oliver

The Lance sisters have a habit of coming back to life. [walks off]

Rene

Wait, what?

Oliver

How did she escape?

Rory

The power went off, and the dampener along with it.

Rene

And Goldilocks huffed and puffed and blew the door down.

Rory

That's not exactly how her power works.

Oliver

Is there something wrong with Cisco's specs? Because didn't we just replicate the pipeline's security system?

Felicity

We did. I let her go.

Oliver

What?

Rene

Damn, Blondie!

Felicity

I'm sorry, would everyone just relax? I put tracking nanites in her water, the same ones we used to find Malcolm.

Oliver

Well, that makes everything better!

Felicity

Isn't that exactly how you used Anarky to find Darhk last year?

Oliver

Could we have the room please?

Rene

Seriously? This is getting good.