Oliver Queen quotes from Arrow

Anatoly

Maybe drinking before flying not such good idea. [reconsiders] Or not drink enough. I don't know.

Oliver

Well, it's getting worse. So we're close.

Anatoly

I pretend that is good thing.

Oliver

So we had to move off the Sampson stakeout?

Felicity

Yes. Because John and you were reenacting the paleo version of my favorite scene from Witness.

Curtis

[off Oliver's look] Harrison Ford almost getting buried under the corn in the barn silo.

Felicity

Ah, that's the one. [She and Curtis fist bump.]

Dinah

Oh, right. And for those of us who haven't seen every movie ever, they mean it was a trap.

Curtis

Who hasn't seen Witness?

Anatoly

"Taianna". Was that the one you killed Kovar for?

Oliver

It's my father. He's the reason I have to go back, the way I have to go back.

Anatoly

That video. He wants you to save your home. I do not think Kapiushon is what he had in mind.

Oliver

Putting on the hood is the only way I know how to save my city.

Anatoly

I told you, Oliver, hood is just piece of cloth. Not that you listen to me anyway.

Oliver

The Hood, Anatoly, is an identity.

Anatoly

One you think channels monster inside you.

Oliver

And protects the people that are closest to me. I do it this way, my enemies will target the Hood. Not the ones I care for.

Anatoly

You are many things, Oliver Queen. But until today, I did not count "naïve" as one of them. The people closest to you always pay the most for your sins. You are paying for your father's. Who will pay for yours?

Adrian

How'd you think you were gonna beat me, Oliver? We were both trained by the same teacher. Just one of the many things we have in common. You know, like both our fathers being horrible men.

Oliver

I am not my father. I'm my own man.

Adrian

Yeah, a man who's gonna die knowing that my father's legacy killed everyone in this city he loved so much.

Oliver

Your father's legacy. It's almost funny.

Adrian

[growing angry] What are you talking about? [brandishes his sword at Oliver] What are you talking about?!? What's so funny about my father's legacy?!?

Oliver

Goodwin's lawyer. He represented your father.

Adrian

I knew that already.

Oliver

You don't know what your father asked him to do. Adrian... he was going to disown you. Not because you're illegitimate. Because you're insane. You're sick. And your father knew it. You spent all this time trying to honor the memory of a man who was ashamed of you. No, my father wasn't perfect. But at least I know he never would have given up on me.

[reporting on the TV] Former District Attorney Adrian Chase faces multiple counts of capital murder, among other charges. SCPD spokesperson Alison Rowe credits the Green Arrow with bringing the man known as the Throwing Star Killer to justice.

Thea

[turns off the TV] Well, it looks like the Green Arrow is a hero again. Whoever he is.

Quentin

Yep. And the mayor ain't doin' too bad either. The Sentinel 's got your approval rating back up to seventy percent.

Oliver

What? Was it ever that high?

Quentin

Mmm, no, it wasn't.

Thea

I love the cake. Where did you get it?

Felicity

Lord Mesa bakery.

Diggle

How 'bout the number "six"? Is that for the number of members of the team?

Curtis

It's cool.

Felicity

Actually, I ordered the cake for a six-year-old, because I wasn't sure that I could order a Green Arrow cake for a grown man.

Curtis

Well, hey, Oliver's a child at heart, right? [off Oliver's look] That is the concussion talking, yep. For sure.

Oliver

I'm really sorry about that, Curtis.

Curtis

Well, it's okay. But you should know, that if I had my T-spheres, I would have....

Oliver

... Would'a what?

Curtis

[chagrined] ... Would have still been on the floor.

Oliver

I'm very sorry

Oliver

A little while ago, I worried to John that the personal connections that I had were making me vulnerable. Because as long as there are people in my life that I care for, I have to be something else to protect them. That's something that I can't leave in the past.

I admire you, Oliver. It takes a special kinda idiot to actually get dumber with time.

Oliver

I am not in the mood, Malcolm.

Human connections are what keep us human! And it's sad that it's a sociopath who's gonna have to point this out to you. You can't live on an island. You've already tried. But you are always gonna have people in your life, Oliver. And they will always need you. Better or worse, baggage and all. And if you can't accept that... well, your past is gonna stay your anchor.

Slade

Would you like to explain what's going on?

Oliver

Like to talk about you for a minute. You seem--

Slade

Like in possession of all my marbles? [Oliver nods] The mirakuru wore off a long time ago, kid. I mean, I remember everything that happened. I'm not trying to escape that. But it feels like some bad dream. Regardless of my sanity, why do you want to help me? After everything I've done?

Oliver

There is a man here on the island named Adrian Chase. He's holding my friends, and my family, hostage. Including Thea. And my son.

Slade

[slightly amused] Since when do you have a son?

Oliver

Slade. Are you gonna help me or not?

Slade

I think I'm stating the obvious when I say, I killed your mother. For that alone, you should've killed me.

Oliver

Maybe what's happening now is the reason I didn't. [hands Slade a flash drive] This is all the intel that I've been able to gather on your son, Joe. Including his present whereabouts.

Slade

Are you offering to help me find my son--

Oliver

I want us to find both of our sons.

Slade

You and me, kid. Like old times.

Oliver

[to Malcolm] Get them to the plane, make sure that everyone stays safe. [hands Curtis communicators] Comms. Just in case something goes wrong.

Curtis

You mean "When", right?

Oliver

[handing Felicity a computer tablet] It's detailed satellite imagery of the island. Again, just in case.

Oliver

What was that for?

Felicity

[softly] Just in case.

Oliver

We're gonna make it through this.

Felicity

You can't know that for sure. I didn't want to regret not kissing you. When it comes to the two of us, I regret enough as it is.

Oliver

[smiling] Let's talk more about this when we're off the island. [hugs Felicity]

Slade

So instead of marrying the blonde, you married R'as Al Ghul's daughter?

Oliver

Nyssa talks too much.

Slade

She hasn't explained your beef with Chase.

Oliver

My past is coming back to haunt me.

Slade

Seems to be a recurring theme with you, kid.

Oliver

Don't know why.

Slade

Well, it's not really complicated. You suffer from survivor's guilt. You can't get over the death of your father.

Oliver

Adrian Chase has nothing to do with my father.

Slade

Kid, when it comes to you, everything has to do with your father. You and I are not dissimilar. We're both haunted by our pasts. And the only way to bury that ghost is by forgiving yourself.

Oliver

"Forgiving myself"? For what?

Slade

You blame yourself for your father's suicide. And everything that has gone wrong since. You need to forgive yourself. For your sins.

Oliver

You say that... like it's easy.

Slade

It's the hardest thing in this world.

Adrian

It's over. But only if you do it. Do it, Oliver. And show everyone. Show them who you really are.

Oliver

[agonizes, then decides] NO!

Oliver

That's who I was. That's who I WAS! BEFORE!! That's not who I am now. You can blame me for your father's death for the rest of your life. I'm done blaming myself for mine.

Adrian

[weakly] I knew it would come to this. Your son is dead, Oliver.

Oliver

[hard] I don't believe you. Because you're a liar. You're lying to me, to manipulate me into doing what you want. Adrian, here's the thing. If you are telling the truth... If you killed my son... I am never going to be the person you want me to be. Not ever. [throws Adrian to the ground]

Adrian

You won. Your son has his father back, and he'll learn exactly who his father was. Just like you learned who your father was, right? On these very same waters.

Oliver

What?

Adrian

William's younger than you were, so he's gonna be fine, you know? And you have each other.

Oliver

What are you saying?

Adrian

Which is good, Oliver, that's good. Because it's gonna be lonely. [pulls out a pistol] Without Mom. And Felicity. [puts the gun to his head]

Oliver

[horrified] No! Adrian!!

Oliver

What's this?

Rene

Remarks for the Police Academy graduation ceremony. Seems my promotion came with speech-writing duties.

Diggle

You can write?

Curtis

You can read?

Rene

I can kick both your all's asses, what I can do!

Oliver

Hey, buddy.

William Clayton

Where's Raisa?

Oliver

I'm here. It's just a dream.

William

Of the bad man, was my dream. He's why my mom's gone.

Oliver

Well, he can't hurt you anymore, William. He's gone.

William

No, he's not. Bad man's here.

Oliver

Buddy, I'm confused. I'm... Where do you think the bad man is?

Oliver

Anything interesting on the news last night? [The reporters shout questions at Oliver, who walks through the crowd and turns to face them at the bottom of the stairs.] Ladies and gentlemen, please! If you want to know what I have to say, it would probably help if you could hear me. [The reporters quiet down.] Thank you. I'll tell you two things, both of which you probably already know. First: -- this is important -- I am not the Green Arrow.

If you're not the Green Arrow, then who is? Who is the Green Arrow?

Oliver

Number two: photos can be doctored. They could have put Bruce Wayne's head on that body. Has Bruce Wayne left Gotham to hang out in Star City recently? No. Now, if I was running around the city during the day and managing it as Mayor while running around at night frightening criminals as a vigilante, that really would make me a superhero. But I'm not. I'm just the Mayor. Thank you very much. [turns and goes up the stairs as the reporters shout questions at him again]