Felicity Smoak quotes from Arrow

Oliver

I don't want to let you go.

Felicity

I don't want to let you go... but I'm already gone.

To get the schematics, I had to tiptoe through Palmer Tech's computer network, and I saw some very familiar computer code. You never forget the hacker who sent you to prison.

Felicity

[meekly] Hi.

Felicity

I was never in it for that (the thrill). Not ever. I wanted to make a difference. Be part of that beacon of hope you speak of.

Thea

So come back. Rejoin the team.

Felicity

I think I figured out another way. It's actually that insane bee-lady who gave me the idea, ironically. To remake this company. To use the technology that helped me walk again, to make people's lives better. To make Palmer Tech into the beacon of hope.

Felicity

What are you doing here?

Oliver

Thinking.

Felicity

Mmm. Which is Oliver-speak for "beating yourself up".

Diggle

And I'm the one constantly telling Oliver not to have a blind spot for family.

Felicity

And here you are, taking the blame for something that's not your fault. You're just one illegitimate child away from a really awesome Oliver Queen impersonation.

Oliver

I'm staring to think that this guy's gonna be a no-show.

Felicity

Right.

It's because he's not a guy, amour. Esrin Fortuna. Tell John Constantine he still owes me money.

Oliver

Earlier with Darhk, it worked. He tried to use his magic on me, and I was able to repel it.

Felicity

That's incredible. How'd you do it?

Oliver

I heard your voice in my head. You were reminding me of all the good things I have in my life. I heard Thea, I heard John. I heard Laurel. Just telling me to keep fighting. To never give up. Just telling me to have hope.

Diggle

Andy said Genesis was coming.

Felicity

I don't think so. Phil Collins said they'd never tour again.

Diggle

[realizing Darhk's Genesis is comparable to the Old Testament] God wanted to give the world a do-over, so he destroyed it.

Oliver

He destroyed it with a flood. Rubicon is Darhk's flood.

Felicity

So nuclear annihilation is Darhk's flood. What's he planning on building as his ark?

Felicity

Go to hell.

Darhk

Why bother? I'm going to bring it to us.

Oliver

Hey. Come on, we can't just lose all hope here.

Felicity

You have. I can see it in your eyes.

Oliver

I just can't believe that I thought that I'd be the one to unite this city while Damien Darhk was trying to kill it. That was arrogant. The same arrogance that made me feel that I could be the Green Arrow without descending into darkness. Bottom line: it was foolish.

Felicity

You don't believe that.

Oliver

I didn't believe that. Not until Laurel died.

Felicity

I thought you weren't blaming yourself for her death anymore.

Oliver

We made a decision to come back here. I tried to do things differently. And for a time, I did. And now I am left here to wonder... if I hadn't, would Laurel still be alive?

Oliver

It's Thea and John.

Felicity

Them leaving has to be a blow.

Oliver

And they're leaving because of their own personal darkness. I just can't help but think that they were infected by mine.

Felicity

Maybe. Like you said, maybe you can't become a hero without succumbing to the darkness even a little bit, but you were able to defeat Darhk by giving the city its hope back.

Oliver

You're saying it's not black and white?

Felicity

I'm saying that there is a man who killed Darhk in cold blood, and that same man stood on top of a car and gave the city its hope back. What you're feeling isn't darkness. It's a schism. You're at war with two sides of yourself.

Oliver

I see what you did there.

Felicity

What did I do?

Oliver

You talked about the new team like it's a done deal.

Felicity

Oh, that. Well, I just thought since you decided to "keep swimming" as mayor, you might do the same as Green Arrow?

Oliver

You might be right.

Felicity

Lance told me about the Russian proverb by the way. Very poetic... Wait! Did you just say I might be right? Are you okay?

Oliver

Curtis, if you think this is hard, wait until I actually start training you.

Curtis

What happens then?

Oliver

The last guy got an arrow in the leg before it even started.

Curtis

That was Roy, right?

Oliver

Also Roy, but I'm talking about Wild Dog.

Felicity

And you did put two arrows in Barry Allen's back.

Curtis

I'm starting to sense a pattern.

Felicity

When I got to know you, the real you, I was in awe. I had never met somebody so passionate, so focused and determined to make a real difference. But the recruits didn't get to see the real you because all you showed them was this angry guy in a mask. Like, scary angry.

Oliver

I just thought that if they didn't know who I was, it would make things easier ... For me. Easier for me. When I was in the Bratva ... Nobody in the Bratva uses their real names. Nobody knows anything about anyone's life before they were Bratva.

Felicity

Sounds lonely.

Oliver

It's effective. They teach you that the only person you can trust is yourself, that without personal attachment, there can be no loss. Laurel, Thea, Dig, even Roy, I let them into my crusade. I let them in ...

Felicity

Then they left.

Oliver

I was protecting myself.

Felicity

I just think you're missing something.

Oliver

Only one thing?

Felicity

The reason the original team worked so well was because of the trust and respect that everyone had for Oliver Queen, not the Green Arrow. Oliver is the one who makes a good leader. He's the one that runs a good team. He's the one that I chose to stand by and that I continue to choose to stand by.