John Diggle quotes from Arrow

Ra's predicted this. He said the city would turn against me and I would die alone. And when we come back, the first thing that happens is Lance shutting me out, and... I see Felicity with Palmer. It's like he looked into my future.

Diggle

Sounds to me like Ra's is playing with your head. Question is, why are you letting him?

He wants me to take his place in the League of Assassins. That's why he let us go. As a sign of good faith.

Diggle

Is there even a world where he can imagine you saying yes?

He said I can do more as the new Ra's than I can ever do as Oliver Queen or the Arrow. That I would have unlimited resources. That I could make a difference, not just a dent.

Diggle

You're not really considering this. Just because Captain Lance is angry and Felicity is momentarily unavailable?

It's more than that. I just... John, tell me honestly... What have we accomplished?

Diggle

[sighs] Oliver...

All the people that we put away, John, they got out. The city is no better off. The Arrow is not... is not making a difference. And if I just can't be me... and the Arrow isn't enough...

Diggle

Oliver...

Then maybe I should be Ra's al Ghul.

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Diggle

You seeing anybody, Cutter?

CCCarrie Cutter

Of course I am. The Arrow. And our special day is going to be the most glorious day. And then, afterwards, we'll make strong beautiful babies.

Floyd

And does he know this? Listen, I got news for you, stalker - you don't get to do what we do and have a family.

Diggle

Yeah, well, I have a wife right here and a child who say otherwise. Let's hold up here.

Floyd

Yeah, well, let's hope you make it home to her. But love, children, family - it's all just a distraction to people like us.

Lyla

They make us better, and give us something worth fighting for.

Floyd

Love is a bullet in the brain, and if you believe any different, you're as crazy as she is.

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I hope you find the accommodations acceptable. Such luxuries are a small glimpse of the life that awaits Oliver.

Diggle

You trying to reassure me or yourself?

I don't know what you mean.

Diggle

You're Oliver's friend. Maseo, right?

I am Sarab.

Diggle

Call yourself whatever you want. If you gave a damn about Oliver you wouldn't be working for the man who practically killed his sister.

Oliver will be spared grief, in a manner that was denied to me. And he'll receive an honor, greater than you can imagine.

Diggle

League of Assassins. You're feared for your bravery and power, but all I see are a bunch of weak men running from their lives, trying to escape. That's not powerful, Maseo, or brave. That's cowardly.

Do not presume to know me. Until you've held your dying child in your arms. Until you've told him everything will be okay. So that the last words he ever hears are a lie. You know nothing.

Diggle

I'm sorry. What was your child's name?

Akio.

Diggle

Do you think Akio would be proud of his father right now?

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Diggle

Oliver. Oliver, I don't know what to say

I do. John, you’re the best man I’ve ever known. Whatever happens, you’re my brother.

[Oliver and Diggle embrace]

I'm afraid I will never forgive myself for leaving you here.

You told me once that life's precious and that you wanted more from it than I could offer you. Don't give up on that. The only way that I'm gonna survive this is if I know that you're out there living your life, happy.

We're always saying goodbye to each other. You'd think I'd be good at it by now.

Well, let's not say goodbye this time.

[Oliver and Felicity kiss]

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If you're gonna keep going out into the field, we should really design you some sort of...

Diggle

Do not say "costume."

Okay. Identity concealment.

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Lyla

John... What's the house rule?

Diggle

No Glocks on the dinner table.

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I can't believe he's gonna marry her.

MMerlyn

You should worry more about getting out of here alive.

Ray

Is that even a remote possibility?

Oliver would never let that happen.

Diggle

He let this happen.

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I saw you took my advice on the identity concealment.

Diggle

Oliver what are we doing? Pretending everything's normal? That we are normal?

I'm looking for a way in.

Diggle

I was furious to think that you trusted Malcolm Merlyn more than you trusted me, but then I realized that I'm not angry at you, I'm angry at myself for thinking you're someone that you clearly aren't.

I don't know what that means.

Diggle

Oliver, after everything we've been through, man, I couldn't fathom why you didn't trust me. Then I realized you couldn't. It's not who you are. You don't trust. You don't love. You were able to fool Ra's and join the League because inside you are every bit as dark as they are.

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Thea

So what are you gonna call yourself now? Everybody thinks Roy was the Arrow.

Diggle

Well he won't need a code name if he's headed back to Ivy Town.

[looks at Felicity] Well I guess I need a code name. Felicity and I, we have missed this. We've missed all of you. And the city is far worse off than we thought.

What are you talking about?

The man leading the Ghosts is Damien Darhk.

Darhk left Star City months ago. Why would he come back?

Diggle

Did Ra's tell you anything about Darhk that would give us any idea about his agenda?

He said that Damien Darhk had a hive of operatives at his disposal.

Diggle

Hive. That was the exact word he used?

Yes. Why? Does it mean something to you?

[Diggle flashes back]

Diggle

Who would want to kill Andy?

Deadshot

I don't know their names. Just an alias. H.I.V.E.

[back in the present day]

Diggle

No. No, nothing.

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He left behind evidence.

Diggle

Fingerprints.

How'd you get the owner to part with his windshield?

I bought his truck. It's one of the benefits of your girlfriend inheriting a multi-billion dollar conglomerate. We have money now.

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You've been investigating this for two years and you haven't told anyone?

Diggle

It's a family thing Laurel. I would think you. of all people, would understand keeping secrets when it comes to the death of a sibling.

I do. And because I do, I can tell you carrying a burden like that never ends in any way but bad.

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Diggle

You took a bullet for me.

They were metahuman tattoo playing cards.

Diggle

Still counts, Oliver. Still counts.

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[cleaning up a wound that Oliver got on the field] This hurt?

Yeah, it stings.

Good. That's what you get for trying to take on a meta all by yourself.

Diggle

A meta?

Yeah. Turns out Central City is missing one. A Jeremy Tell. Cisco says we should call him "Double-Down", which doesn't exactly make sense, since he was getting a tattoo when the Dark Matter wave hit.

You missed quite a show tonight.

Diggle

Sorry I couldn't help out. It's a long story.

Oh, my God. It is not a long story. It is the shortest story in history. Two guys go take on criminals without asking for backup and nearly get killed in the process. You know, I haven't said anything up till now, because I was hoping that the two of you would removes your heads from your own asses but turns out I was wrong.

Hey, Felicity–

No, no, no. This is the part where I talk and you two listen. The both of you nearly got killed out there tonight because you didn't have each other's back.

Diggle

That was a time deal, Felicity. It won't happen again.

I absolutely agree. Because the two of you are going to sit down here until you have resolved your issues. Do we have an understanding?

Hey–

Do we have an understanding?

Yeah.

I'm gonna take this to a guy at Palmer Tech to find out how some lunatic meta turns tattoos into lethal weapons. If you two haven't resolved your issues by the time I get back, I'm gonna find a bunch of Mirakuru soldiers to knock some sense into you.

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It's been months, man. And I don't know how many apologies in which you're a forgiving person.

Diggle

Oliver, this isn't about forgiveness, man. I don't know how to move forward with this, us. Doing what what we do.

We've worked fine since I got back.

Diggle

We got lucky. Oliver, there was a time when I would've taken a bullet for you. And I don't know if I would do that now. Which means that when we're out there, we are not out there together. You crossed a line, man. And the fact that you could do that again sits in the back of my head somewhere.

I get it! I get it. I understand that I crossed a line. I understand that I lost your trust. What I don't understand is why you won't give me a chance to earn it back.

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Do you know what I miss about our old space?

Diggle

That trunk with the bottle of Russian Vodka in it? [goes to a desk drawer and retrieves a bottle and glasses] Vodka is for wimps anyway.

[laughing at that] "Vodka is for wimps".

Diggle

Tennessee Whiskey. Put some hair on your chest.