Ra's quotes from Arrow

You should take pride. You survived longer than most. [Oliver makes one final attack, catching Ra's arm and nearly overpowering him. However, Ra's counters and incapacitates Oliver with a blow to the throat.] Don't be afraid, my son. Death comes for us all. We can only evade it so long. Consider this an honorable exit. [stabs Oliver through the chest, speaks in Arabic] Forgive and have mercy upon him... Excuse him and pardon him... Make honorable his reception... Protect him from the punishment of the grave... And the torment of fire.

Oliver Queen is dead. Eventually to be reborn as Ra's al Ghul. But for now, only the Arrow, Al Sah-Him shall remain. Al Sah-Him. Heir to the Demon.

You're just a boy. Well, Mr. Queen, you failed to protect the city you love. Now you will watch it bleed.

Oliver

Nobody in my city will die tonight.

Well, there was only one way to prevent that. You were to produce for me the one who killed Ta-Er Al-Sahfer. And yet you've come alone.

Oliver

Because it was me. I killed Sara.

Nyssa

Why would you kill a woman you once professed to love?

Oliver

Because she begged me to.

Nyssa

You lie.

Oliver

It wasn't the first time Sara chose death over a life in the league. And meeting you now, I can see why.

I should have Sarab cleave your head off your shoulders. Not for killing my daughter's beloved, but for thinking me a fool.

Oliver

By league law, I have the right to challenge you to a trial by combat.

It's been 67 years since a man challenged me. You covet death that much?

Oliver

Do you accept?

Oh, yes.

I was 11 years old when I killed my first man. I remember the look in his face when the light went out behind his eyes. Such a sudden change, almost imperceptible, between life and death. And I felt ashamed. I had stolen from that man the most precious gift of all - life. But I also felt something else - pride, because I had taken up arms against someone who sought to do ill against my family. And I realized what I had done was necessary. You see... I had replaced evil with death. And that... is what the League exists to do. And I have killed several thousand more men since then. And the world is better for it.

Oliver

You've taken your last life.

No. . . . You have lived your last day.

You tasted death, and you wanted more, but the truth is everyone and everything must come to an end. Even for one such as me.

Oliver

Kill me, but spare John Diggle's life. Let him go. I will beg for it.

You have shown tremendous strength, fortitude, power. No, Mr. Queen, I do not want to kill you. I want you take my place. I want you to become the next Ra's al Ghul.

Ra's is a title greater than one man. Wing Ta Leo Wo Chey.

Oliver

Am I supposed to understand what that means?

No. It is from a dialect no longer spoken. Said to me by a man whose place I took. Contemplating the same offer. And what it means is: "A tale to be told begins thus".

Surely men have branded you a murderer, a torturer. But see, I would never shame you with such bluntness. Because I see it in your eyes. The struggle you have with your dual identity. Oliver Queen and the Arrow. Neither are giving you what you crave.

Oliver

But becoming Ra's al Ghul will?

Oliver Queen is a man destined to be alone. He loves a woman he knows he cannot have.

Oliver

You don't know me.

But I know the Arrow. Al Sah-him. You will never be anything more than a vigilante for those whose lives you save at the risk of your own. And the city will turn on you, and your closest allies within the police department will call you a criminal. You will be scorned and hunted, and then killed. Dying as you began your crusade. Alone.

You have a great fire within you. I can see now why Oliver loves you.

Felicity

If you knew the first thing about love, you would not be ripping Oliver away from his family.

I am merely helping him fulfill his destiny.

Felicity

Yeah, I know all about the "survive my sword" prophecy, and I'm here to tell you that I could really give a crap. Me and John, and God help me, Malcolm, are not going to let this happen. And we have friends, and we have resources, and we will go to war to get Oliver back.

You know, many lifetimes ago, I loved a woman immeasurably. And she loved me. And we had a son, and then a daughter. And for many years, I felt I was the most fortunate man in the world. My life was bliss. And one night, a man came to my door and he gave me a horrible choice: to leave without saying a word to them, or to stand and watch them tortured and then killed. And I left without a farewell. And to spare them pain, I endured an agony worse than death.

Felicity

Sounds like you gave up too easily.

If there's one immutable truth about life, it is often more cruel than it is fair, and rarely provides an opportunity for any of us to find closure. And all your posturing and all your threats of war will merely delay the inevitable, and causing you to forfeit you the opportunity you have… that was denied me. You need to tell Oliver goodbye. Tell him how much you love him. Tell him whatever it is your heart needs to express. And do it now. Before he is lost to you forever.

You have made great progress in three weeks. Al Sah-him. You no longer flinch upon hearing your new name.

Oliver

Oliver Queen is alive only in the past. He's forgotten.

Indeed. You are Al Sah-him. You are Wareeth al Ghul. Heir to the demon.

I can see now, you do not require a culling to solidify your reign. You have broken your rival, Al Sah-him. Something I wasn't able to do as an heir. Spilling her blood will only serve as gluttony. Now, perhaps... her blood could be of another purpose. As a means to unite our families. You as husband... and you as wife.

Nyssa

I would rather die then become his betrothed.

Well, your wishes are no longer my concern from the moment you betrayed me. So you will marry Al Sah-him. And you will become bride of the demon.