Mother quotes from Bates Motel

Do you remember when you were little, and your dad would get so scary and you and I would hide?

Norman Bates

Stop talking like you're her. We both know you're not.

Okay. You are a big boy now. Let's talk on an even level, one adult to another. Your mother suffered.

Norman Bates

You kept me from feeling things, didn't you? Feeling bad things.

Yes. That's why you created me. When you were little and you were so scared. And your dad got violent, and your mom was so scared, over and over. And you were so afraid that you sent me out to handle things for you. Things that you couldn't stand to feel because they were so painful and so scary, and you were so little.

Norman Bates

So you've always been here with me to keep me safe.

Yes. We are two parts of the same person. Both are very real. But there's one thing you don't know. The pain that I keep you from feeling, you need to feel. Like Adam wanting all the knowledge and eating the apple in the Garden of Eden. You get the truth, but you also see the pain. We are partners now, Norman. You have no choice. We are on even footing.

Look if you ever feel overwhelmed, I could just...you know take over. I would be happy to do it.

Norman Bates

No mother that is not an option. Never again.

Norman Bates

Please stay out of this Mother. I just wanna talk to him Norman.

Dylan. Dylan I know you mean well because you've always meant well. I love you, but unfortunately I can only be a real mother to one person. And so even though I love you so very much, and this pains me, you're getting in the way.

Hello Emma. I guess I know why you're here.

Emma Decody

You do? Because I'm not sure I do.

Well it's about your mother, I imagine. They think I killed her.

Emma Decody

I think you did too, Norman.

I wouldn't kill anybody, Emma. You know that. It's me. Norman. Your Norman, your friend.

Emma Decody

...Where's Norman?

...I am sorry about your mother, Emma. She wasn't nice. She was using Norman, and she was using you.

Emma Decody

She didn't deserve to die.

Death isn't about deserving. It's just part of the deal. She made her own bed. You know that better than anyone.

Emma Decody

Can I talk to Norman?

Well, Norman's sleeping. In his room. There's an apple pie in the oven, and when he wakes up he'll smell it baking and know that everything's okay.

Emma Decody

[tearing up] Can you tell him something for me? Can you tell him that I miss him?

Alex Romero

You killed her. You killed your own mother. You can't hide from it.

Don't listen to him, Norman. He's just trying to hurt you.

Norman Bates

I think I did kill her. If I did, I didn't want to. She was everything I had. It was supposed to be the both of us.

I have to leave now.

Norman Bates

No! I'll have no one. You can't leave me now!

You know everything now, and there's nothing for me to protect you from. Goodbye, Norman.