Buffy Summers quotes from Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Buffy

Buffy the Vampire Slayer would break down this door.

Xander

And Buffy the counselor?

Buffy

Waits.

Buffy

Okay. As okay as-- She told me their family had a history of heart irregularities. But she never told Cassie.

Willow

Cassie didn't know? Then it was fate?

Xander

Then she was going to die no matter what, wasn't she? It didn't matter what you did.

Buffy

She just knew. She was special. I failed her.

Dawn

Uh-uh. No. You didn't 'cause you tried. You listened and you tried. She died 'cause of her heart, not 'cause of you. She was my friend 'cause of you. I guess sometimes you can't help. [sniffles]

Buffy

So what then? What do you do when you know that? When you know that maybe you can't help?

Buffy

Spike, this basement is killing you. This is the Hellmouth. There is something bad down here, possibly everything bad.

Buffy

You have a soul? Fine. Show me.

Spike

Scream "Montresor" all you like, pet.

Buffy

Get up and get out of this basement.

Spike

I don't have anywhere else to go.

Xander

You think we haven't seen all this before? The part where you just cut us all out. Just step away from everything human and act like you're the law. If you knew what I felt -

Buffy

I killed Angel!! Do you even remember that?! I would have given up everything I had to be with... I loved him more than I will ever love anything in this life! And I put a sword through his heart because I had to.

Willow

And that all worked out OK.

Buffy

Do you remember cheering me on? Both of you! Do you remember giving me Willow's message? "Kick his ass."

Xander

This is different.

Buffy

It is always different! It's always complicated. And at some point, someone has to draw the line and that is always going to be me! You get down on me for cutting myself off but in the end, the Slayer is always cut off. There's no mystical guidebook, no all-knowing council. Human rules don't apply. There's only me. I am the law.

Xander

There has to be another way.

Buffy

Then please find it.

Willow

I can't. I'm sorry. [Buffy grabs a sword and heads outside]

Buffy

Have you talked to her lately?

Xander

Not since that night with the Gnarl demon. And that wasn't exactly the kind of "How have you been?" kind of talking. More the "pierce its eye with something sharp" kind of talking. I'm thinking I should call her.

Buffy

I just don't want you to get your hopes up.

Xander

"Hopes?" [scoffs] Oh, no, no, no, no, no. There are no hopes. Anya and I are done. I love being single. I'm a strong, successful male who's giddy at the thought, of all the women I will no doubt be dating in the near future.

Buffy

Strong, successful males say "giddy"?

Xander

I just worry about her, that's all.

Willow

Anya?

Xander

Yeah. She seems so sad.

Dawn

She should try acting like everybody else more.

Willow

Apparently, it's what all the kids are doin' nowadays.

Buffy

Well, I'm not sure I get the sad vibe, but there's definitely a vengeance vibe worth worrying about.

Xander

Oh, that? No, no. I don't worry about that. She was hurt, and she just turned back to what she knew, when I, you know. But that's not her anymore.

Buffy

I hope you're right.

Xander

Well, she turned that worm guy back before any real damage happened, right? It'll just take some time. I really think she's coming around.

Buffy

So, do you have plans later or are you just going to go down to the docks, wait for the fleet to come in?

Dawn

[shocked] What?

Buffy

[furious] Where do I start with the bad? First, you told me you were going to the library. Second, you do not go out on a date without informing me first. Third... Anna Nicole Smith thinks you look tacky!

Buffy

Willow, you're a gay woman! [Willow makes a face conveying "And?"] And he... isn't?!

Willow

This isn't about his physical presence! It's about his heart.

His physical presence has a penis!

Willow

I can work around it!

Buffy

Xander, be honest. You didn't, you know, think about slipping that jacket on a little bit?

Xander

I refuse to answer that on the grounds that it didn't fit.

Whoa. Did my face just change?

Buffy

Yeah. You look human now. You can do that. Go back and forth.

Holden

Oh, so I'm a vampire. [laughs] How weird is that?

Buffy

Sorry.

Holden

No, no. Feels great. Strong. Like I'm connected to a powerful all consuming evil that's gonna suck the world into a fiery oblivion. How about you?

Buffy

Not so much connected.

Holden

No, no. I mean, with the stake? And the cross? You do this kind of thing a lot?

Buffy

I'm The Slayer. It's sort of a thing.

Holden

So, what? You like fight vampires professionally?

Buffy

Oh, I don't get paid. It's more like a Calling. Since... even in school.

Holden

I heard a lot of rumors about you back then. You were all mysterious.

Buffy

I was?

Holden

Well, you were never around. A lot of kids thought you were dating some really old guy, or that you were just heavy religious. Scott Hope said you were gay.

Buffy

What? I dated that ringworm!

Holden

He says that about every girl he breaks up with. Then, last year, big surprise... he comes out.

Holden

Oh, I have so much to learn. Come on, isn't this insane? I mean, I was afraid to talk to you in high school, and now we're, like, mortal enemies. Hey, wouldn't it be cool if we became nemeses?

Buffy

Is that how you say the word?

Holden

We're gonna have to fight to the death, aren't we?

Buffy

It's the time-honored custom.

Holden

Wow, reality just shows up sometimes, doesn't it? But, you know, I've got the bloodlust pumping, and I kinda get it. I'm looking for a fight. And, oh, it's nothing personal.

Buffy

Oh, no, I mean, you've been great.

Holden

Hey, I don't mean to be Count Buttinsky here, but you just don't seem as thrilled. Is it because we're gonna fight?

Buffy

It's because I'm gonna win.

Holden

Hello! Two years of Tae Kwon Do and vampire strength. I think somebody's counting their chickens.

Buffy

You're not leaving this graveyard. Can't let you.

Buffy

If you knew what I've done, what I've let myself become. My best friends don't even know. You'd laugh if you heard some of the things I've done to them.

Holden

Buffy, I'm here to kill you, not to judge you.

Holden

Oh my God!

Buffy

Oh, your God what?

Holden

Oh, well, not my God. Because I defy him and all of his works. Does he exist? Is there word on that by the way?

Buffy

Nothing solid.

Spike

Well, I certainly didn't off her. Where are you getting this? You know I can't.

Buffy

Right. The chip.

Spike

No, not the chip! Not the chip, dammit. You honestly think I'd go to the end of the underworld and back to get my soul and then-- Buffy, I can barely live with what I did. It haunts me. All of it. If you think that I would add to the body count now, you are crazy.

Spike

[to Buffy] As daft a notion as "Soulful Spike the Killer" is, it is nothing compared to the idea that another girl could mean anything to me. This chip--they did to me. I couldn't help it. But the soul, I got on my own--for you.

Buffy

I know.

Spike

So, yeah. I go and pass the time... with someone. But that's all it is is time, 'cause--God, help me, Buffy--it's still all about you.

Buffy

[to Willow] He's been feasting off human blood for weeks. He's been having some pretty bad withdrawals. I think we need to get him some blood.

Willow

[enthusiastically & happily] Do you want me to kill Anya?

Buffy

No, we should probably try to wean him off humans. He'll have to make due with animal blood.

Willow

I'll go get some then.

Buffy

You don't mind?

Willow

Oh no, I have to get out of the house, Xander is installing the new windows and he keeps giving lectures on proper tool maintenance. Tool talk not my thing.

Buffy

Thank you.

Giles

We're back at square one.

Xander

Which square would that be, exactly?

Giles

I'm not sure. The First predates everything we've ever known. Or can know. It's everywhere, it's pure. I don't know if we can fight it.

Buffy

You're right. We don't know how to fight it. We don't know when it'll come. [We] can't run, can't hide... can't pretend it's not the end 'cause it is. Something has always... been there to try and destroy the world. We've... beaten them back, but we're not dealing with them anymore. We're dealing with the reason they exist. Evil. The strongest. The First.

Giles

Buffy, I, um... I-I know you're... you're tired...

Buffy

I'm beyond tired. I'm beyond scared. [near sobbing] I'm standing on the mouth of Hell and it is going to swallow me whole. [hardens] And it'll choke on me. We're not ready? They're not ready. They think we're gonna wait for the end to come, like we always do. I'm done waiting. They want an apocalypse? Well, we'll give 'em one. Anyone else who wants to run, do it now, 'cause we just became an army. We just declared war. From now on, we won't just face our worst fears, we will seek them out. We will find them, and cut out their hearts, one by one, until the First shows itself for what it really is. And I'll kill it myself. There is only one thing on this earth more powerful than evil. And that's us. Any questions?