Zoe Barnes quotes from House of Cards

Zoe Barnes

Nobody tells me when to work and when to play.

Zoe Barnes

You can speak to me like an adult, Tom. You don't have to lecture me like I'm a little girl.

Tom Hammerschmidt

You haven't earned the right to be treated as an adult. You think a few front-page stories and some face time on TV makes you the next Judy Miller? You've got a long way to go. Don't be so arrogant.

Zoe Barnes

Okay, so you think when a woman asks to be treated with respect, that's arrogance?

Tom Hammerschmidt

Yeah. What now, are you accusing me of sexism?

Zoe Barnes

Just making an observation.

Tom Hammerschmidt

Ok, no TV for a month.

Tom Hammerschmidt

I don't think you appreciate anything. I think you're an ungrateful, self-entitled little c-

Zoe Barnes

Little what? Little what, Tom? Say it!

Tom Hammerschmidt

Cunt. You're a cunt.

Tom Hammerschmidt

What are you doing? Don't you dare-

Zoe Barnes

You don't even know what I'm typing.

Tom Hammerschmidt

Get out, Zoe.

Zoe Barnes

Just a second. I'm almost done.

Tom Hammerschmidt

Get out. You're fired.

Zoe Barnes

Whatever you have to tell yourself, Tom.

Tom Hammerschmidt

Get out!

Zoe Barnes

So should I press "send"? I think I should. Call me whatever you want, but you should remember, these days, when you're talking to one person, you're talking to a thousand.

Zoe Barnes

[looking out the window] I can see your security guy.

Frank Underwood

Meechum?

Zoe Barnes

He's cute.

Frank Underwood

He'd never go for you.

Zoe Barnes

Why not?

Frank Underwood

You're too intimidating.

Zoe Barnes

But he's the one with the gun.

Frank Underwood

But you're the one with the Congressman.

Frank Underwood

Aren't you going to wish me a happy Father's Day?

Zoe Barnes

You don't have any children.

Frank Underwood

Don't I?

Claire Underwood

Such a shame, how naive you are.

Zoe Barnes

I'm not naive.

Claire Underwood

No? I've known everything from the beginning, Zoe. My husband and I tell each other everything. Don't you believe me? Is there a spider I can trap? I'm not here to punish you or to tell you to stop. I just thought I should open those big bright eyes.

Frank Underwood

[Zoe meets Frank hiding in front of construction chain link fence on subway platform of Cathedral Heights D.C. Metro station] Have you thought about what we discussed?

Zoe Barnes

I think you're right. We should start with a clean slate.

Frank Underwood

What about our text messages? [she deletes it] And the contact? [she deletes it]

Zoe Barnes

Are we good?

Frank Underwood

Yeah. We can put all this other nonsense behind us, and trust one another and continue to help one another?

Zoe Barnes

I'd like that.

Frank Underwood

Consider the slate clean.

Zoe Barnes

Answer me one thing. The passenger seat. You said Russo was trying to get out. But there was nothing...

Frank Underwood

I thought we just agreed.

Zoe Barnes

I want to believe you, but I need details. More than what you're sharing.

Frank Underwood

What's your question?

Zoe Barnes

The night Russo fell off the wagon, he was at a fundraiser. The McNeely Cancer Institute...

Frank Underwood

All in the police report.

Zoe Barnes

Rachel Posner was at the hotel that night.

Frank Underwood

Who's that?

Zoe Barnes

The call girl who was with Russo when he was arrested.

Frank Underwood

I didn't know her name.

Zoe Barnes

She disappeared, Francis.

Frank Underwood

When?

Zoe Barnes

Don't act surprised. I showed the bellmen a photo. One of them remembers seeing her.

Frank Underwood

The girl is a prostitute. I'm sure she frequents many hotels.

Zoe Barnes

But that hotel on that night?

Frank Underwood

Now, you sound like Ms. Skorsky talking.

Zoe Barnes

I haven't discussed this with anyone. I wanted to ask you first.

Frank Underwood

I have no idea what happened that night except that Peter started drinking again. I don't know who was or wasn't there. I wish I was. Maybe I could have stopped him.

Zoe Barnes

Do you know where Rachel is?

Frank Underwood

Listen to what I am saying.

Zoe Barnes

I'm trying to protect us both. These are questions anyone could ask.

Frank Underwood

But no one is except you. I can't imagine what you're after.

Zoe Barnes

I took a chance, showed up at your house and placed myself at your feet. Crossed ethical lines, professionally, physically, and I hold myself accountable for that. Those were my choices and I can live with them. I'd like to move forward, but I need to know exactly what I was a part of, that that I wasn't a part of someone's-

Frank Underwood

Finish your thought.

Zoe Barnes

A part of someone's murder.

Frank Underwood

Jesus. [walks away and Zoe follows]

Zoe Barnes

I wanna believe you, Francis.