Madeline quotes from La Femme Nikita

Madeline

You spent six years training and getting to know Nikita, we're not going to retrieve her on intel alone, we need a more personal profile.

Madeline

I really don't need to hear what some ad hoc internal affairs bimbo thinks of my work.

Madeline

No. You don't understand, I'll make my own decision regarding my fate!

Madeline

Somehow I don't think it's the mission you're having trouble figuring out.

Nikita

How did he get here? What's his life like outside? Does he even have one?

Madeline

Would knowing the answers make you perform your mission more efficiently?

Nikita

It might.

Madeline

Is it his life you want to know about, or his heart?

Nikita

Does he even have a heart?

Madeline

Michael loved once, very deeply.

Nikita

Simone.

Madeline

Some men can only love once. Whether Michael's like that or not, I don't really know.

Nikita

Gee, Madeline, I thought you knew everything.

Madeline

I know what I need to know, Nikita. If you can say the same, you'll be all right. Get some rest.

Nikita

Good night, Madeline.

Nikita

Madeline, where do you go when you leave here?

Madeline

Very good. It usually takes the new one several years to ask me that question.

Nikita

So how many years does it take for you to answer that question?

Madeline

I don't know. I haven't yet.

Madeline

You've done a good job with Nikita. She still lacks perspective, that's all. You don't think she's formed any attachment to Wellman?

Michael

They've only seen each other a couple of times.

Madeline

That's not what I asked.

Michael

I don't think she has.

Madeline

Good! But sooner or later, she will. Whether it's with Wellman or someone else. And when that situation happens, will you be able to handle it?

Michael

Why wouldn't I be?

Madeline

That's a question only you can answer.

Nikita

What are you telling me? That I can't see him? That I can't care about him?

Madeline

One or the other. Your choice.

Nikita

Can I go now?

Madeline

The world outside these walls is an illusion. It's not really there for us. We're ghosts

Nikita

Are you sure there's nothing wrong?

Madeline

Sometimes I'm not sure if I'm still strong enough to do this.

Nikita

Well, you're the strongest person I've ever met.

Nikita

So why are you here?

Madeline

To remember.

Nikita

To remember what?

Madeline

Who I was.

Madeline

What about Michael?

Nikita

Michael? A friend's someone you can trust.

Madeline

It's true, Michael has played a role with you from time to time. He's doing his job. It doesn't mean he's incapable of caring.

Nikita

Michael's not the solution to my problem, Madeline.

Madeline

What is?

Nikita

I need to know that, one day, when the Section is done with me, and I have performed all the functions I'm capable of, that I will be free. Will I?

Madeline

What kind of answer would you like?

Nikita

The truth?

Madeline

No. You will never be free from the Section.

Nikita

Thank you.

Madeline

We may have some problems with him. There was something between them.

Operations

The question is now, can he let it go?

Operations

Isn't today your birthday?

Madeline

No, it's the 7th.

Operations

Today is the 7th.

Madeline

Has Petrosian offered you my position yet?

Nikita

Yes.

Madeline

And what did you say?

Nikita

If I say no, he's going to offer it to somebody else.

Madeline

That's not the point.

Nikita

What is the point?

Madeline

The point is you don't have what it takes to do my job. And, if you try, you'll only end by destroying yourself.

Madeline

I think it's pretty clear. Operations is a better choice than Petrosian.

Nikita

Better for whom?

Madeline

If you had doubts, why did you side with us?

Nikita

Petrosian was willing to give me a life, as much as one can have inside Section. But in order to get it, I lied, I bullied, and, who knows, eventually I might have even… killed in cold blood. In other words, I found out what it's like to...to be you.

Madeline

And you didn't like it.

Nikita

No, I didn't.

Madeline

Power is addictive, Nikita. You've had a taste. It's in your blood now.

Nikita

You're wrong.

Madeline

You'll be back. It's only a matter of time. But there'll be one difference. The next time… I'll be waiting for you.

Operations

Oh, my God.

Madeline

I'm all right. I can still function.

Operations

I'm sending someone from Medical right away.

Madeline

No, you can't. It's too risky. We need those people.

Operations

I need you.

Madeline

No, you need everyone working at full efficiency. I can do what I have to for at least the next six hours.

Operations

Madeline, you ....