Thawne and Ray in “Unfinished Business”

Thawne

Menial labor without super-speed is really quite tedious. Then again, I've missed working with a fellow scientist. Cisco and Caitlin and I, as you know, worked together for some time and... I miss the camaraderie.

Ray

Legion of Doom doesn't have karaoke Fridays?

Thawne

I know it's easier for you to think of me as a monster, but, um... I've met some of history's monsters, Raymond, and believe me, I'm not one of them.

Ray

You killed Barry's mother. Twice. Rex Tyler. Brainwashed Rip into killing Doctor Mid-Nite.

Thawne

Time travel has a way of revealing the truth to you. And you and I have more in common than you think.

Ray

Pass me the pliers.

Thawne

[passing the pliers] We're both scientists. We're obsessed with achieving the impossible. You've dedicated your life to learning how to shrink yourself down to the size of an atom, and I spent mine learning the secrets of the Speed Force.

Ray

I became the Atom to help people.

Thawne

You could use the dwarf star in your exo-suit to power an entire city, but instead, you chose to become the Atom because you weren't satisfied with your small, pathetic life. There is no shame in wanting to be greater. To reach higher. To... walk on the Moon.

Ray

Is that why you want the Spear? Reach higher, become greater? Run faster?

Thawne

No. I'm after something much more... elemental. I want to live.