LokiI'm gonna burn this place to the ground.
I'm gonna show you where my desk is, you can start there.
A character in Loki
Played by Tom Hiddleston
Loki · 102 quotes
Most-quoted character in Loki: in 69 of its 102 quotes
Most scenes with: Mobius M. Mobius (21), Sylvie (19), Ouroboros (5)
LokiI'm gonna burn this place to the ground.
I'm gonna show you where my desk is, you can start there.
LokiAre you taking me somewhere to kill me?
No. That's where you just were. I'm taking you some place to talk.
LokiI don't like to talk.
But you do like to lie, which you just did. Because we both know you love to talk. Talkie-talkie.
LokiHow long have you been here?
I don't know. It's hard to say, you know? Time passes differently here in the TVA.
LokiWhat does that mean?
You'll catch on.
LokiWhat's your name?
Casey.
LokiGive me the Tesseract, or I'll gut you like a fish, Casey.
What's a fish?
LokiHow do you not know what a fish is?
I've lived my entire life behind a desk.
LokiWell, what difference does it make?
I wanna know exactly what I'm being threatened with before I comply.
LokiDeath, Casey. Violent, painful death.
LokiI don't enjoy hurting people. I...I don't enjoy it. I do it because I have to, because I've had to.
Okay, explain that to me.
LokiBecause it's part of the illusion. It's the cruel, elaborate trick conjured by the weak to inspire fear.
A desperate play for control. You do know yourself.
LokiA villain.
That's not how I see it.
LokiBy the way, at your desk, that magazine...
Yeah, the one on jet skis?
LokiYes. Why do you have that?
Mobius Because they're awesome.
Loki[chuckles] Suppose they are.
Yeah, you know some things, actually most things in history are kind of dumb and everything gets ruined eventually but in the early 1990s for a brief shining moment there was a beautiful union between form and function which we call a jet ski and a reasonable man can't differ.
LokiHave you ever been on one?
No. No, I think a TVA agent showing up on a jet ski on the Sacred Timeline, that would create a branch for sure.
LokiIt would be fun, though.
Yeah, it'd be really fun.
Who created you, Loki?
LokiA frost giant of Bodenheim.
And who raised you?
LokiOdin of Asgard.
Odin, god of the heavens, Asgard, mystical realm beyond the stars, frost giants, just listen to yourself.
LokiThose are different things.
No no no, that's exactly the same thing because if you think too hard about where any of us came from, who we truly are, it sounds pretty ridiculous. Existence is chaos.
Kablooie.
LokiWhat's that?
Candy. Do you have candy on Asgard?
LokiYeah. Grapes, nuts.
No wonder you're so bitter.
LokiUm, uh, look, I can't go backwards on a train.
Well, I never sit with my back to a door.
LokiWhat? There are doors on both sides.
Oh, just sit down.
LokiA pity the old woman chose to die, don't you think?
She was in love.
LokiShe hated him.
Maybe love is hate.
LokiShould probably remember that. [materializes a quill pen and paper] What was that? [writing] "Love is... Love is hate."
Oh, piss off!
[Loki makes the quill pen and paper disappear again]
LokiSo, on the subject of love, is there a lucky beau waiting for you at the end of this crusade?
[sarcastically] Yeah, there is, actually. I managed to maintain quite a serious long-distance relationship with a postman whilst running across time from one apocalypse to another.
LokiAnd with charm like that, who could resist you?
Well, people are quite willing in the face of certain doom.
LokiI'm sure they are.
It was only ever just to keep me going. How about you? You're a prince. Must've been would-be-princesses or perhaps, another prince.
LokiA bit of both. I suspect the same as you. But, nothing ever...
...real.
[Loki nods]
LokiLove is a dagger. [materializes a dagger] It's a weapon to be wielded far away or up close. You can see yourself in it. It's beautiful. [turns the dagger towards himself] Until it makes you bleed. But ultimately, when you reach for it,...
[Sylvie reaches for the dagger, only for it to disappear]
It isn't real.
LokiYeah.
Love is an imaginary dagger.
LokiDoesn't make sense, does it?
No. Terrible metaphor.
LokiDamn. I thought I had something there.
You're not a serious man.
LokiYou're right. I'm a god.
You're a clown. You got drunk on the train.
LokiI'm hedonistic. That's what I do.
I'm hedonistic. A lot more than you, I assure you. But never at the expense of the mission.
LokiOh, the mission? The mission? What, your glorious purpose? Give me a break. You can't beat them.
[frustrated, Sylvie walks off and screams in anger while causing a small energy blast in the ground]
Do you think that what makes a Loki a Loki is the fact that we're destined to lose?
LokiNo. We may lose. Sometimes painfully. But we don't die. We survive.
Well?
LokiWell, what?
I know you got some quip you're dyin'to say.
LokiI don't have a quip. I've got nothing to say to you.
Come on.
LokiBy the way, I should have an equal amount of security. This is insulting!
You just can't help yourself.
LokiYou betrayed me!
You betrayed me!
LokiGrow up!
You grow up! You know, it occurred to me that you're not really the God of Mischief.
LokiOh, here it comes. The folksy, dopey insult from the folksy dope. What am I? The God of Self-Sabotage, yeah? The God of Back-Stabbing?
Just kind of an asshole and a bad friend. Yeah, chew on that for a little bit.
LokiI'm not lying.
Now, I'm supposed to believe your girlfriend.
LokiShe's not my girlfriend.
Whatever you want call her. What, your female self that you have some demented crush on…
LokiYou're all Variants! Everyone who works at the TVA. The Time-Keepers didn't create you. They kidnapped you from the timeline, and erased your memories. Memories she can access through enchantment. So before this, you had a past, maybe you had a family, a life.
[Mobius is silent for a few seconds.]
Nice try. That was good. You two, what a pair! Gosh! Unbelievable. Wherever you go, it's just death, destruction, the literal ends of worlds. Well, I'm gonna have to close this case now, 'cause I don't need you anymore. Yeah, or as you might say, our interests are no longer aligned.
LokiYou know, of all the liars in this place, and there are a great many, you're the biggest.
Why? 'Cause I lied about your girlfriend?
LokiOh, no. That I can respect. I mean, the lies you tell yourself.
[Mobius enters Loki's time-looped prison.]
What are you doing?
LokiPassing the time.
Do you care about her?
LokiSylvie? I'm not sure if it's the right word. We covered this back in there.
Shut up! Do you really think you deserve to be alone? Loki!
LokiYou told me to shut up.
Do you believe you deserve to be alone?
LokiI don't know.
You better figure it out quick, because the Nexus Event the two of you caused, whatever that connection is, can bring this whole place down. So, we better understand...
LokiWe?
Do you swear she didn't implant those memories in Hunter C-20?
LokiMobius, no. I believe her.
So, I just have to trust the word of two Lokis?
LokiHow about the word of a friend?
You were right, about the TVA. You were right from the beginning. And if you wanna save her, you need to trust me. Can we do that?
LokiYes.
Okay. You could be whoever, whatever you wanna be, even someone good. I mean, just in case anyone ever told you different.
[Loki smiles.]
Mobius M. MobiusOwen Wilson · 33 quotes
SylvieSophia Di Martino · 25 quotes
Hunter X-5Rafael Casal · 10 quotes
OuroborosKe Huy Quan · 8 quotes
Victor TimelyJonathan Majors · 8 quotes
Miss MinutesTara Strong · 6 quotes
A.D. DougKe Huy Quan · 5 quotes
Brad WolfeRafael Casal · 5 quotes
PhDKe Huy Quan · 5 quotes
Ravonna RenslayerGugu Mbatha-Raw · 5 quotes
He Who RemainsJonathan Majors · 3 quotes
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