John Locke quotes from Lost

Why do you find it so easy?

Locke

It's never been easy!!

S2 E3 Orientation

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HNHelen Norwood

I like bald guys.

John Locke

I'm not bald.

HNHelen Norwood

I can wait.

S2 E3 Orientation

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Locke

Change is good, Hugo.

Hurley

You know? People say that, but it's not true man. Trust me, I know. And guess who gets to be the bad guy? Who has to say 'No you can't have peanut butter for the cute blonde and her...poor...island baby? You know who? It's me!

S2 E4 Everybody Hates Hugo

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Did you see me?

Locke

Saw you ripping apart your own garden? No.

(Smiles)

Locke

Sometimes I wish I had a garden to rip apart.

Locke

I heard you have lost your wedding ring.

Yes. I have been looking for it everywhere.

Locke

You know, I have once lost something valuable to me. Luckily, I found it later.

How?

Locke

By finding it the way everything gets found.

(Staring at Locke)

Locke

I stopped looking.

S2 E5 ...And Found

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John Locke

I'm not lost anymore.

Sun Hwa-Kwon

How did you do that?

John Locke

Same way anything lost gets found -- I stopped looking.

S2 E5 ...And Found

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Charlie Pace

She's got a bit to learn about being a mum -- responsibility and all.

John Locke

Hmmm, now that's an interesting thing to say -- for a heroin addict.

S2 E6 Abandoned

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Mr. Eko

Hello. I have something I think you should see. If you don't mind, I will begin at the beginning. Long before Christ, the king of Judah was a man named Josiah.

John Locke

Boy, when you say beginning, you mean beginning.

Mr. Eko

At that time the temple where the people worshiped was in ruin. And so the people worshiped idols, false gods. And so the kingdom was in disarray. Josiah, since he was a good king, sent his secretary to the treasury and said: "We must rebuild the temple. Give all of the gold to the workers so that this will be done." But when the secretary returned, he had no gold. And when Josiah asked why this was, the secretary replied, "We found a book." Do you know this story?

John Locke

No, I'm afraid I don't.

Mr. Eko

What the secretary had found was an ancient book -- the Book of Law. You may know it as the Old Testament. And it was with that ancient book, not with the gold, that Josiah rebuilt the temple. On the other side of the island we found a place much like this, and in this place we found a book. [Eko unwraps the book and pushes it toward Locke] I believe what's inside there will be of great value to you.

S2 E9 What Kate Did

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[to Locke] Oh, I don't know, Mr. Clean, I probably would have gone around Mt. Vesuvius.

Locke

Why'd you choose that name?

Ain't it obvious? All you need is an ear-ring and a mop.

S2 E11 The Hunting Party

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[The hunting party is talking to Tom Friendly.]

Just sit down, Jack. Nobody's going to hurt you. I come in peace.

John Locke

How do you know our names?

[Tom smiles]

You took Walt.

Walt's fine. He's a very special boy.

Look, you said you wanted to talk. Talk.

Let me ask you something. How long you been here on the island?

50 days.

Oooo, 50 days. That's what, almost 2 whole months, huh? Tell me, you go over a man's house for the first time, do you take off your shoes? Do you put your feet up on his coffee table? Do you walk in the kitchen, eat food that doesn't belong to you? [to Locke] Open the door to rooms you got no business opening? [to all] You know, somebody a whole lot smarter than anybody here once said: "Since the dawn of our species man's been blessed with curiosity." You know the other one about curiosity, don't you, Jack? This is not your island. This is our island. And the only reason you're living on it...is 'cause we let you live on it.

[smiling] I don't believe you.

You don't believe what?

I think you've got one guy up there with a gun. I think there's more of us than there are of you. I think if you had any real strength, you wouldn't have had to send a spy -- Ethan.

That's an interesting theory. [raising his arms and yelling] Light 'em up!

[torches all around the survivors are lit]

We've got a misunderstanding, Jack -- your people, my people. So listen carefully. Right here, there's a line. You cross that line, we go from misunderstanding to something else. Now, give me your weapons, turn around, go home.

No.

John Locke

Jack, maybe...

No!

I hoped it wouldn't come to this. [yelling] Bring her out, Alex!

[A figure with a bag over their head is pushed out]

She was following you. Like I said -- curiosity.

[Tom pulls the bag off the figure's head, revealing Kate. He puts a gun to her neck. Sawyer moves toward them]

[to Sawyer] Don't. [to Jack] Jack, the decision you gotta make right now is this -- can you live with the fact that I shot this woman right in front of you when you could have saved her life by giving up and going home? Or are you going to give me your guns, turn around and walk away. It's your call, Jack.

S2 E11 The Hunting Party

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Locke

Are you using again?

Charlie

Kate sees a horse. Pretty much everyone has seen Walt wandering around in the jungle, but when it's Charlie, it must be the bloody drugs!

Locke

It's funny you didn't answer the question.

S2 E12 Fire + Water

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Charlie

Who the Hell are you, John? You're not Aaron's responsibility! Where were you when he was born, where were you when he was taken? You're not his father, you're not his family!

Locke

Neither are you, Charlie.

S2 E12 Fire + Water

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Claire Littleton

Charlie came by my tent before and told me Aaron had to be baptized -- he was in danger.

John Locke

My understanding is that baptism is about making sure that children get into heaven -- should anything happen. Call it spiritual insurance. There isn't any danger, Claire. Charlie is just...[Locke looks in pack and sees the Virgin Mary statues]...Charlie just feels like he has to save the baby because he can't save himself.

S2 E12 Fire + Water

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Hate to interrupt whatever the Hell it is you're doing. What are you doing?

Locke

I'm alphabetizing.

Oh, sure. Sun gets attacked in the jungle and you figure it's a good time to start the damn Dewey decimal system. Good thinking!

S2 E13 The Long Con

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Kate

[finding an article]: Alright, 10 Ways To Tell If He's A Sensitive Man.

This ought to be good.

Locke

[passes by] Morning.

Kate

Morning, John.

Now there's a sensitive man.

S2 E13 The Long Con

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[four minute warning alarm is sounding]

[to Locke] Open the door.

Locke

Let go of me Jack.

Or what? You wanna push the button? Open the door.

[one minute warning alarm blares]

It's under a minute now John, you better think fast.

Locke

You wouldn't.

What? I "wouldn't" what?

Locke

If we don't... you would risk everyone's lives?

You talked me into pushing that button once John, but it's yours now. You're the one who won't risk it. You. Me? I don't think anything's going to happen when we get down to zero.

Locke

[struggling] Jack-