John Locke quotes from Lost

Ben Linus

When I asked you earlier if it hurt when you suffered your injury, I think you misunderstood me. Seems fairly obvious that when a person's back smashes into a hard surface after being thrown from a building, that that's going to sting a little. But I really wasn't asking about the physical pain.

John Locke

What, do you want to know if it hurt my feelings?

Ben Linus

No, John. I wanted to know what it felt like when your own father tried to kill you.

Ben

[Hands Locke a knife] I know it won't be easy. But the quicker the better.

Cooper

[After Ben ungags him] You're kidding me, right? You expect him to kill me?

Ben

John, the hesitation you're feeling is just the part of you that still feels that he has a perfectly good explanation for stealing your kidney. Throwing you out of an eight-story window. Don't you wanna be free from him?

Cooper

The hesitation he's feeling is because he is a spineless--

Locke

[Growing anxious] Shut up! I, I've gotta think...

Ben

Don't think, John.

Cooper

You're wasting your time, bug-eye. Me and him have been through all of this. All he wants is his daddy.

Locke

Shut up! I SAID SHUT UP!

Ben

Let go of him, John.

Locke

Why are you doing this to me?

Ben

You're doing this to yourself. As long as he's still breathing, you will still be that same sad, pathetic little man who was kicked off of his walkabout tour because you couldn't walk!

Cooper

[Mocking] I'll be here the rest of the week, John, if you change your mind.

Ben

I'm sorry. He's not who we thought he was.

Richard Alpert

Ben knew you weren't gonna kill your own father. He put you in front of everyone in our camp just so they could all watch you fail.

John Locke

Why?

Richard Alpert

Cause when word got back here that there was a man with a broken spine on the plane who could suddenly walk again, well, people here began to get very excited because that, that could only happen to someone who was extremely special. But Ben doesn't want anyone to think you're special, John.

John Locke

And why are you telling me this?

Richard Alpert

Ben has been wasting our time with novelties like fertility problems. We're looking for someone to remind us that we're here for more important reasons.

John Locke

What do you want from me?

Richard Alpert

I want for you to find your purpose. And to do that, your father has to go, John. And since you're not gonna do it, I'm gonna suggest someone else.

Ben

We're here. You'll want to turn off your flashlight, John.

Locke

Why?

Ben

Jacob feels the same way about technology as you do. Once I open this door, there's no turning back. Are you sure this is what you want? So be it. Jacob, I'm here with John Locke. We're coming in now. Jacob, this is John. Don't you going to say hello, John?

Locke

What?

Ben

I told you he wouldn't.

Locke

Who? What are you talking about?

Ben

You can't see him?

Locke

See who?

Ben

Jacob. He's sitting right here in this chair. Yes, I know, but he insisted.

Locke

What is this?

Ben

You wanted the secrets of the island, well here they are. This is the man who can answer every single... I am not! He made me bring him here! Did you think that that was my... Sir, may I finish?!

Locke

You're crazy.

Ben

Excuse me?

Locke

You don't know anything about the island, do you? You just made it all up.

Ben

Jacob, please, I can't hear him if you're going to talk...

Locke

Stop... Stop... Shut up! You're putting on a show for me! Or, do you... Do you really think there is someone there?

Ben

I know there is someone there.

Locke

You don't know anything.

Ben

I'm sorry you feel that way, John. And I'm sorry that you're too limited to see.

Locke

You're pathetic.

Jacob

Help me.

Locke

What did you just say?

Ben

I didn't say anything.

Locke

Oh yes you did. I heard you. You said...

Ben

That's enough, you've had your fun!

Locke

What was that?

Ben

That was Jacob.

Ben

What did you hear in there, John? What did Jacob say to you?

Locke

He didn't say anything to me. You did.

Ben

What are you talking about?

Locke

There is no Jacob, Ben. I'm not going to be taken in by the little show you put on last night. You're a fraud. And it's time your people were told the truth. And this is not the way we came!

Ben

I'm taking us back another way. I wanted to show you something first.

Locke

I've seen enough.

Ben

You know, John, you're not wrong. Some of the things I've told you, some of the things I've told everyone, are not true.

Locke

Like what?

Ben

Well, for starters, I wasn't born on this island.

Locke

Then where did you come from?

Ben

That's what I want to show you.

Ben

This is where I came from, John. These are my people. The DHARMA Initiative. They came here seeking harmony, but they couldn't even coexist with the Island's original inhabitants. And when it became clear that one side had to go, one side had to be purged, I did what I had to do. I was one of the people that was smart enough to make sure that I didn't end up in that ditch, which makes me considerably smarter than you, John.

Ben

What did Jacob say to you?

Locke

Why did you do this?

Ben

Because you heard him. Now I need to know what he said.

Locke

"Help me."

Ben

John, I'm not going to ask you again! What did he say to you?

Locke

He said... "help me."

Ben

Well I certainly hope he helps you, John.

Locke

[Aims his gun at Jack] Step back, Jack.

Jack

What did you do?

Locke

What I had to. Now step back.

Locke

Stay away from the phone.

Jack

What are you doing, John?

Locke

I don't wanna shoot you.

Ben

Do it, John! Shoot him! Do what you need to do-

Locke

Please. Put the phone down.

Jack

No. You're done keeping me on this island.

Locke

[Thumbs back the hammer] I will kill you if I have to.

Jack

Then do it.

Kate

Jack!

Locke

[Sadly] Jack, you're not supposed to do this.

Locke

You won't shoot me, Jack. Anymore than I was gonna-[Is cut off when Jack pulls the trigger. But nothing happens.]

Locke

[Amazed] It's not loaded...

Jack

Let go of me![To Sayid] Do you know what he did?!

Sayid

Yes, I know what he did!

Locke

All I did, all I have ever done, has been in the best interests of all of us.

Jack

Are you insane!?

Locke

I know I have a lot of explaining to do. But I never did anything to hurt any of you. I even risked my life to tell you there was a traitor in your midst.[Points at Juliet]

Jack

She helped us, John. All you ever did was blow up every chance we've had of getting off of this Island! You killed Naomi.

Ben

Well, technically, he didn't kill her. Yet.

Kate

[Just arriving] Yes he did. She just died. She didn't give you up, John. She covered for us, and she fixed this.[Hands Jack the phone] They're on their way.

Locke

She didn't cover for anyone. She wants her people to come here. And trust me, when they do we had all better be far away from here. I'm going to the Barracks. The Others abandoned them. It's the only place on the Island with any form of security, so it'll have to do until I can think of something else. Until then, if you wanna live, you need to come with me.

Jack

No one's going anywhere with you, John. Because they're not crazy.

Hurley

[teary eyed] He's not crazy! What about Charlie? Charlie went down to that place so we could all be rescued. And whatever he did down there, it worked. But then something must have happened. He must have heard something before he...[Becomes overwhelemed with emotion] I don't know why, but he changed his mind. Because the last thing he did was warn us that the people on that boat are not who they said they were. So I'm not listening to you! I'm listening to my friend. I'm listening to Charlie.

Locke

Let's go.

Sawyer

Why are you going East? Thought you said the Barracks were due South.

Locke

Because, James, we have to make a little detour first.

Sawyer

Detour to what?

Locke

There's a cabin I have to go to.

Hurley

I think the cabin was back that way.

Locke

What did you say Hugo?

Hurley

I er, thought you were talking about the airplane cabin.

Sawyer

Why are we wasting our time going to some shack anyway?

Locke

Because we're supposed to.

Sawyer

Right. Like you were supposed to throw a knife into that Naomi chick's back.

Locke

Ahuh.

Sawyer

You mind telling us who you're getting your orders from, Colonel Kurtz?

Locke

I got em from Walt.

Sawyer

What the hell do you mean you saw Walt? In a dream?

Locke

No dream, it was Walt. Only, taller.

Sawyer

Taller? What like a giant? OK, what exactly did Walt tell you?

Locke

He said I had work to do. That I had to stop this woman, Naomi, from bringing the rest of her people here.

Sawyer

What you didn't ask any follow-up questions?

Locke

Ben had shot me and left me for dead, Walt saved my life, so I pretty much took him at his word.

Sawyer

He shot you? Yet here you are fit as a fiddle tromping through the jungle.

Ben

John, listen. I have information that you need. I have answers.

Locke

What is the monster?

Ben

What?

Locke

The black smoke, the monster! What is it?

Ben

I don't know.

Locke

Goodbye, Benjamin.

Ben

Her name is Charlotte Lewis! [Charlotte looks shocked] Charlotte Staples Lewis. Born July 2, 1979, Essex, England. Parents David and Jeanette. Eldest of three, all girls. She was raised in Bromsgrove. Did her undergraduate studies at Kent. Took her PhD in cultural anthropology at Oxford. She's here with two other team members and a pilot. Their names are Daniel Faraday, Miles Straume, Frank Lapidus. [Charlotte continues to look shocked] Your instinct was right, John. These people are a threat.

Ben Linus

James. Look at yourself. Yes, on this Island you're brave, daring, handsome, you're someone, but if you left with them, back in the real-world a low-life scam artist like you could never compete with a first class surgeon. I think Kate was really upset when you made your choice to come with us. Thank god she has Jack there to comfort-

John Locke

James! Don't!

Don't what!? Anyone wanna tell me why we're keeping this guy alive?

John Locke

We're keeping him alive because he's been on this Island a lot longer than any of us. Because he has information we need. And because apart from his mouth, he's completely harmless.

His mouth put that hole in your gut?

John Locke

Okay, James. Let's execute him, right here, right now, in front of his daughter.

It's only a matter of time before he gets us, Johnny. And I bet he's already figured out how he's gonna do it.

Sawyer

(to Ben): You ready to give us the name, Gizmo?

Locke

He's not going to tell you who his spy is on their boat, James.

Sawyer

Yeah, why not?

Locke

Because that's the only thing keeping him alive.

Sawyer

Well here's an idea: why don't we take a gun, point it to his big toe and send that little piggy to the market.[Ben looks slightly amused.]

Sawyer

(continues) And if he still doesn't want to tell us, move on to the roast beef. Why don't we do that?

Locke

Because then we'd have to carry him.

John Locke

You may think this is a democracy, Kate, because of the way Jack ran things, but this is not a democracy.

Kate Austen

Then I guess that makes it a dictatorship.

John Locke

If I was a dictator, I would just shoot you, and go about my day. Dinner's at six if you're hungry.