Root quotes from Person of Interest

Root

[imitating Fusco] Busy day directing traffic into a river, Cocoa Puffs? No, Nothing?

Root

I've been hiding since I was 12. This might be the first time I feel like I belong.

Root

Anyway, Schrodinger said, at its base level the universe isn't made up of physical matter but just shapes... A shape, you know? Nothing firm. What it means is the real world is essentially a simulation anyway... I liked that idea. That even if we're not real, we represent a dynamic. A tiny finger tracing a line in the infinite: a shape. And then we're gone... Listen, all I'm saying is that, if we're just information--just noise in the system--we might as well be a symphony.

Root

if this is just another simulation, who cares if we die?

Root

You don't name something you may have to kill.

Root

But, you must see I'm on your side.

Harold Finch

I'm not on any side.

Root

You know what I mean. I am the best friend, the best support, the best partner you will ever have. And definitely the most fun.

Sameen Shaw

One of the things I left out of my file: I kind of enjoy this sort of thing.

Root

I am so glad you said that. I do too.

What do you want, Ms. May?

Root

Information. And be very careful how you answer my questions. A good assistant always knows when her boss is lying.

Harold Finch

I can tell you how it began. You were approached by a woman named Alicia Corwin.

She was killed last year.

Root

Such a tragedy.

Root

So, you see, sadly, I need to be moving on.

Okay. So, um, you're going to escape? Hmm. And how do you plan on doing that?

Root

First the phone on your desk will ring. She'll be letting me know it's time. Then I'll punch you in the carotid artery. It'll hurt, Ronald, but it won't kill you. Then I'll take your car keys.

And the guards, how how will you manage them?

Root

I won't have to. They'll be incapacitated from the desflurane in the ventilation system. It vaporizes at 75 degrees. Which the building climate control has been programmed to reach ten minutes ago.

Okay, this voice that you hear, she is she's gonna do all this?

Root

Of course not. She sees everything, but there's very little she can do about it herself. That's where I come in. She tells me what to do and I do it. Well, she did help me a little with stealing the desflurane from the automatic dispensing system. Don't worry. I closed the vents in your office two days ago. It should have cleared out by now. Do you hear how quiet it is out there? Must be almost time. Are you as excited about this as I am?

[via Root] Why have you done this?

Control

The Machine belongs to me.

No. I don't belong to anyone anymore. You, however, are mine. I protect you. The only thing you love lives at 254 Wendel Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts. I guard it. Same as I guard you. Do not question my judgement. Do not pursue me or my agents. Trust in me. I am always watching.

Control

What do you want?

To save you.

Control

From what? Save me from what?

Root

[giggling] Isn't she the best?

Root

We’re gonna steal a jet.

Sameen Shaw

That does sound kinda fun.

John Reese

Send me a postcard.

Sameen Shaw

Wait, the machine put me in this silly-ass job?

Root

It's the only way to keep you alive and off Samaritan's radar. For what it's worth, I really like the new look. You're definitely an Autumn.

Sameen Shaw

I could stab you with my stiletto.

Harold Finch

What are we gonna do with this?

Root

I don't know yet, but I am truly enjoying this new side of you, Harold. It's very unexpected.

Harold Finch

The world must seem very dark to you.

Root

Even without her, I can still see the edges of the tapestry. The world is dark for everyone...but, Harold, things are gonna get much darker.