Fitz quotes from Scandal

Just say my name.

Olivia

That's crossing the line. It would be inappropriate.

Then let's be inappropriate. Say my name.

Olivia

[after a long beat] Fitz.

Olivia

How are you?

I'm serving out my sentence in the crown jewel of the American prison system. How are you?

I thought I said I didn't want a big party?

Mellie

Well, we can't always get what we want, can we?

Olivia

I smile at her and take off my clothes for you. I wait for you. I watch for you. My whole life is you. I can’t breathe because I’m waiting for you. You own me, you control me, I belong to you-

You own me! You control me. I belong to you. You think I don't want to be a better man? You think that I don’t want to dedicate myself to my marriage? You don’t think I want to be honorable? To be the man you voted for? I love you. I’m in love with you. You're the love of my life. My every feeling is controlled by the look on your face. I can’t breathe without you. I can’t sleep without you. I wait for you, I watch for you. I exist for you. If I could escape all of this and run away with you? There's no Sally and Thomas here. You're nobody's victim, Liv. I belong to you. We're in this together.

Mellie

What do you think? What do you want? If you could have anything...

I want a divorce.

Olivia

I'll wait for you, Fitz. For as long as you need.

I changed my mind about that. Don't wait for me.

Cyrus

Why are you calling sir.

I killed Verna Thorton. Would she forgive me if she knew?

Cyrus

There are things we don't tell them. Things we bury. Things we hide. That's the job. You did something, sir. It doesn't mean you don't deserve to be happy.

Cyrus

You know what happens if a bored nurse or arrogant doctor tweets that the President, same one who was shot in the head ten months ago, is in the hospital in the middle of the night? Markets panic. Reporters swarm. DEFCON levels change.

Cats and dogs will finally get along?

Olivia

We went too far. My people – Huck and Harrison and Abby and Quinn... I took them too far over the wrong cliff. We went so far that I don't know that we can get back, but you can get back. Run with Mellie by your side. You can win with Mellie by your side.

You are going to be my First Lady.

Olivia

I can't leave them. They need me. I'm their Gladiator.

Somewhere, in another life, another reality, we're married. And we have four kids. And we live in Vermont, and I'm the Mayor...

Olivia

And I make jam.

And you make jam.

Here's the thing about power, Rowan. It's always hard to admit when you've lost it.

Rowan

Or to admit you've never had any at all.

You keep everything from me.

Olivia

To protect you! And don't ask me to apologize for it or punish me when I tell you the truth. This is what we do! This is how it works! This is how it's always worked. There is no clean. Just like there is no Vermont. No. This isn't how I want it to be, how either of us want it to be. This is what it is. Let's stop pretending. Let's just be here.

I'm the Commander in Chief.

Jake

And I am Command. Which means you don't tell me to do anything because I'm not your bitch. Your job is to shake hands, hold babies, pose with prime ministers, and sit down to interviews with your family. You comfort people, and you look pretty, and you talk tough. You don't do anything. I decide if there is a war. I decide if a world leader dies. I decide what to do with the Dmitris and the Ivans. I decide if America sleeps at night. I decide if America endures. This is not a game, Mr. President, and you're not getting your ball back.

You are being disgusting, petty and jealous.

Olivia

What else am I supposed to be? I lie in bed every night and I play our relationship over and over again in my head like a movie. We meet. We fall in love. We can't stop ourselves. We're meant to be. I give up everything inside me and then it stops. The movie just stops. I don't know how it ends. It's just me waiting for a house in Vermont that I can't live in and a man who makes me promises he can't keep.

I yelled at you. I owe you an apology for that.

Abby

You do owe me an apology, but not for yelling at me. You owe me an apology for not bothering to learn my name. I'm Abby, Mr. President. Abby Whelan. I'm Scottish, by the way.