Nora West-Allen quotes from The Flash

I used to think that keeping secrets from people for their own good was a noble decision. That it would protect them. But when you do that, you just rob those people from making their own decisions. I even did it with you.

Nora

Like when you didn't want to take me to your past.

Mm hmm. I didn't want you to see how painful things got for me as the Flash, or how bad things got for your mom. But secrets are like walls, and... you can't really know someone with walls between you.

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[After her association with Thawne has been revealed, Barry imprisons Nora in a Pipeline cell and starts walking away.]

Nora

[calling out] I'm sorry I lied to you!

[Barry stops and turns around.]

So am I. [turns and leaves]

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Nora

[shows Iris the power dampener] Lia found it before she died. You put this inside of me, mom. To dampen my powers? You lied to me my whole life.

I know.

Nora

Who else knows? Who else?

Everyone.

Nora

Everybody? Everyone that I love has been keeping this from me? Why?

Because I told them to.

Nora

Why would you do that?

Nora, I was trying to protect you.

Nora

From what?

From this city. From... from meta-humans. From... from yourself.

Nora

Wow.

Nora, you don't understand.

Nora

No, I don't understand. How did I get my powers? What do you have against speedsters?

Nora, I have already lost so much. I can't risk losing you, too.

Nora

Well, you just did.

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Nora

Do you know what it's like to want something more than anything else in your whole life? [starts crackling with yellow, purple, and red energy] To know your father? To do your best to follow in his footsteps? To make him proud? [more energy crackles] How could he leave me?

TThawne

Wait! Wait, that's enough !!

Nora–

Nora

How could he stop loving meeee?!?!

[Nora's eyes fill with Speed Force energy and she runs off.]

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Ralph

Nora, where would you find this hyper-conduit in 2049?

Nora

Probably Ollins Laboratory. Ollins won a Nobel Prize for quantum engineering.

Cisco

Ollins? As in Sebastian Ollins?

Nora

Yeah. Do you know him? He is a true genius.

Cisco

[scoffs] A genius, you say. The guy couldn't even stay awake through a single physics lecture. In fact, I'm pretty sure if it wasn't for his very smart, very considerate college roommate lending him notes, helping him study, he wouldn't have made it through his finals! Nobel Prize, my ASS!!

Yeah, he knows him.

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Nora

I can't stand around and do nothing.

Yes, you can, because that's what we're telling you to do.

Nora

When I first got here, I would rush in to fix things, and by doing that, I always ended up making them worse. But I am not that person anymore. Because of you. You showed me how to use my powers. You taught me how to make the right choices. And right now, I am choosing to face this risk.

Nora, this is a terrible idea.

Nora

I know you feel that way. But I don't. I'm an adult, capable of making my own decisions. I've made up my mind about this. So I am asking you, please, as my parents, stop trying to keep me away from this danger and start helping me face it.

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Nora

How do I fix this?

I don't know if you can, Nora. You made a mistake, you know? A big mistake. Sometimes in life, all we can do is just live with the consequences. So what you have ask yourself is... what kind of hero are you gonna be? One who takes a do-over after every mistake, or one who lives with it and moves forward?