Jay Garrick quotes from The Flash

Jay

It's good to know, whatever Earth you go to, there's a Big Belly Burger.

Jay Garrick

They belong to a metahuman I fought before named Sand Demon.

Cisco

I know you're new here, so I'm just gonna break it down for you. The whole "naming-the-bad-guys" thing? That's my jam. But you know what? I'm gonna let you have that one. Because I actually kinda like it. I'm not mad at that one.

Jay

So, I hear they call you the Scarlet Speedster.

Barry

Yeah. What about you?

Jay

Crimson Comet. What is it with alliteration and nicknames?

Wells

You cannot reason with someone under Zoom's influence, and now a man is dead because of you, Garrick. This whole thing is because of you. He doubts himself because of you, but believe me, Barry can do what you could not. Barry can stop Zoom.

Jay

I spent two years hunting Zoom.

Wells

Wrong! Zoom hunted you! You spent the last two years of your life running, running, running from Zoom.

Jay

Zoom would have killed me just like he will kill Barry if you lead him down this path!

Wells

No, because he is not like you. Barry runs towards danger, not from it, because Barry's not a coward.

Caitlin

You have coffee on your Earth, right?

Jay

I think coffee's the one constant thing in the multiverse.

Barry

We do what Dr. Wells said. We use her to lure Zoom here, end this once and for all.

Jay

You can't be serious.

Barry

More breachers are gonna come. More innocent people may die. I can't let this happen anymore.

Jay

You're making a mistake. Okay, Zoom is a nightmare you can't wake up from.

Barry

I've already had my worst nightmare. His name was Reverse-Flash, and I spent a long time being afraid of him. I'm not gonna be afraid anymore.

Barry

Who is the Turtle?

Caitlin

It's Cisco's white whale.

Jay

Half whale, half turtle.

Barry

Look, I've learned... all this stuff that I didn't know before, okay? I'm not gonna make the same mistakes --

Jay

-- mistakes. Yeah, what you just said right there? That is the paradox of time travel, and also the paradox of life. I mean, "If I only knew then what I know now" --

Barry

But why have these powers, if I can't go back and fix what I broke?

Jay

We're not gods, we're men... who, for whatever reason, have been given extraordinary abilities. The question you need to ask yourself is... what kinda hero are you gonna be? Are you just gonna take a do-over every time you make a mistake, or will you live with them ... and move forward?

Barry

It was nice, having you out there with me.

Jay

Yeah, I never had a sidekick.

Barry

Oh, I'm your sidekick?

Jay

Well, as a senior partner....

Barry

"Senior citizen" is more like it.

Jay

What you saw was one possibility of the future. What may be, or what may not.

Barry

Okay, then I can stop this from happening. I can run back there --

Jay

You can't go back there! Not again. Not ever.

Barry

All right, then I'll figure out exactly how it happened, how we wind up on that street, and I'll just make sure that we don't go there. I mean, if we don't go there...

Jay

Barry! This is why speedsters don't travel to the future. Nobody should know this much about their own. Just as there are infinite Earths in the multiverse, there are infinite possibilities to the future. It's always bending, always changing. Every decision you make creates another alternative.

Barry

I won't let Iris die.

Jay

The future isn't written yet. And it might not even turn out to be what you saw. You need to focus on the here and now. You have to live your life.

Jay

Sorry, kid. This is where I stay for a while.

Barry

What? What are you talking about?

Jay

We both know that a speedster needs to take Wally's place. That's why I'm here.

Barry

No. No, Jay. You already lived your hell when you were Zoom's prisoner.

Jay

And you set me free, and I owe you for that

Barry

Jay...

Jay

I've run a hell of a race. But every marathon has a finish line. Time's finally come for me to cross it, but you...you, Barry... need to put an end to this once and for all and stop Savitar.

Barry

How?

Jay

Do what you do best. Be the Flash

Barry

We send the bomb into the Speed Force, let it detonate in there.

Jay

Like hell you will!

Barry

What do you mean? Why not?

Jay

Because, Flash, if you do that, we may lose the Speed Force forever.

Barry

What do you mean we might "lose" the Speed Force?

Jay

An explosion of that size could destroy it completely. If that were to happen, every speedster across space and time would lose access to their speed instantly.

Barry

.... Every speedster?

Jay

Even if it got rid of Thawne and every other evil speedster in the multiverse, you cannot do this! I won't let you.

Barry

Well, I'm sorry, Jay. If this is the only way to save everyone in the city, I have to.