The Flash quotes

Julian

This is exactly what I was talking about. Some meta's been gifted with this incredible power, and this is the very best thing they can do with it. Terrorize a city, it's... it's pathetic.

Barry

But why exactly do you hate metas so much?

Julian

If you think I'm going to break down now, and tell you that one of them killed my parents, and that's why I have to do this job... I'm not. I'm going "I don't need a deep personal reason to hate metas", Allen. I just need to see person after person transformed, given these extraordinary abilities and watch them be squandered. Robbing banks, hurting people, spreading fear. Well, it's not just a crime... it's an absolute waste. Can you imagine what it would be like to have those powers? I mean, I would... I'd be helping people. I would be improving the world. I guess I wasn't one of the chosen few, was I?

Joe

You been hanging out here a lot lately.

Iris

Yeah, well, there's a lot of scared people with this monster running around the city.

Joe

Oh, we'll get him. We always do.

Iris

Oh, yeah? Is that a quote I can use for my article?

Joe

[emphatically] No!

Iris

All right, it was worth a try.

Cisco

[after reviewing H.R.'s CV] Is any of what's on here true?

H.R.

All of it.

Barry

How? You can barely turn on a computer.

H.R.

There are two parts to every idea. There is the inception and the execution... I provide the former.

Iris

So you come up with the ideas.

H.R.

Yeah. I don't know how to implement them. I'm the idea man.

H.R.

"If a string is in a knot / Patience will untie it / Patience can do lots of things / Have you ever tried it?" My dead ma used to say that to me all the time, any time I had a problem. Now I have a problem. I guess I'm going to use that adage to figure it out. "S.T.A.R. Labs Museum". Think about it. [leaves the lab]

Cisco

You think everyone on Earth-19 is missing crayons in the box, or just him?

Wally

Why don't we say what this is really about? You're okay with Barry having powers. You're okay with Barry running into danger, fighting all these metas. He could screw up over and over again, and you're okay with all of it because he's Barry. But you won't give me the same amount of leeway because at the end of the day, you just don't... trust me.

Barry

You know that's not true, Wally.

Wally

I don't need you to fight my dad's battles for him. Say it, Joe. You don't... trust me, do you?

Joe

Wally,....

Wally

That's what I thought. [leaves]

Julian

Particulae around the eye. The crushed larynx. This poor chap has got fingerprints all around his neck. He's clearly been strangled.

Barry

I heard multiple witnesses said the man was attacked by a shadow.

Julian

Huh. So a meta from Neverland's made the trip to Central City. Fabulous.

Joe

Listen,... you were right. I do treat Barry differently than I treat you. But not because I think Barry's better than you.

Wally

Then why?

Joe

Wally, you're a lot like I was when I was a kid. You're fearless, and you take risks, and that makes you a handful just like I was. And now you're getting powers. That, alone, would make me nervous because I know what I would have done if I got powers. But you're not getting your speed the same way Barry got his. You're getting your speed the same way Magenta and the Rival got theirs. So it's not that I don't trust you, Wally, it's just that I don't trust what's going on with you right now, and that scares the living hell outta me.

Iris

I hate that we have to do this. He so badly wanted powers, and now to keep him locked up so he doesn't get them, it's...

Barry

It's hard, I know.

Iris

I don't know if you actually do.

Barry

What does that mean?

Iris

All Wally wants to do is to help people. And to see you do that every day while all he can do is stand by and watch... it's hard being a bystander sometimes.

Barry

You don't... feel that way, too, do you?

Iris

Barry,... c'mon. My contributions here are limited. I don't know science. I don't have powers. I don't know how to help you.

Barry

I couldn't do this without you.

Iris

It's not true.

Barry

That is true. Whether you realize it or not, there is no Flash without Iris West.

Barry

Cait, I know what a risk you took using your powers. Thank you.

Caitlin

I didn't do anything.

Barry

Well, you saved my life.

Caitlin

You've saved mine plenty of times.

Barry

He said his name was Savitar.

H.R.

Hindu god of motion.

Cisco

What? How do you know that?

H.R.

Crossword puzzle wizard. On two planets, I might add. 12 across, 7 letters. Savitar. Bam. Hindu god of motion.

Barry

He said he was God.

Cisco

That's -- that's nice. That's not scary. At all.

Barry

I know that we love you, and we would do everything that we can to help you. You and I, we've been through too much together to let each other down now. Please, let me help you.

Caitlin

Like you helped your mother?

Barry

Caitlin.

Caitlin

Or Wally? Or me? You keep messing with everyone's lives, wrecking everything, and we're left behind to pick up the pieces from your mistakes. Some things you break can't be put back together.

Caitlin

Both of my parents are doctors. It's all I ever wanted to be. Growing up, I used to practice the Hippocratic Oath. I was obsessed with it. If anyone was even going to step on a bug, I would say, "Do no harm." It's built into my DNA. Unfortunately, my DNA isn't what it used to be. So, believe me when I say, answer every one of my questions, or I will harm you and your family.

Iris

Barry, you are an incredible C.S.I. and no one in this building cares more about helping people find justice than you. And that was long before you were The Flash. This lab, it's your life.

Barry

You're my life. Both of you. And Wally and Caitlin and Cisco. If these past few months have taught me anything, it's that I would give up everything I have to keep you all safe. No regrets.

Joe

Every time I think you've run out of ways to be a hero, you show me another one.

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.