The Walking Dead quotes

Gabriel Stokes

We've been praying together. Praying that God will save our town. Well, our prayers have been answered. God will save Alexandria because God has given us the courage to save it ourselves.

Rick Grimes

I was wrong. I thought after living behind these walls for so long that maybe they couldn't learn. But today I saw what they could do, what we could do, if we work together. We'll rebuild the walls. We'll expand the walls. There will be more. There's gotta be more. Everything Deanna was talking about is possible. It's all possible. I see that now. When I was out there with them when it was over when I knew we had this place again I had this feeling. It took me a while to remember what it was because I haven't felt it since before I woke up in that hospital bed. I want to show you the new world, Carl. I want to make it a reality for you. Please, Carl let me show you. Plea-- please, son, don't die.

Abraham Ford

Nibble on that.

Abraham

[to Glenn] When you were, uh, pouring the Bisquick, were you trying to make pancakes?

Abraham

Good gracious, Ignatius.

Rick Grimes

We heard the name Negan. A while back, Daryl and Abraham had a run-in with his men. Who is he?

Negan's the head of a group of people he calls the Saviors. As soon as the walls were built, the Saviors showed up. They met with Gregory on behalf of their boss. They made a lot of demands, even more threats. And he killed one of us-- Rory. He was 16 years old. They beat him to death right in front of us. Said we needed to understand, right off the bat. Gregory's not exactly good at confrontation. He's not the leader I would've chosen, but he helped make this place what it is, and the people like him.

Maggie

He made the deal.

Half of everything. Our supplies, our crops, our livestock, it goes to the Saviors.

Glenn

And what do you get in return?

They don't attack this place. They don't kill us.

Daryl Dixon

Why not just kill them?

Most of the people here don't even know how to fight, even if we had ammo.

Rick Grimes

Well, how many people does Negan have?

We don't know. We've seen groups as big as 20.

Daryl Dixon

Now, hold up. So, they show up, they kill a kid, and you give them half of everything? These dicks just got a good story. The bogeyman, he ain't shit.

Well, how do you know?

Abraham

A month ago, we took his guys out PDQ. Left them in pieces and puddles.

Daryl Dixon

You know, we'll do it. If we go get your man back, kill Negan, take out his boys, will you hook us up? We want food, medicine, and one of them cows.

Rick Grimes

Confrontation's never been something we've had trouble with.

Maggie

You give us supplies, we'll save Craig and take care of Negan and the Saviors, permanently.

I'm sorry, I find this whole conversation pretty funny. I mean, you balked when I proposed that your people work for our supplies, but now isn't that exactly what's happening here? See, I had leverage and I used it. See? It wasn't personal.

Maggie

Yes. We need food. You have it. We're willing to work for it.

Then I'll get supplies for your people.

Maggie

Good.

I'll talk to Jesus and he'll make the arrangements. See, this was fun. Exciting.

Maggie

Half.

Excuse me?

Maggie

Half of what you have. I saw what happened out there. Negan's expecting more supplies from this place. And more and more. And if it keeps going like that, pretty soon you won't have anything left. What happens then? Without ammo, without fighters you'd be a dead man. So half of everything you have right now or the deal's off. You see? I have leverage.

You're some kind of stupid, getting knocked up at a time like this. You think that's funny?

Maggie Greene

When was it ever smart to get knocked up? Women used to just die in childbirth. And they always thought the world was gonna end. Living through it, why would you just give up?

But are you gonna live through it? Anyway, that's cute. Babies are the point. Children are our future. Making bite-size snacks for the dead. The point is to stay standing.

Maggie Greene

No. Walkers do that. I'm choosing something.

Y'all are worse than a bunch of evangelical second graders.

I was a secretary before. I fetched coffee for my boss and made him feel good about himself. I spent most of my days reading stupid inspirational e-mails to try and feel good about myself. There was this one that kept going around. A young woman was having a hard time and told her mom she wanted to give up, so her mom went to the kitchen and started boiling three pots of water. She put a carrot in one, an egg in another, and ground coffee beans in the last one. After they had boiled a while, her mom said, "Look, all three things went through the same boiling water. The carrot went in strong and came out soft. The egg was fragile and came out hard. But the coffee beans changed the water itself." You're supposed to want to be the coffee beans. See, to me, coffee was just a thing that my boss would drink up. No matter how many times I refilled his damn cup, it was just never enough. I was at work when the Army took over DC. We weren't allowed to leave. They had to evacuate all the important people first-- members of Congress, government employees. So I was stuck with my boss. Not my family-- my husband, my four girls. My boss was weak and stupid and he was going to die and he was going to take me down, too. He was the first person I killed so that I could live. I stopped counting when I hit double digits. That's right around the time I stopped feeling bad about it. I am not like you. I'm still me, but better. I lost everything and it made me stronger.

Carol Peletier

You sure about that?

I'm alive.

Carol Peletier

With those people, those killers.

Your people are killers, Carol. That makes you a killer.

Carol Peletier

You-- you're the one.

Excuse me?

Carol Peletier

You're the one who's afraid to die. And you're going to. You will die. It's what's gonna happen if you don't work this out.

Are you going to kill me?

Carol Peletier

I hope not.

Rick Grimes

You wanna make today your last day on Earth?

No. But that is a good thing to bring up. Think about it. What if it's the last day on Earth for you? Or someone you love? What if that's true? Maybe you should be extra nice to those people in that RV. 'Cause you never know... [snaps fingers] Just like that. Be kind to each other. Like you said. Like it was your last day on Earth.

Rick Grimes

You do the same.

[to Rick] Hi. You're Rick, right? I'm Negan. And I do not appreciate you killing my men. Also, when I sent my people to kill your people for killing my people, you killed more of my people. Not cool. Not fuckin' cool! You have no fuckin' idea how not fuckin' cool that shit is, but I think you're gonna be up to speed shortly. Yeah. You are so gonna regret crossing me in a few minutes. [smiles] Fuck yeah you are. You see, Rick, whatever you do, no matter fuckin' what, you don't mess with the New World Order, and the New World Order is this, and it's really very simple so even if you're fuckin' stupid which you very may well be, you can understand it. You ready? Here it goes, pay attention. [aims his baseball bat at Rick] Give me your shit... or I will kill you. Today was career day. We invested a lot so you could know who I am and what I can do. You work for me now. You have shit, you give it to me; that's your job. Now, I know that is a mighty, big, nasty pill to swallow, but swallow it you most certainly motherfuckin' will! You rule the roost. You built something. You thought you were safe. I get it. But the word is out. You are not safe. Not even fuckin' close. In fact, you are fucked. More fucked if you don't do what I want and what I want is half your shit. And if that's too much, you can make, find, or steal more and it'll even out sooner or later. This is your way of life now. The more you fight back, the harder it will be. So, if someone comes to your door... you fuckin' let us in. We own that fucking door. You try to fuckin' stop us and we will fuckin' knock that fucker down. You understand? [holds his ear up to Rick] What? No answer? You don't really think that you were gonna get through this without being punished, now did you? I don't wanna kill you people. Just wanna make that clear from the get go. I want you to work for me. You can't do that if you're fuckin' dead, now can you? I'm not growing a garden. But you killed my people, a whole fuckin' damn shit load of them; more than I'm comfortable with. And for that, well for that you're gonna fuckin' pay. So now... I'm gonna beat the holy fuck, fucking, fuckety fuck outta one of you.