150 Best Emily VanCamp Quotes

Emily: [opening voiceover] Some think intuition is a gift. But it can be a curse, as well. A voice calling us from places that are better left unexplored. An echo of memories that will never die, no matter how hard we try to kill them.

Emily: [closing voiceover] Like life, revenge can be a messy business. And both would be much simpler, if only our heads could figure out which way our hearts will go. But the heart has its reasons, of which reason cannot know.

Emily: [opening voiceover] My father's false imprisonment taught me in that in a crisis, you quickly find out who your real friends are. Tragedy and scandal, it seems, have a unique way of clarifying people's priorities.

Emily: [as they wait for Charlotte who is identifying the body] She's brave... like her sister.
Victoria: Well, there are moments in a person's life that change you forever. And I fear this is one of them for Charlotte.
Emily: Especially since she and her sister had grown so attached.
Victoria: You try to protect your child from all pain. But to not be able to stop what's going on behind those steel doors...
Emily: You must feel so helpless.
Charlotte: [door opens, tearful Charlotte comes running out] Mom...!
[into Mom's arms]
Victoria: Oh, sweetheart...! Baby, I've got you, it's okay.
[holds her sobbing daughter]
Victoria: I'm here. I'm here.

Emily: [closing voiceover] People are fond of saying that you can't unring a bell. And while that may be true, you can certainly smother its ring under the dull roar of conjecture and lies. But some words ring out like church bells, rising above the din, calling us to the truth. Some words are immortal. Long-buried or even burned, they're destined to be reborn, like a phoenix rising from the ashes. And when they do, it can literally take your breath away.

Emily: [opening voiceover] For those who believe in resurrection, death is inconsequential. It's not an ending, but rather a new beginning... a second chance. A reunion. But the very idea of resurrection is so seductive a concept, it's easy to forget, before you can rise from the dead... you have to spend a few days in hell.

Nolan: Rough day at the office?
Emily: He's one of them, Nolan. Conrad confessed everything to Daniel before the interview.
Nolan: "Everything" everything?
Emily: Daniel could've come clean. He could've... ended the whole thing. But instead...
Nolan: He doubled down on Grayson. So what are you gonna do now?
Emily: I'm gonna marry him. And I'm gonna track down the man who killed my father.
Nolan: And what are you gonna do when you find him?
Emily: I'm gonna kill him.

Emily: [opening voiceover] Darkness scares us. We yearn for the comfort of light, as it provides shape and form, allowing us to recognize, to define what's before us. But what is it we're afraid of, really? Not the darkness itself, but the truth we know hides within.

Emily: [opening voiceover] For those who believe in resurrection, death is inconsequential. It's not an ending, but rather a new beginning... a second chance. A reunion.
Kara: [driving, singing along with car radio, slapping steering wheel rhythmically, looking over to her earnest little daughter on passenger seat] Come on. My voice isn't that bad.
5: Daddy said you were sick.
Kara: [smiles] I'm all better now that I'm with you.
5: Where is Daddy?
Kara: Oh, don't worry, baby.
[reaching over to her]
Kara: We're on vacation!
[child laughs]
Emily: [voiceover continuing] But the very idea of resurrection is so seductive a concept, it's easy to forget before you can rise from the dead...
Victoria: [nightmare vision] ... you have to spend a few days in hell!

Emily: I've retraced every step Amanda made. The computer's nowhere to be found.
Nolan: Well, nothing's pinged on my end, so no one's turned the computer on, which means the Graysons don't have it, either. And they may be losing Daniel, too.
Emily: What do you mean?
Nolan: Well, he came over here in person to tell me to destroy Carrion. Threatened to break my digital kneecaps if I didn't comply.
Emily: He's having a crisis of conscience.
Nolan: Or maybe he's just freaked out to realize he's actually got one.

Emily: [opening voiceover] Sacrifice, by its strictest definition, takes something precious in exchange for the appeasement of a higher power. An abiding devotion to a cause that cannot be satisfied with a simple promise. Because an oath, no matter how solemn, asks nothing in return. While true sacrifice... demands unspeakable loss.

Emily: And now you've sabotaged our alliance because you fell for a hooker.

Newscaster: All five New York City boroughs and additional outlying areas have been completely powerless for going on five hours. Thus far, authorities are at a loss to explain how multiple power grids, in addition to numerous communication networks could have all failed at once...
Nolan: Carrion.
Aiden: But I thought the only person with the ability to activate the program was the Falcon. How could she do that if she's behind bars?
Emily: She didn't have to. You did it for her.
Nolan: Emily's right. The Falcon must have altered Carrion so that when we hacked the Amanda Clarke Foundation...
Aiden: It triggered the chain reaction.
Emily: And she made sure that you used Aiden's administration code to set everything in motion. Everything that we did to prevent this...
Aiden: Will now prove that I caused it.
Nolan: And we don't even know what they're going to do while the lights are out. This could be catastrophic!
Emily: Aiden, you need to go dark.
Aiden: No, I can take care of this...
Emily: [interrupting] No, you listen to me. I have been through this before. I'm not gonna sit back and watch the Initiative turn you into their next David Clarke.

Emily: [opening voiceover] For the average person leading an ordinary life, fame holds an hypnotic attraction. Many would soon perish than exist in anonymity. But for the unlucky few who've had notoriety forced upon them, infamy can be a sentence more damning than any prison term.

Nolan: Hmm. When does everything ever go right for the host of a Hamptons party with you on the guest list?
Emily: [looking back] I heard that.
Nolan: 'Course you did.

Emily: Victoria's behind this, I'm sure of it. She's terrified that my father will learn the truth about her, so she put a police line between us.
Nolan: Well, it definitely sounds like her shade of bitch.

Emily: Jack saw the tape, Nolan. What the hell happened?

Mason: So I was right. You really are the brains behind this Machiavellian scheme.
Emily: You were this close, Mason.
[gesturing with thumb and forefinger]
Emily: But you missed the one thing that's been right under your nose the whole time. She's not Amanda Clarke.
Mason: [slowly dawns on him] You are?
Emily: [grinning] Hmm.

Emily: [closing voiceover] We all have secrets we keep locked away from the rest of the world. Friendships we pretend, relationships we hide. But worst of all is the love we never let show. The most dangerous secrets a person can bury are those we keep from ourselves.

Emily: Victoria was lying about working with the government to bring down Conrad. Whatever she's planning, it has to involve Charlotte somehow.
Nolan: Well, unfortunately Charlotte's in lock-down at Dr. Doom's sober house.

Ashley: [to Victoria] We volunteered together at the Met this winter. Apparently, being a sustaining patron just wasn't enough for Emily.
Emily: I try to give back as much as I can.

Nolan: [showing Emily the video of Frank's attempted murder of Lydia] That thud you hear... is the sound of Lydia hitting the roof of the taxi five stories down.
Emily: I can't believe she survived.
Nolan: I can't believe I survived.
Frank: [on the video] Victoria, it's Frank. I have some bad news to report. Lydia Davis just jumped off her balcony. Call me when you get this.
Nolan: You know, if I'd shown up one minute earlier, that psychopath would've caught me.
Emily: Yeah, but he didn't. And you made it out with the list and the video camera.
Nolan: [handing Emily the photograph Lydia was going to use to expose her] And this.
Emily: We got lucky.
Nolan: You might want to revisit your definition of "lucky" in the dictionary. Lydia might die because of us.
Emily: If Lydia dies, it's because she sold her soul to the Graysons. This wasn't supposed to happen. I didn't set any of this in motion, they did.
Nolan: Fine. Let's say she survives. Wakes up tomorrow remembering only one thing: this picture. Eventually, someone's gonna find you out.
Emily: Not if they believe it's all been Frank. As far as the Graysons know... Lydia attempted suicide. When they see this video, they'll know that Frank lied to them.
Nolan: Let's send a copy to the police.
Emily: No police. Frank dug his own grave. All we need is for Victoria and Conrad to bury him in it.

Emily: [opening voiceover] Penance is a sacrifice. A voluntary punishment to show remorse for a sin. The more grievous the sin, the greater the self-inflicted suffering. For some, the ultimate penance is death. But for others, it is simply a means to an end.

Emily: Lydia, hi. How are you? It's been a long time.
Lydia: Not that long. I want my house back.
Emily: Pardon me?
Lydia: This cottage is one of the few things that still connects me to the life that I lost the weekend I met you. I handpicked nearly every piece of decor in this place.
Emily: And your taste is impeccable, which is exactly why I paid double the asking price, to make sure it came fully furnished.
Lydia: I'm contesting the sale. I was technically on the deed and in spite of what you stumbled onto between me and Conrad at the South Fork Inn, my ex-husband had no legal right to sell.
Emily: I'm sorry for what happened to you, Lydia, and I get that you're upset, but the money from the sale should more than compensate for your loss.
Lydia: And what could a girl like you possibly know about loss?
Emily: If you want to give me your new address, I'd be happy to pack up a few things for you and ship them.
Lydia: I'm not here to get my things back. I'm here to get my life back. And no one, least of all a nosy troublemaker with a penchant for turning my world upside down, is gonna get in the way of that. We all have our South Fork Inn, Emily. I just made it my mission to find yours.

Emily: [closing voiceover] For those who believe in the resurrection, death is inconsequential. In the resurrection, those that were dead live, and those who live believe they shall never die.

Power: [on the phone] Start lining up our buyers. Super Soldiers might be off the menu, but we're about to have full access to government secrets, prototype weapons, you name it. Should be something for everyone.

Emily: [closing voiceover] When at a crossroads, my father was fond of saying "Go with your gut." Intuition, he said, always has our best interests at heart. It is a voice that can tell us who is friend and who is foe. Which ones to hold at arm's length, and which ones to keep close. But too often, we become distracted by fear, doubt, our own stubborn hopes, and refuse to listen.

Emily: For the innocent, the past may hold a reward... But for the treacherous, it's only a matter of time before the past delivers what they truly deserve.

[last lines]
Emily: [Jack is aiming to shoot] Jack, don't do it!
Conrad: [down below, calling out to his supporters] Thank you!
Jack: Emily, go away, this has nothing to do with you.
Emily: It had everything to do with me. If I had only left you alone from the beginning, none of this would be happening.
[tearfully: ]
Emily: Don't throw your life away because of the choices I have made.
Jack: What choices? What are you talking about?
Emily: Jack, look at me.
[he does, he is no longer aiming at Conrad]
Emily: Deep down inside you've always known the truth.
[Jack looks at Emily and sees young Amanda]
Emily: I'm Amanda Clarke.

Emily: [closing voiceover] Adversity creates unexpected alliances, but treaties of this nature seldom form with an equality of power. Loyalties forged in apprehension and mistrust are tenuous at best. Easily broken when held up to the unforgiving light of the truth. But in the darkness of our most desperate hours, it's often these loyalties that lend us the strength to do what we know must be done. A conflicted heart feeds on doubt and confusion. It will make you question your path, your tactics, your motives. When you stare ahead and darkness is all you see, only reason and determination can pull you back from the abyss.

Emily: Death is a thief, It takes and keeps all that a person is, that a person was. And when death takes from us someone as extraordinary as Amanda, it takes with it not just her past, but who she was to us every day. Amanda was special but she never had it easy. A childhood torn from her, rough adolescence, and a damning identity that was thrust upon her, which she bore with dignity until she made herself a new name, Amanda Porter. A name that was her own, free from the bonds of history, looking forward to a man who loved her for all her strengths and all her weakness. Amanda, all of us here today embraced you and we love you. We will protect the husband and child that you level behind, the sister that you were just getting to know. and we will greet every new day as a gift, approaching it with the same bravery and determination with which you lived your entire life.

Emily: [closing voiceover] Sacrifice demands the surrender of things we cherish above all else. Only out of the agony of those losses can a new resolution be born... An undying devotion to a cause greater than one's self... And a moral duty to see a journey through... to its absolute completion.

Emily: [closing voiceover] To successfully create illusion, the first thing you need is trust. But to perfect an illusion, the false reality must appear as authentic as the one it hides. Careful attention must be paid to every detail. The slightest of imperfections can, like a pin to a balloon, burst the illusion. And the truth behind the illusion becomes revealed.

Emily: [opening voiceover] As Hamlet said to Ophelia, "God has given you once face, and you make yourself another." The battle between these two halves of identity... who we are and who we pretend to be... is unwinnable.

Emily: [opening voiceover] Destiny... to believe that a life is meant for a single purpose, one must also believe in a common fate. Father to daughter, brother to sister, mother to child, blood ties can be as unyielding as they are eternal. But it is our bonds of choice that truly light the road we travel... love versus hatred, loyalty against betrayal. A person's true destiny can only be revealed at the end of his journey. And the story I have to tell is far from over.

Charlotte: Ugh, don't talk to me about overexposure. You saw the video of me and my friend Regina.
Emily: Yes, I did. What were you thinking?
Charlotte: I wasn't. I keep wishing Amanda were here. She'd know what I was going through.

Mason: [introducing himself to the little girl] Leo Treadwell.
[holds out his hand]
Mason: I'm a journalist. How do you like it here, Amanda?
[no response]
Mason: I'm told that your prior foster home was destroyed by a fire. How terrible.
Young: Sometimes bad things happen to good people.
Mason: Indeed. I'm here because your father says he's innocent, that he didn't do what they're saying.
Young: But they proved it in court.
Mason: Courts have been known to make mistakes. Do you think they made a mistake, Amanda?
Young: [lowers her head, whispering confidentially] I have to say he's guilty, or they'll put me away, just like him.
Mason: I am not gonna let that happen.
Young: [looks around to see if anybody's watching, then takes a chance and retrieves photograph of her Dad from hiding place] I keep this here where they can't find it. I don't think he did it.
Mason: I don't either. How'd you like to help me rescue your father?
Emily: [back in the present, relaying to Nolan] But the book he published might as well have been written by the Graysons. All the same lies. What's worse, is he made me believe them.

Daniel: [arriving home to find girlfriend there] Emily?
Emily: Hi!
Daniel: Hi! What's going on?
Emily: Honey, your mother invited me over for tea.
Victoria: [at the sight of her son's drenched after-sport physique] Daniel, for God's sake, pull yourself together! You're a sweaty brute!
Daniel: [to Emily] My apologies. Had I known my mother had summoned you, I'd have looked at least 50% less brutish.
Emily: No, it's fine. I should get going, really. I have to work out some issues with my realtor. Things got a little aggressive in our bidding war today.
[picks up cellphone, checks e-mail]
Victoria: [false] Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. Will you be on the hunt for a fallback rental, or are you headed back to the city?
Emily: Actually, as of this e-mail, I have just become the new owner of the beach house.
[causing Victoria obvious disappointment]
Daniel: That's great news. Congratulations.
Emily: Thank you.
Daniel: Now how about I make good on that date and take you out to celebrate?
Emily: That sounds great. How about tomorrow?
Daniel: Yeah, tomorrow's perfect. I know just the place. Come on, I'll walk you out.
Emily: Thank you so much for the tea, Mrs. Grayson. I can't tell you how much I enjoyed this.
[Victoria looks at her, contemplating her next move]

Aiden: I owe you an apology.
Emily: The only thing you owe me tonight is your absence.

Sharon: Margaret Carter was known to most as the founder of S.H.I.E.L.D. But I just know her as Aunt Peggy. She had a photograph in her office: Aunt Peggy standing next to JFK. As a kid that was pretty cool. But it was a lot to live up to, which is why I never told anyone we were related. I asked her once how she managed to master diplomacy and espionage at a time when no one wanted to see a woman succeed at either. And she said, "Compromise where you can. Where you can't, don't. Even if everyone is telling you that something wrong is something right. Even if the whole world is telling you to move, it is your duty to plant yourself like a tree, look them in the eye, and say, 'No, *you* move'."

Emily: [opening voiceover] Some say that our lives are defined by the sum of our choices. But it isn't really our choices that distinguish who we are. It's our commitment to them.

Nolan: [looking at computer screen] Exhibit A, Twitter's debating what people are supposed to call you now. #Amanda or #Emily?
Amanda: Emily Thorne no longer exists.
Nolan: It's the end of an era.

Sharon: You're gonna have to hurry.
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Emily: [opening voiceover] If we choose to, we can live in a world of comforting illusion. We can allow ourselves to be deceived by false realities... or we can use them to hide our true intentions.

Nolan: What's my little girl with the infinity tattoo up to today?
Emily: Suddenly, she's thinking of filing a restraining order.
Nolan: Yeah, well, isn't that the pot calling the kettle black? So... what irons are we throwing in the fire this week?
Emily: We are not throwing anything anywhere. I am going for a swim.
Nolan: Ha! I thought you might say that. You know, it wouldn't, uh... it wouldn't kill you to try and be nice to me.
Emily: Not part of the plan.
Nolan: Certainly hasn't stopped you from cozying up to Daniel Grayson.
Emily: That's because he actually *is* part of the plan.

Emily: [closing voiceover] Over time, we commit acts with intentions, either good or bad, that require forgiveness.

Emily: [closing voiceover] My father wrote "Always question where your loyalties lie. The people you trust will expect it, your greatest enemies will desire it, and those you treasure the most will, without fail, abuse it." Some say loyalty inspires boundless hope. And while that may be, there is a catch. True loyalty takes years to build. And only seconds to destroy.

Emily: [opening voiceover] Defense lawyers use the term "duress" to describe the use of force, coercion, or psychological pressure exerted on a client in the commission of a crime. When duress is applied to the emotionally unstable, the result can be as violent as it is unpredictable.

Emily: Now go before someone sees you. Victoria watches this place like a hawk.
Nolan: I also did some research into your collateral damage. Seems Dr. Bates wasn't always the go-to shrink for the rich and demented. She began her road to infamy as a court-appointed child psychologist.
[grinning: ]
Nolan: Random coincidence?
Emily: Nothing's random, Nolan.
Nolan: Well, you can be satisfied the good doctor will never practice again.
Emily: [resolutely] Count on it.

Emily: [opening voiceover] Clarence Darrow, one of history's greatest lawyers, once noted "There is no such thing as justice, in or out of court." Perhaps because justice is a flawed concept that ultimately comes down to the decision of twelve people. People with their own experiences, prejudices, feelings about what defines right and wrong. Which is why, when the system fails us, we must go out and seek our own justice.

Emily: How did I get so far off track?

Nolan: Your dad was protecting you.
Emily: From what?
Nolan: Open the box.

Emily: [closing voiceover] Justice, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. Some see an innocent victim. Others will see evil incarnate getting exactly what's deserved.

Emily: [closing voiceover] Duress impacts relationships in one of two ways. It either tears people apart... or strengthens their connection, binding them tightly in a common objective.

Emily: [closing voiceover] Power can be hoarded by the mighty, or stolen from the innocent. Power provides the ability to choose... but has a proclivity for corruption. The use of power is not to be taken lightly... for it is never without consequence.

Nolan: You scare me.
Emily: Good.

Emily: [opening voiceover] Years ago, I met a boy who introduced me to a book, "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell". In it, William Blake writes "If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite." But in reality, our perception is often clouded. By expectations. By experiences. As of late, I find my perception is blinded by only one thing: revenge.

[first lines]
Emily: When I was a little my understanding of revenge was as simple as the Sunday school proverbs it hid behind. Neat little morality slogans, like 'Do unto others' and 'Two wrongs don't make a right.' But two wrongs can never make a right because two wrongs can never equal each other. For the truly wronged real satisfaction can only be found in one of two places absolute forgiveness or mortal vindication. This is not a story about forgiveness."

Emily: [opening voiceover] In a race between danger and indecision, the difference between life and death comes down to confidence. Faith in our abilities, certainty in ourselves, and the trust we put in others.

Falcon: [over the radio] Do I hear Sharon?
Bucky: Unfortunately
Sharon: Hey, Sam. I thought I'd get the band back together.
Falcon: hank you. You're risking a lot coming here.
Sharon: I hear pardons aren't all they're cracked up to be anyway.
Bucky: Depends on the therapist.

Louise: [shaking head] How could Nolan have such faith in me when I had no faith in myself?
Emily: 'Cause that's who Nolan is.

Emily: [closing voiceover] Nature can be cruel. Predators are everywhere. Those who don't need to be protected from outside forces often need to be protected from themselves. In society, women are referred to as "the fairer sex". But in the wild, the female species can be far more ferocious than their male counterparts. Defending the nest is both our oldest and strongest instinct. And sometimes, it can also be the most gratifying.

Emily: [opening voiceover] There comes a moment in each of our lives when the control that keeps us sane slips through our fingers. Most of us aim to seize it back. The best way to fight chaos is with chaos.

Daniel: Come on, give me a reason. And I want to know the truth!
Emily: [furious] How dare you demand the truth? You're right, Daniel, I'm not an idiot. I know exactly what happened this morning.
Daniel: And this was in retaliation? Did you stop for a second to think why I helped my father?
Emily: Does it matter? It's disgusting!
[he scoffs and turns away]
Emily: I thought you were better than Conrad, but you're just as wrapped up in his lies.
Daniel: Yeah, right, 'cause you're such an open book.
[she slings her bag over her shoulder]
Daniel: Where are you going?
Emily: I'm not doing this.
Daniel: You walk out that door and I'm not gonna be here when you get back.
Emily: Then don't forget to turn on the alarm.

Sara: [relaxing by pool, in bikini, chatting on phone] I'd love to go to Aunt Gina's jewelry party. Just, the thing is, work has me slammed right now. Ma, please don't say I'm blowing you off.
[Emily appears]
Sara: Uh, look, I gotta hop. A customer's giving me the stink-eye. Yeah.
Emily: It's one thing to deliver a wake-up call to my husband and his mistress, but I have too much self-respect to watch you lounge by our pool. You have to go now.
Sara: Well, Daniel asked me to stay, and I'm sticking by him.
Emily: I won't let you destroy my marriage.
Sara: Don't you think this is sad, Emily? For you, I mean. He doesn't love you.
Emily: Oh, that's a cheap shot, Sara.
[smiles, sits down next to her]
Emily: I'm trying to handle this with dignity.
Sara: After pulling the most pathetic stunt ever? Faking a pregnancy to lock a guy down.
[looks away in disdain]
Emily: Daniel's pushing his boundaries with me.
Sara: Hmm.
Emily: And after the pain I caused him, it's understandable. Right now, your earthiness is what's catching his eye. But you don't fit in here.
Sara: Hmm. I'm actually proud of that.
Emily: Until people find out about you and start judging him.
Sara: Because I'm trash? Is that what you're saying?
[as: ]
Sara: Excuse me? A glass of Cristal please.

Emily: [closing voiceover] Some people struggle to understand their own guilt, unwilling or unable to justify the part they play in it. Others run away from their guilt, shedding their conscience until there's no conscience left at all. But I run toward my guilt. I feed off of it. I need it. My father died never knowing if I would ever come to believe his innocence. For me, guilt is one of the few lanterns that still light my way.

Emily: [to Victoria, in the cemetery] I should kill you right now. I'd get away with it. No one would miss you. No one would mourn you. You destroy everyone who gets close.

Amanda: [gun pointed at her mortal enemy] Oh, for once, you're right about something, Victoria. Unlike you, I've never killed anybody. I believe that the people who hurt my family deserve to live in agony, not pay with their lives, but you... You... are the one exception. For you, death is my only true revenge.

Emily: Tyler never showed up for dinner. I'm impressed. How'd you do it?
Nolan: Well, I can't take all the credit. I took a page from the angel of revenge herself. Dug up some dirt, used it for leverage.
Emily: What's the dirt?
Nolan: Suffice it to say our boy is a bit of a con man. What he doesn't know is you can't con a con.

Charlotte: [handing him the wedding invitation] Here you go, Jack.
[whispering: ]
Charlotte: So much for your break from Emily Thorne.
[to: ]
Charlotte: Good night.
Emily: Night.
Jack: [after Charlotte leaves] I can't believe you're still going through with this!
[throws the invitation down in front of Emily]

Emily: One thing you can count on. I never forget.

Nolan: I'm just hoping that your secret plan is to make your debut there as Amanda Clarke.
Emily: Sorry. I'm Emily Thorne, and it's simply a party. After what the Graysons put us through, don't you think we deserve one?

Connie: [TV interview] Do you think it's all over now?
Amanda: I pray that it is. But deep down inside, I know it's not. Victoria, if you're watching, it is in your hands to end this.

Emily: I don't know what you're talking about. But you should get out. You're not welcome here.
Tyler: [wants the evidence] Give it to me now, you bitch!
[lunges forward at her]
Emily: [shoving him away] Get the hell out of my face! You know the Graysons can't stand you? Leaching off of them all summer, who can blame them? Daniel told me you've always given him the creeps, and even Ashley thinks you're a lying hypocrite. And as for me, well, I've always seen you for exactly what you are.
[while keping him enraged, sneaks Frank's wallet into his coat pocket]
Emily: An impotent little misfit who's gonna spend the rest of his life on the outside looking in.
[turns her back on him disdainfully, starts walking away]
Tyler: [finds handgun and aims it at her back] Emily...

Emily: [driving] If you want, I could wait for you while you talk to your mother, drive you home after. Assuming you're going back to the Hamptons.
[Charlotte's mulling events over]
Emily: Or you're welcome to stay with me.
Charlotte: That's really nice, Emily. But the truth is my mother and I are supposed to leave the country. She wants to start a new life, change our names, just disappear. Only now that my father has drained my bank accounts, I don't know what we're going to do.
Emily: I don't think that Victoria will care about the money as long as she has you.

Nicolette: You think you can just kiss me and...
Conrad: I will do whatever it takes to get you back.

Emily: [opening voiceover] Absolution is the most powerful form of forgiveness. A full pardon from suspicion and accountability. It's the liberation of a stolen future. A future my father never lived to see. Absolution is a mercy the people who killed him will never know.

Emily: [opening voiceover] In its purest form, a union becomes part of our very essence. But when that bond is broken... our essence is forever changed.

Nolan: Ding, dong, the bitch is dead.
[sighs]
Nolan: Victoria Grayson has actually taken her last breath.
Amanda: It's hard to believe, but... the coroner confirmed it.

Emily: Why didn't you listen to me Daniel? I told you to run! Why didn't you run... You're going to be okay Daniel, you're going to be okay...
Daniel: You're still lying to me...
Emily: I want you to know it wasn't all a lie... Not with you...
Daniel: I know, I know...
[dies]

Emily: [opening voiceover] Engagement can be a commitment to love, or a declaration of war. One must enter every battle without hesitation, willing to fully engage the enemy, till death do you part.

Emily: [opening voiceover] For the righteous, a revelation is a joyous event, the realization of a divine truth. But for the wicked, revelations can be far more terrifying, when dark secrets are exposed and sinners are punished for their trespasses.

Charlotte: [bridal shower speech] And it took some time for my brother to find someone who'd put up with him. And I get that. He can be annoying.
[laughter]
Charlotte: But he's still my best friend. So, Emily, be good to him, or you'll have me to deal with.
[raising: ]
Charlotte: To Daniel and Emily!
all: To Daniel and Emily!
man: [calling out from crowd] Cheers!
Charlotte: [stepping down from podium] I see you drank to that. Refills?
Daniel: I'll get us all one.
Emily: That was lovely, Charlotte. Thank you.
Charlotte: [veiled warning] I meant every word.

Emily: [closing voiceover] Some say that to believe in destiny is to dismiss the role of free will. That self-determination cannot prevail in the presence of fate. When the truth is, the only part of destiny we can control is the fate we choose for another.

Emily: [Padma has been captured by the Initiative] I feel like I failed you. Nolan, there was no way I could have made it there on time.
Nolan: It wouldn't have mattered anyway. They have been ahead of us every step of the way. And now... they'll probably kill her, if they haven't already. And I told her... Ems... I promised her I would keep her safe.
Emily: Nolan, look at me... I don't know if Padma's still alive... but I do know that if she is, you are the only person that can find her.
Nolan: I should've let Aiden shoot...!
Emily: Don't say that. Did you... track the source of the text?
Nolan: [despondent] I tried. The encryption's insane. It's gonna take weeks!
Emily: Then, Nolan, you need to get started. Look at me, I know that you are hurting. But you need to stop blaming yourself, get on your computer, and dig until you find them. And I swear to God, when you do, I will help you save her. I give you my word.

Lydia: You must come from a family of polar bears. Because that water is ice cold.
Emily: Only at first, then you can't feel anything.
Lydia: Sounds like my marriage.

Emily: There's only one explanation. There's one secret that I kept. And it has cost the ones I love more than I ever wanted. I am David Clarke's daughter. I am Amanda Clarke.

Gordon: I trust you had a pleasant nap, Miss Clarke. Rather than waste my time on a wild goose chase, I thought I'd give you the opportunity to tell me where you've hidden Grayson's evidence. In return, I may even let your friend here live.
Emily: Actually, he doesn't concern me.
Nolan: [sarcastically] Gee, don't surgarcoat it, Ems.
Gordon: Well, if that's the case, I take back my offer.
[Murphy advances on Nolan with a scalpel in hand]
Emily: The evidence that you want is in locker 428 at the Port Authority bus terminal. The orange key from my keychain will open it.
Gordon: If that's true, what's to stop me from killing you right now?
Emily: I could be lying.
Nolan: She's really quite good at it.

Emily: [opening voiceover] A person's true identity can often be difficult to discern... even to themselves. Causing one to question their character, their calling, their very existence. For most, time provides clarity. But for others, these questions remain unanswered. For an identity cannot be fully defined, when it is a guarded secret.

Emily: Amanda Clarke no longer exists.

Emily: [as he wakes up next to her] Hi.
Daniel: How is it possible for you to wake up looking this good?
Emily: It isn't. You're just half asleep.
Daniel: Come here. I like this dream.

Emily: [the mysterious figure on the balcony turns out to be...] Lydia!
Lydia: [to Victoria and Emily] Don't just stand there. Zip me up!

Emily: It just means she's as good at hiding her secrets as I am.
Nolan: Or maybe it means she's not dirty. I already feel douche-baggy enough after what I did to Louise. She did not deserve it. I sure as hell am not gonna do the same thing to an FBI agent. They hold grudges. And arrest warrants.

Emily: Charlotte?
Charlotte: Shh...
[baby Carl is asleep]
Emily: Oh. Sorry. I just wanted to come and check in and see how you were doing. I haven't heard from you in a couple of days.
Charlotte: [eyes wet] I guess I'm more private than the rest of my family.
Emily: I heard your Dad's making a statement today.
Charlotte: [exhales] I know.
[scoffs]
Charlotte: Of all days. I feel like I was just getting to know her. I still had so many questions. She had this whole past I knew nothing about. And I hate that there will only be a few people coming to her funeral.
Emily: It's all the people that mattered to her. That's all that counts.
Charlotte: I guess you're right. She just deserved such a fuller life.
Emily: Well, I just wanted to check in. I'll see you at the service.
[turns to leave]
Charlotte: Emily. She was lucky to have a friend like you.
[Emily nods wordlessly, turns, leaves]

Nolan: What now, revenger?
Emily: Let the punishment fit the crime. Victoria took my mother away from me. It's time I took her daughter away from her.

Nolan: I don't think my employees have any respect for me.
Emily: Why would they? You're not wearing pants.
Nolan: Well, I mean, they don't know that. You know, I once did a video interview with Katie Couric butt-naked in my jacuzzi. She had no idea.

Emily: [opening voiceover] To carry a secret is to play with fire. Try to pass it on, and you risk hurting someone else. Hold on to it... and eventually, you'll get burned.

Nolan: I guess sometimes payback's not a bitch. Although I imagine it will be for New York's first and worst family. What do you have on tap?
Emily: A long summer of fun.
Nolan: Beginning with tomorrow's Memorial Day party?
Emily: And if everything goes as planned, it'll be the last one the Graysons ever attend.
[clinks Nolan's glass with devilish smile]

David: Do you remember how happy we were when we first came here?
Emily: The devil can have it!

Emily: [opening voiceover] They say the best-laid plans often go awry. Because no matter how detailed the preparation, a plan will always have a weak point. And there will always be those looking to exploit it... to doom a plan to failure, and the perpetrator along with it.

Emily: [opening voiceover] In every life, there comes a day of reckoning, a time when unsettled scores demand their retribution. And our own lies and transgressions are finally laid bare.

Emily: [opening voiceover] Some believe confession helps a guilty soul find peace releasing us from the shame and regret of our mistakes. In the face of mortality, many feel the need to seek this closure to make things right. Because if death doesn't kill us, our demons will.

Emily: [closing voiceover] Chaos, by its very definition, cannot be controlled. Once introduced, all order and intention is rendered useless. The outcome of chaos can never be predicted. The only certainty it brings... is the devastation it leaves in its wake.

Emily: I wasn't expecting to see you here, Victoria.
Victoria: Well, I can only hope it comes as a terrible disappointment to you.

Emily: It's kind of fun being your wing-man.
[chuckles]
Nolan: I taught you well, Grasshopper.

Satoshi: You've already failed to kill the murderer of your father. Who's to say he won't come for you again?
Emily: I'm counting on it, Takeda. He might be the only person left who knows what happened to her.
Satoshi: You would throw away your training on the unsupported assumption that your mother remains alive.
Emily: Dead or alive, I'm gonna find out what happened to her, and when I do... God help the people who kept me from her, and that includes you.

Emily: [closing voiceover] To properly do penance, one must express contrition for one's sins, and perform acts to repair the damage caused by those transgressions. It is only when those acts are complete that the slate can truly be wiped clean, and amnesty gives way to a new beginning.

Charlotte: I can't believe I'm gonna be an aunt again. I'm sure it will be a little girl. And just think, she and Carl will grow up together, play on the beach. I'm sure they'll be best friends.
Emily: [without enthusiasm] Sounds wonderful.
Charlotte: I'm gonna go check and make sure my folks are here, and give you some time alone.
[starts to go]
Emily: [sighs deeply] Charlotte.
[pulls her back]
Emily: I love you.
Charlotte: I love you, too, my almost sister.
[chuckles, they kiss]

Emily: Nolan, we don't call the police.
Nolan: Why not? Oh... because maybe the henchman wasn't working for Victoria alone. Maybe Little Arson Annie was behind this, too.
[makes a face]
Nolan: She's not my sister.
Emily: I promised to help Charlotte. I'm not going to sic the cops on her.
Nolan: What? So she gets another spin on the murder wheel? How many?

Sharon: [hands Sam a voucher] The receipt for your gear.
Sam: Bird costume? Come on.
Sharon: I didn't write it.

Charlotte: [showing the patient wedding photographs] You looked so beautiful. It was like a real-life fairy-tale.
[scoffs]
Charlotte: You've gotta remember something.
Emily: [whispers] I don't.
Charlotte: I know you will. You're my inspiration, Emily. I've always relied on your strength to get me through tough times. I just wish I knew where you got it from.
Emily: [exhales deeply, sighs] My father...
Charlotte: You remember him?
Emily: [nods] Yes.
Charlotte: That's good, Emily. What's his name? Tell me.
Emily: David. His name is David Clarke.
[causing Charlotte to look puzzled]

Nolan: Right, the gospel according to Emily, "sin unto others as you've had sinned unto you."
Emily: Right.
Nolan: This time, I just, I just... I kind of think you're going too far. If you cannot forgive Paul, how do you expect to be forgiven?
Emily: I don't. Look, I have two months before the wedding, which means I'm not pulling any punches.
Nolan: [wry smile] Just check your soul, Emily Thorne, 'cause once you start taking down kittens, I'm out.

Emily: [closing voiceover] Just as there are two sides to every story, there are two sides to every person... one that we reveal to the world, and another we keep hidden inside. A duality governed by the balance of light and darkness. Within each of us is the capacity for both good and evil. But those who are able to blur the moral dividing line hold the true power.

Charlotte: All this time, why didn't you tell me?
Emily: Believe me, I wanted to. Every part of me... wanted to, but... I had to protect you... and I think... after everything I'd done, part of me felt that I didn't... deserve you. But then I saw you today, and I recognized that pain.

Victoria: Don't hurt my son, Emily. You'll live to regret it if you do.
Emily: The last thing I want is for Daniel to get injured in any of this. Assuming that you feel the same way, I think it's time that we work out our differences.
Victoria: Yeah, I think we can both do that for Daniel's sake.
Emily: Victoria. I'm glad we had this talk. I really want to make things right between us. Especially because there's a chance that we could be family some day.
[Victoria just smiles coldly, and leaves]
Emily: Bye.
[smiling to herself]

Emily: I'm surprised to see you're not voting alongside your husband.
Victoria: And I wish I could say we're equally surprised to see you here unannounced in my home.
Emily: I just wanted to see if Conrad was planning to go through with his party, seeing as... Jack is still missing.
Victoria: [looks worn] Well, the party will go on, and Conrad will be there, front and center.
[laughs]
Emily: But not you.
Victoria: You'll soon learn
[sighs]
Victoria: that there are limits to what a woman is willing to endure for appearances.
Emily: Meaning?
Victoria: You and Daniel. Whatever your reasons for marrying him, you'll never convince me it is for love. And by and by, you will grow tired of perpetuating this charade. Until one morning you will wake up hollow, with nothing but regret and misery to fill your days.
[takes a sip of wine]

Nolan: You crossed the line, Emily. How could you do that to me?
Emily: If you mean that recording of you and Tyler, you'll thank me one day I did you a favor.
Nolan: But I trusted you.
Emily: You can't build trust on secrets, Nolan. You should know that by now.

Sharon: I hear pardons aren't all they're cracked up to be anyway.
Bucky: Depends on the therapist.

Emily: I need your help.
Charlotte: Why would I ever help you?
Emily: Our problems are not the issue right now. Our father is. Please... I need to see him alone.
Charlotte: Why don't you just scale the building, knock down the door? I doubt a little police barricade can stop you.
Emily: I would do that, but that's not exactly how I wanna reunite with our father.
Charlotte: Oh, I get it. You want me to pave the way for your triumphant return.
[goes to elevator]
Charlotte: I think I'll pass.
[presses button]
Emily: Are you sure you want to side with your mother on this? Who do you think was behind the attack today?
Charlotte: [angrily] No. She loves David. She would never hurt him.
[enters elevator]
Emily: Charlotte, you and I both know that your mother will do whatever it takes to get what she wants. Including putting our father's life at risk. She is manipulating him. God, Charlotte, she took him to what was supposed to be my grave. Do you know how painful that must have been for him? We have to stop her. Please... I just wanna tell him the truth.
[elevator door closes between them, but clearly, this has struck home with Charlotte]

Nolan: You spared Victoria's life? Again?
Emily: As many times as I've considered it, you know that death was never my intention. Too much blood has been spilled, Daniel's included. So, for my father's sake and mine, we're gonna leave the Hamptons.

Emily: [closing voiceover] Every plan has a fatal flaw. Sometimes it's the heart... even in those who are supposed to be the most careful. But a careful nature doesn't always ensure success. When a plan is built on an unstable foundation, failure is not only a possibility, it's a certainty.

Emily: [closing voiceover] Absolution is the washing away of sin. The promise of rebirth. And the chance to escape the transgressions of those who came before us. The best among us will learn from the mistakes of the past, while the rest seem doomed to repeat them. And then there are those who operate on the fringes of society, unburdened by the confines of morality and conscience. A ruthless breed of monsters whose deadliest weapon is their ability to hide in plain sight. If the people I've come to bring justice to cannot be bound by the quest for absolution, then neither will I.

Emily: [opening voiceover] They say let he who is without sin cast the first stone. And to be without sin requires absolute forgiveness. But when your memories are freshly opened wounds, forgiveness is the most unnatural of human emotions.

Emily: I hope you didn't cut your trip short just so you could make my Memorial Day party.
Charlotte: No, I'm home because my lovely mother has left me no other monetary option.
Emily: Have you seen her?
Charlotte: Seen her? I almost caught Lady Chatterley with her lover.
Emily: Lover?
Charlotte: More like boy toy actually. I think he's even staying at the house.

Nolan: Are you sure you wanna be around Victoria after what just happened at my party?
Emily: It'll be fun to watch her try not to lose it.

Emily: When deception cuts this deep, someone has to pay.

Victoria: [institutionalized under duress] You won't get away with this!
Emily: [whispers] Watch me.

Aiden: [returning Emily's laptop] Back in your hands, where it belongs, for you to do with as you wish.
[pause; after a moment, Emily hurls the laptop into the ocean]
Aiden: What are you doing?
Emily: Protecting Jack, like I said I would.
Aiden: The evidence on that laptop could send the Graysons away for lifetimes.
Emily: The kind of punishment I came here for had nothing to do with prison. That computer was never part of the plan. It only clouded my judgment.
Aiden: So, back to basics?
Emily: No more distractions.

Nolan: Don't you think it's a little bit dangerous to be catnapping out in the open? Or are you actually baiting the white-haired Mannibal Lecter to come for you?
Emily: He's not gonna kill me.
Nolan: Oh, really? Did he pinkie swear?

Margaux: Really? Because it seems to me you put those wheels in motion the moment you got to the Hamptons. With lies I'm now fully aware of.
Emily: You need to remember the secrets I have about your father. Enough to sink you and... the fifth largest media conglomerate in the world.
[smiles]

Emily: [opening voiceover] Every human is born of collusion. We come into this world the result of a covenant. Sometimes made of love... sometimes of circumstance... but almost always made in secret.

Victoria: Emily, dear, that extravagant ring on your finger does not give you permission to flit in and out of my house without good reason.
Emily: [chuckles] I was here to ask Charlotte to be my maid of honor.
[far away, front doorbell rings]
Emily: She's really so excited to see Paris.
Victoria: She's already seen it. Multiple times.
Emily: I would assume that you of all people would appreciate the City of Lights, Victoria.
[door opens]
Emily: After all, isn't that where you attended art school all those years ago?
[door closes]

Louise: It's just, everyone has two faces, some more disturbing than others. I mean, you, of all people, would know after what happened with Danny.
Emily: [nods] Yeah.
Louise: Well, just goes to show you can't judge the honey by looking at the bee.

Emily: For $3000, how old do you want me to be?

Daniel: Did I tell you how beautiful you look in that dress?
Emily: [amused laugh] Twice, actually.
Daniel: Well, what can I say? Some things are worth repeating.

Sharon: You know, when you came to Madripoor, you reminded me of a young me. I took you in, gave you an opportunity, and you betrayed me.
Karli: Because you wanted to control a world that hurt you. But I wanted to change it. I'm not interested in power or an empire. I have bigger dreams.
Sharon: What, like this? Come back and work for me again. All of you. We can make a difference together.
Karli: You just want me because you need your muscle back. Without us Super Soldiers, how much power does the Power Broker really have?

Emily: [opening voiceover] All too often, we mask truth in artifice. Concealing ourselves, for fear of losing the ones we love. Or prolonging a deception, for those we wish to expose. We hide behind that which brings us comfort from pain and sadness. Or use it to repel a truth too devastating to accept.

Emily: To an unforgettable summer.

Emily: I fear I'm losing control.
Satoshi: As you were warned, revenge is a stony path. Remember, inside the viper's nest, you must be a viper, too. How can I be of service?

Emily: [closing voiceover] For some, commitment is like faith... A chosen devotion to another person or an intangible ideal. But for me, commitment has a shadow side, a darker drive that constantly asks the question... How far am I willing to go?

Emily: [opening voiceover] Doubt is a disease. It infects the mind, creating a mistrust of people's motives and of one's own perceptions. Doubt has the ability to call into question everything you've ever believed about someone, and reinforce the darkest suspicions of our inner circles.

Emily: [opening voiceover] When on a mission of revenge, one must maintain total control... over risk, emotions, and one's enemies. The single greatest threat to success is losing control of your allies.

Emily: [closing voiceover] In order to regain control, we sometimes must relinquish it. By doing so, we believe we are protecting the ones we love. The ones we cannot live without. But the most dangerous truth of all is that control is merely an illusion.

Nolan: Spoiler alert, your girl talk with Miss Montauk didn't work. Faux-manda is still causing boats to crash in the harbor.
Emily: I know. She doesn't want to leave.
Nolan: Since when do you take no for an answer?
Emily: It's not that easy with her. I can't just force her to leave. I have to let her cool down before I approach her again. Just try to run interference with Jack until I figure something out.
Nolan: Fine. Only because I don't want to see him get emotionally creamed again... or worse.

Emily: [opening voiceover] In its purest form, an act of retribution provides symmetry... The rendering of payment for crimes against the innocent. But the danger of retaliation lies in furthering the cycle of violence. Still, it's a risk that must be met, when the greater offense is to allow the guilty to go unpunished.

Charlotte: Look at her, rubbing my nose in everything that's happened.
Gideon: [has his mind on illegal substances] Why don't we just rub our noses into something a little bit more fun?
Charlotte: [chuckles] Right after I say hi to the hostess.
[goes to see Emily]
Emily: [contented sigh] Thank you for coming, Charlotte.
Charlotte: I only accepted your invite because I thought, yeah, after all this time, maybe you'd surprise me, but... my Mom was right, wasn't she? This was all you ever wanted. This lifestyle, this house.
Emily: I wish you'd give me a chance to explain.
Charlotte: Why would I give you anything, Emily? When you want something, you just take it.

Bucky: So what are you doing here?
Sharon: I stole Steve's shield, remember?
Sharon: [to Sam] I also took the wings for your ass so that you could save his ass from HIS ass.
[points at Zemo]
Sharon: Unlike you, I didn't have the Avengers to back me up. So... I'm off the grid in Madripoor.
Sam: Hey, don't blow that smoke at me, I was on the run too.
Sharon: Was, is - big difference.

Emily: The doctor was right. You should be with family right now.
Charlotte: [tearfully] Thanks. I'll do that.
[turns to leave]
Emily: I'm the one who kidnapped you, Charlotte.
[causing the girl to freeze in her tracks]
Emily: I can't stand seeing you like this. I know I did the wrong thing, but you have to believe I did it for all the right reasons.
Charlotte: What are you saying?
Emily: I'm your sister, Charlotte. I'm Amanda.
[causing Charlotte to reel in shock]

Emily: [closing voiceover] Truth is a battle of perceptions. People only see what they're prepared to confront. It's not what you look at that matters, but what you see. And when different perceptions battle against one another, the truth has a way of getting lost. And the monsters find a way of getting out.

Emily: For the truly wronged, real satisfaction can only be found in one of two places: absolute forgiveness, or mortal vindication. This is not a story about forgiveness.