Arrow Quotes

Oliver Queen (narration): She says the island changed me. She has no idea how much. There are many more names on the list, those who rule my city through intimidation and fear. Every last one of them will wish I had died on that island.

Robert Queen: There’s not enough for all of us.

Oliver Queen: Save your strength.

Robert Queen: You can survive this, make it home, make it better, right my wrongs, but you got to live through this first. You hear me, Ollie? You hear me, son?

Oliver Queen: Just rest, dad.

Robert Queen: No. (shoots the other only survivor)

Oliver Queen: Dad?!

Robert Queen: Survive. (shoots himself)

Oliver Queen: No!

Oliver Queen: You killed that man.

One of the kidnappers: You don’t have to do this.

Oliver Queen: Yes, I do. Nobody can know my secret. (snaps his neck)

Oliver Queen (narration): The name of the island they found me on is Lian Yu. It’s mandarin for “purgatory.” I’ve been stranded here for 5 years. I’ve dreamt of my rescue every cold black night since then. For 5 years, I have had only one thought, one goal… survive… Survive and one day return home. The island held many dangers. To live, I had to make myself more than what I was, to forge myself into a weapon. I am returning not the boy who was shipwrecked but the man who will bring justice to those who have poisoned my city. My name is Oliver Queen.