Nolan: Sail away. Fall in love. Go make little volunteer babies.


Emily: The outcome of chaos can never be predicted. The only certainty it brings is the devastation it leaves in its wake.

Season 1, Episode 1

Emily Thorne (voice over): When I was a little girl my understanding of revenge was as simple as the Sunday school proverbs it hid behind. Neat little morality slogans like, do un to 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.

Season 1, Episode 1

Amanda Clarke: Dad?
David Clarke: Hey kiddo. You having fun exploring?
Amanda Clarke: We really get to spend all summer here?
David Clarke: And every summer after that. What do you think?
Amanda Clarke: I think mom would’ve loved it
David Clarke: Hey, you know how much I love you, Amanda?
Amanda Clarke: Infinity?
David Clarke: Well infinity […] Times infinity.

Season 1, Episode 1

David Clarke (in his letter to Amanda):
My dear Amanda,
If you're reading this then two things have come to pass: I am finally able to provide you the life you were unjustly denied. And sadly I won't be able to share that life with you. I hope these journals provide answers to the questions you've had all these years. I am not the man I say I am. And I did not do the things they say I did. All I ask is that you promise to do the one thing that's been so hard for me to do -
Forgive.

Emily Thorne (voice over):
But that was a promise I couldn't keep. When deception cuts this deep someone has to pay. My father's chance to bring justice to the truly guilty was stolen from him. His only option was to forgive. I have others. They say vengeance is a dish best served cold. But sometimes it's as warm as a bowl of soup. My father died an innocent man, betrayed by the woman he loved. When everything you love has been stolen from you sometimes all you have left is revenge. Like I said this is not a story about forgiveness.

Season 2, Episode 4 (Intuition)

Emily Thorne (voice over) 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.

Season 2, Episode 14 (Sacrifice)

Emily Thorne (voice over): Sacrifice demands the surrender of things we cherish above all else. Only out of the agony of those loses 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.

When I was a little girl, my understanding of revenge was as simple as the Sunday school proverbs it hid behind. Neat little morality slogans like “do unto other,” 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.