MOTHERLAND: FORT SALEM, 1x03-1x04
starters from episodes 3 & 4 of season 1 of the show motherland: fort salem.
âi love this day of the year.â
âstop fidgeting, you look fine.â
âitâs good to be home.â
âthat taste in your mouth? itâs failure.â
âhow are you doing that?â
âwe have to be just as strong and focused as our enemies.â
âi think i just got flirted with.â
âyou may have them fooled, but i know who you are.â
âgood attitude. i can work with that.â
âyou remind me of your mother/father. shameless.â
âi reacted like a jerk. it wonât happen again.â
âlook, do yourself a favor. donât get too attached.â
âi donât think i could be that strong.â
âeveryone knows women are stronger than men.â
âyouâre not wrong. though you may be laying it on a little thick.â
âyeah, well iâve never really been big on revering things.â
âyouâre putting me on guard duty?â
âyou know, thereâs more to the place than this family bullshit.â
âcanât they see it took both of them to win the battle?â
â200 years of hatred and resentment poured down their ears.â
âi know people have always hated and feared us, but to look this kind of evil in the faceâŠâ
âdoes something like that ever really go away?â
âeither you tell me whatâs going on, or iâm leaving.â
âi donât get why you feel like you have to keep that a secret. itâs not like itâs shameful or anything.â
âif i do get the urge to run, iâll take you with me.â
âyou should be so proud of what youâre doing.â
âthe things you used to say, the things you did, that kind of person doesnât end up here.â
âthatâs not who i am. and it hurts that you would think that.â
âi am filled with an unbearable sadness.â
âokay, i know itâs part of your job to be charming and wonderful. and youâre very⊠very good at it. but am i being an idiot in thinking that thereâs something more here?â
âso iâm just supposed to trust you?â
âi hope that you know that your sacrifice will never be forgotten.â
âstay with me, please.â
âi couldnât stop myself. iâm sorry.â
âwe are all incredibly proud of you.â
âthat kind of bravery canât be taught.â
âi keep having these visions. fragments. and they feel like memories, but theyâre not⊠mine.â
âthere was always something off with them.â
âyou tried to save them. that was your first instinct. thatâs who you are.â
âyou have nothing to be ashamed of.â
âyouâre trying too hard. relax.â
âi just hope we donât all have to dance around a pole with ribbons and sing âwe all come from the goddessâ.â
âspare me. itâs not my kind of party.â
âiâm just saying, itâs a lot of boob.â
âitâs an honor to meet you.â
âthis isnât a game. people die every day. do you understand me?â
âyou donât know them, they could embarrass us!â
âwhatever else is on your mind, let it go and get in the game.â
âitâll work out the way itâs supposed to.â
âsorry, do you not sense my âiâm not interested in guysâ vibes?â
âyou canât sense my âiâm not interested in girlsâ vibes?â
âyou tried to save my friend. thank you for that.â
âthe faster you drink this down, the faster it becomes a party.â
âi need you to explain whatâs happening, because i cannot make sense of this.â
âdonât tell me. he sent her something via bird.â
âfor the record, this is why iâm into girls/guys.â
âwhat would you do, if you were so in love with someone⊠and maybe theyâd done something wrong? something⊠unforgivable.â
âwe all have our fatal flaws, donât we? i know i do.â
âi guess youâd have to decide if that person is worth it, and then fight for them. thatâs all you can do.â
âmy cousinâs getting married next week. wanna come with me?â
âiâm sorry. i want to tell you the truth.â
âdonât say anything, i need to get this out of me before i freak out and shut down and run away.â
âi havenât learned to get past this, but iâm trying.â
âiâm in this with you, and weâre gonna figure it out together, okay?â
âwhoever you are, whoever you were, iâm in.â
âno matter what happens, no matter what anybody else thinks, iâm with you.â
âif we canât take the risk of being who we are, weâve already lost.â
âsomething tells me youâre gonna do better than me today.â
âsure you know how to use that?â
âyou already made one mistake we had to clean up. we wonât put up with another.â