I don't like the idea that somebody dangerous is out there. Somebody else. Because, typically, they don't show my level of restraint.

I was wrong to think that I could have it both ways. To do what I do and have a normal life.

Me being happy isn't what's important right now.

Helena: You won't shoot me. You're not a murder, remember?
Oliver: But you are and if I let you go, that blood will be on my hands. I'm sorry.

I tried to teach you to obtain your objective without killing!

Tommy: Why should I trust you?
Oliver: Because you always have.
Tommy: Oliver.

Tommy: Trust my dad to run all the smiles out of the room.
Oliver: He did come by and he did try to act a little "dad like."

Slade: I do have one idea. If you go into the forest and gather as much bamboo as you can find...
Oliver: Yeah?
Slade: We can build ourselves a boat, like they did on Gilligan's Island.

Arrow: Come quietly!
Dodger: I'm afraid I'll have to decline.
Arrow: Then I'm afraid you won't be going to jail.

Oliver: You're right, it changed me.
McKenna: What kind of tough choices?
Oliver: I don't want to talk about those experiences.

Oliver: That's not how I typically get my information.
Felicity: How do you typically do it?
Oliver: I find the person, and then I put the fear of God into them. But we can try it your way.

Slade: What?
Oliver: I'm trapped on an island and my only friend is named Wilson. So...

Arrow Quotes

I thought you took that book off your father's dead body. How could he have been so chatty?

Diggle

She was my sister. I couldn't be angry because she was dead. I couldn't grieve because I was so angry, that's what happens when your sister dies while screwing your boyfriend.

Laurel