He didn't want his future. He despised it. He wanted a future that was his own. You should know that your son wasn't just a primary. He was kind.

Sebastian

Jones: I have known in my life two great agonies: the pain of losing a child and the pain of being betrayed by one. Did it ever occur to you to tell me the truth?

To be primary is beautiful. It is to be a part of nature, a part of time itself.

Sebastian

You want to pull people together, you put them through hell. You want to pull them apart, you give them a secret.

Deacon

Jones: This whole time. This entire mission. All of it. It's been about them.
Deacon: You do know what we have to do, right?
Jones: Yes.
Deacon: May God have mercy.

Aethan: The symbols. You see them too?
Jennifer: What do they mean?
Aethan: I don't know. You're like me.
Jennifer: I don't think I've ever been like anybody. I don't think I'm like you at all. I think you're better.
Aethan: But one day, I think you will be the best of us all.

The boy is the man. The totality of the life.

Jones

Agent Gale: Holy shit. I guess Santa brought me Cole for Christmas, after all.
Cole: We need your help.

Agent Gale: That story she told about havin' your giggle stick shot off. You coppin' to that, too?
Cole: Trust me, if that were true, we wouldn't be in this situation.

Cole: Go home to your family. In fact, when I call you in '61, just call me a douchebag and don't help.
Agent Gale: I don't know what a douchebag is, but I'll definitely call you something.
Cole: It won't matter anyway. You're still gonna help me, aren't you? Another goddamned loop.

Deacon: I am not a goddamned red shirt! I have a purpose!
Olivia: Are you certain? I recognize a lost soul.

Cassie: James?
Cole: There's nothing to say.
Cassie: They made him. That's nurture, not nature.
Cole: That's not what I saw, neither did you.
Cassie: I know what we're supposed to do, but I can't.
Cole: I can.

12 Monkeys Season 3 Quotes

Cole: How is this not a paradox?
Future Cole: This helps with that [points to his chest].
Cole: That's a machine?
Future Cole: No, this is just what we all wear in the future. Yes, it's a machine!

Cole: Who are you?
Sock Mask Dude [unmasks]: That's right. Take it all in. Greetings, asshole. I'm future asshole.