Nick: Listen to me, Emily. Very carefully, listen to me because your life literally depends on it. You've abducted the special agent in charge of the Boston field office.
Emily: Just like he abducted me.
Nick: No, no, no. He's the dirty agent, no question. Do I think he killed Harlow? Maybe. But the cabin, it doesn't add up. Think about it.
Emily: He's gonna confess. You'll see, after I do to him a bit of what he did to me.
Nick: How do I get through to you? Do you want Flynn to see you shot dead by SWAT on TV? Is that what you want?
Emily: I just want this to end.

Alice: I'm sick of trying to make this nightmare livable for everyone. Leave or I'll call the police.
Emily: Flynn is my son.
Alice: You don't deserve him. You're hurting them. You hurt everyone around you and you don't care.

Emily: People are going to be saying things about me, and I don't care. I just care that you know that they're not true. I need you to believe me, okay?
Flynn: I believe you.
Emily: Okay.

The Emily Byrne we knew is gone, people. It's tragic. But whatever happened to her during those years, it changed her. She's violent, dangerous, the prime suspect in two murders. So the best thing we can do for her is bring her in, safely.

Adam

I should have cuffed her. I don't know why I thought I could trust her. It was stupid. It was really stupid.

Nick

Nick: I just need to see this case through. Once it's over, things can get back to normal.
Alice: Don't lie to me. There is no more normal.

Detective Gibbs: I think you might challenge me for the title.
Emily: Of?
Detective Gibbs: The most stubborn cop in Boston. Personally, I prefer relentless or best.
Emily: But what kind of cop are you? The kind who closes cases or one who actually solves them?

Emily: We'd still be together if none of this ever happened. You ever think about that?
Nick: I do.

Doctor: How are things going with Nick?
Emily: There's nothing with Nick. He chose her.
Doctor: He never chose, Emily. You were dead.
Emily: Yeah, well, he could choose now.

Doctor: So is that what you want now that you're back? Your old life?
Emily: I don't know. I don't know if I'd know how to live it.

The answers are in your head, Emily, if you could only remember.

Conrad Harlow

It's like that movie where the angel takes the guy and shows him what life would be like without him and everybody is so much worse off, except in my case it's the opposite.

Emily

Absentia Quotes

If you don't believe me, Nick, why are you even asking me the question?

Emily

Alice: I know she would have loved to be at your race, every race, but she wanted to make your life safer, and mine. We kind of owe her, don't you think?
Flynn: You're my Mom.