Syd: Do you love me?
David: You know I do.
Syd: Then there's nothing else to say.
David: Everyone here says I'm sane. What if they're wrong?

David: Why am I so important?
Melanie: Because we're at war, and we're losing. And you may be the most power mutant alive.
Syd: You want to fix him so you can use him?
Melanie: No. I want fix him because he deserves to be healthy, and he deserves to be happy. And then I wanna use him.

Lenny: It's sweet, really. They think they can save you.
David: You can't be here.
Lenny: What are you doing, kid? You think you're safe here? With these clowns?
David: They're helping me.
Lenny: Oh, like the hospital helped you?
David: No-I'm not sick. I have abilities. They're showing me my past. I have power.
Lenny: Oh, that's good. I'm happy for you. Meanwhile, who knows how many commandos are gang banging your sister, but that's all right. That's good. Work on you man, that's what matters.
David: But Melanie said-
Lenny: Melanie said-you think Melanie's on your side? That bitch's secrets have secrets.
David: What do you mean? Why are you doing this? You're supposed to be my friend.

Loudermilk: Could you, maybe, not break everything this time?
David: I'm not gonna promise that.

Syd: It's like the soul. No one knows for sure if it exists, but I have proof. We're more than just, THIS. I've been a Chinese man, a 300 pound woman, a 5 year old girl. but everywhere I go, I'm me.
David: Well, I liked it. Being you.

Melanie: You're not just a telepath. You can control objects with your mind.
David: Control may be an overstatement.

David: How do you know they won't kill her?
Syd: Because she's bait.

Cary: You have an extremely large amygdala.
David: Thanks.

David: We're having a romance of the mind.
Syd: I like that.

David, I think I killed your friend. I'm so sorry.

Syd

Ptonomy: Melanie thinks you're the key.
David: To what?
Ptonomy: To winning: the war, and other things.

Melanie: David, your whole life people told you that were sick. What if I told you that's a lie? What if I told you, every memory you have of mental illness: voices, hallucinations, was just your power? And what if I could do more than just tell you? What if I could show you? Help you re-write the story of your life?

Legion Season 1 Quotes

Something new needs to happen - soon.

David

David: It's just Thursday. Like the 260th Thursday as a passenger on the cruise ship "Mental Health." On the plus side I've mastered eating with a spoon.
Amy: You're getting better. The voices - you're not seeing things that aren't there?