- John Connor: [to Jesse] He loves you, you know, Derek. You and me, we're the only things he has in this world - the only things. He's like Riley in that way. See, she made mistakes. Small things, sometimes - a word or a phrase. 'Carrots and apples'. I'm guessing that's yours. When we were in Mexico, she heard my real name; she ignored it. But a man took my picture and she destroyed his camera. She put herself between me and a machine that was hunting me. So one day I realized, she wasn't treating me like John Baum. She was treating me like John Connor.
- Jesse: If the answer is 'no', what was the question?
- Cameron Phillips: 'Will you join us?'
- Jesse: *What*?
- Cameron Phillips: That was the question. 'Will you join us?'
- John Connor: What do they think of me? In the future, what do people think?
- Derek Reese: Well - if you're asking if... people agree... with everything you do, of course not. If you're asking if everybody loves you... Love's a lot to ask for. You can't do what you do and... expect everybody to agree - or to love you.
- John Connor: And what is it that I do?
- Derek Reese: You lead.
- John Connor: And they follow?
- Derek Reese: We follow. We rise or... fall on your shoulders. Humanity rises... or falls. But we're always watching.
- John Connor: For me to make a mistake?
- Derek Reese: For you to be human.
- John Connor: The thing is... this is all my fault. I knew Riley was in trouble. I didn't help her. I should've, but I didn't. I knew what she was. I didn't try to stop her.
- Jesse: You wanted it to be real.
- John Connor: Or maybe I wanted to win.
- Jesse: You don't wanna be John Baum. You wanted to be John Connor.
- John Connor: That's just the thing, isn't it? I am John Connor.
- Dietze: You want to, er, let us little people know what's in the box, or is it classified between you and Queeg?
- Jesse: This is between Queeg and Queeg. I don't know a damn thing.
- Dietze: And that doesn't bother you, metal keeping secrets from skin?
- Jesse: No, it doesn't. Not even a little.
- Dietze: Well, it should. And not just a little, but a lot.
- Jesse: We were sent to pick up the box and bring it back, so we're picking up the box and bringing it back.
- Dietze: And one of us should know why. One of us - not just one of them.
- Jesse: One of us knows. His name's John Connor.
- John Connor: How long do you think you could survive? With Cameron? If she wanted to kill you, face to face?
- Derek Reese: What kind of weapon do I have?
- John Connor: Your fists. And your elbows. And your fingernails and your teeth.
- Derek Reese: Against her? Those aren't weapons.
- John Connor: No, they're not.
- Derek Reese: You already know the answer to that, John. If she wants me dead, I'm dead.
- John Connor: She wants you dead, you're dead.
- [first lines]
- Derek Reese: [of Riley] I'm really sorry, John. She was a good kid, she didn't deserve what happened to her.
- John Connor: Few people do.
- John Connor: You know, I've been running from the machines my whole life. They tried to kill my mom before I was even born. When I was twelve, they sent one after me. I was a kid. I was stupid. I didn't know what it was all about. Both times, future me sent someone back, to stop them. The first time it was a soldier. His name was Kyle Reese, and he died saving my mother's life. Second time it was a machine. I used to wonder why I did that - why I took that chance. I don't wonder anymore. Human beings can't be replaced. They can't be rebuilt. They die and they never come back.
- John Connor: Go... Go.
- Jesse: Just like that?
- John Connor: Just like that. If I have to live with this, so do you.
- Dietze: I knew you were a metal lover. But maybe, you're more than that. Maybe, you're one of them. Just like that little metal bitch that follows Connor everywhere. Maybe we should check, for safety.
- Jesse: Whatever we brought aboard this ship, it is dangerous! It killed a woman! It took her shape! You can't expect us to act like that didn't happen, like we didn't see it.
- Jesse: [to Cameron] Dietze was right. Who the hell is running this war? What the hell are we fighting for, if telling *you* is the same thing as telling Connor? You're a damn machine, you're not the same. It's not the same!
- Sarah Connor: Why're you here?
- Cameron Phillips: Protect John. Hunt Skynet. Stop Judgment Day.
- Sarah Connor: But why're you here? Right now, with us? John sent you here from the future. He sent you away, away from him. Maybe you should think about that. Maybe you should think about why he didn't want you around anymore.
- [John is talking to Sarah about his visit in the morgue]
- John Connor: I'm sorry I doubted you.
- Sarah Connor: John...
- John Connor: No - not you. Her.
- [behind Sarah, Cameron has appeared in the door]
- Jesse: Would it have worked?
- John Connor: What?
- Jesse: The cyborg had murdered the girl, or if I could've made you believe that she had?
- John Connor: Would I have sent Cameron away, would I have killed her? - No.
- Jesse: Well - it's a damn shame then. It's a damn waste.
- John Henry: Mr. Ellison is our friend?
- Catherine Weaver: Yes, he is our friend.
- John Henry: Are you going to kill him?
- Catherine Weaver: Mr. Ellison has proven himself to be a capable and loyal employee. But he's still a human being.
- John Henry: Human life is sacred.
- Catherine Weaver: We have to be prepared for any contingency.
- John Henry: What contingency would that be?
- Catherine Weaver: Humans will disappoint you.
- Derek Reese: [to Jesse] Billy Wisher was my best friend. He was in my squad, we fought together. We saw things you can't imagine. He was like my brother, and I loved him. But it turns out I never really... knew him. His real name was Andy - Goode. And back here in this world he created a computer program, the program that becomes Skynet. So Andy Goode is dead. And Billy Wisher is dead too. Because I killed him. I came back here, and I killed him. He was my brother. And I loved him and I killed him. And I did it for Kyle... and John, and I did it for you.
- Derek Reese: I don't even know you. I don't know who... you are.
- Jesse: I'm Jesse. I'm Jesse!
- Derek Reese: You're not my Jesse - you never were.
- Derek Reese: [after a pause] John Connor said to let you go... I'm not John Connor.
- [he pulls his gun]
- John Henry: [John Henry is painting figurines] ... The eyes for example: the "window to the soul." They're the window to the soul, I read that.
- James Ellison: That's what they say.
- John Henry: Then I should choose my paint more carefully
- James Ellison: It doesn't matter John Henry. It's a statue, it's an object, it doesn't have a soul!
- John Henry: It has Eyes.
- [John Henry observes Ellison as tired]
- John Henry: Your eyes look tired. Is your soul tired?
- James Ellison: No my soul isn't tired, but I am!