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Carrie-Anne Moss Quotes

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Memorable Quotes from Carrie-Anne Moss

31 quotes
Confronting Insanity and Family Legacy
Claudia Wolf You're insane. Just like your grandfather.
A Package Delivered in Unlikely Circumstances
Smith Mr. Anderson! Did you get my package?
Neo Yeah.
Smith Well, good.
Morpheus Smith.
Link Whoever it is, he’s not reading like an agent.
Smith Surprised to see me?
Neo No.
Smith Then you’re aware of it.
Neo Of what?
Smith Our connection. I don’t fully understand how it happened. Perhaps some part of you imprinted onto me, something overwritten or copied. That is at this point irrelevant, what matters is that whatever happened, happened for a reason.
Neo And what reason is that?
Smith I killed you, Mr. Anderson, I watched you die… With a certain satisfaction, I might add, and then something happened. Something that I knew was impossible, but it happened anyway. You destroyed me, Mr. Anderson. Afterward, I knew the rules, I understood what I was supposed to do but I didn’t. I couldn’t. I was compelled to stay, compelled to disobey. And now here I stand because of you, Mr. Anderson, because of you I’m no longer an agent of the system, because of you I’ve changed – I’m unplugged – a new man, so to speak, like you, apparently free.
Neo Congratulations.
Smith Thank you. But as you well know, appearances can be deceiving, which brings me back to the reason why we’re here. We’re not here because we’re free, we’re here because we’re not free. There’s no escaping reason, no denying purpose – because as we both know, without purpose, we would not exist.
Smith 2 It is purpose that created us,
Smith 3 Purpose that connects us,
Smith 4 Purpose that pulls us,
Smith 5 That guides us,
Smith 6 That drives us,
Smith 7 It is purpose that defines,
Smith 8 Purpose that binds us.
Smith We’re here because of you, Mr. Anderson, we’re here to take from you what you tried to take from us. Purpose.
Trinity What’s happening to him?
Link I don’t know.
Smith Yes, that’s it, it’ll be over soon.
[attempting to copy himself into Neo]
Betrayal and Consequences in Relationships
Merovingian Oh God, my God, Persephone how could you do this, you betrayed me!
[Speaks French]
Persephone Cause and effect, my love.
Merovingian Cause? There is no cause for this, what cause?
Persephone What cause? How about the lipstick you’re still wearing?
Merovingian Lipstick? Lipstick? What craziness you are talking about woman, there is no lipstick.
[[w:Fellatio|She wasn’t kissing your face, my love]
Merovingian Ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ai, woman, this is nothing, c’est rien , c’est rien du tout . It’s a game, it is only a game.
[Translation: it's nothing; Translation: it's nothing at all]
Persephone So is this. Have fun.
Merovingian All right. All right. Let us find out where this goes. You two, get the Keymaker.
[The twins phantasmographosize and sink completely into the floor]
Trinity That’s a nice trick.
Keymaker I cannot go back.
[He runs out of the room with Trinity and Morpheus following]
Neo I’ll handle them.
Merovingian Handle" us?! You’ll "handle" us?! You know, your predecessors had much more respect. Okay, you have some skill. Kill him.
[He gestures to the goons and they all walk forward holding up assault rifles and barrage Neo with him stoically freezing all bullets in mid-air, then they all fall to the ground simultaneously; Neo puts his right hand behind his back and gestures with his left hand as if to say; it's your move, and the goons all rush him grabbing decorative blade weapons to fight him and Neo fends them off and thwarts one who swings at him with just a hand, but it draws blood]
Merovingian You see, he’s just a man.
Merovingian Damn it, woman, you will be the end of me. Mark my words, boy, and mark them well. I have survived your predecessors, and I will survive you!
[Neo finishes off the last goon; He leaves the room]
Weapons Policy in the Club
Seraph There are no weapons allowed in the club. At the bottom of this elevator, there is a coat check girl, and if we are lucky, one man for checking weapons.
Trinity And if we’re unlucky?
Seraph There will be many men.
Warning of Surveillance in The Matrix
Trinity Right now, all I can tell you is that you’re in ]. I brought you here to warn you.
[[danger]
Neo Of what?
Trinity They’re watching you, Neo.
Neo Who is?
Trinity Please just listen. I know why you’re here, Neo. I know what you’ve been doing. I know why you hardly sleep, why you live alone, and why night after night you sit at your computer. You’re looking for him. I know, because I was once looking for the same thing. And when he found me, he told me I wasn’t really looking for him. I was looking for an answer. It’s the question that drives us, Neo. It’s the question that brought you here. You know the question just as I did.
[''Embraces him and leans close''; ''Speaking in his ear'']
Neo What is the Matrix?
Trinity The answer is out there, Neo. It’s looking for you. And it will find you, if you want it to.
Fragments of Memory and Connection
Natalie What's the last thing that you do remember?
Leonard Shelby My wife …
Natalie That's sweet.
Leonard Shelby … ].
[[dying]
Escape Through Another Way
Trinity Where are you going?
Keymaker Another way, always another way. Close it, quick.
[A twin rushes to the door and thwarts the door shutting with an arm with Trinity pumping several rounds into the arm]
Twin 1 Could we move along?
[Twin 2 phantasmographosizes through the door with Trinity emptying an entire gun clip fruitlessly]
Keymaker Run! ] it for escape]
[He runs off to a vehicle to [[w:hotwire|hotwire]
Twin 2 Step away from the door. We owe you for that.
[Twin 2 gets Trinity into a bind holding a blade to her neck; Morpheus relaxes grip on door and steps off]
Twin 1 Just like new.
[phantasmographosizes and back to default with bullet wounds and damaged clothing disappeared]
Twin 2 Drop your weapon.
[The Keymaker gets their attention and Trinity runs to the vehicle and Morpheus fights both the twins simultaneously]
Morpheus Stay with him.
Trinity What about Neo?
Morpheus He can handle himself.
Trinity Get in the back.
[to the Keymaker]
Neo Oh shit.
Link Operator.
Neo Link, where am I?
Link You’re not gonna believe this, but you’re all the way up in the mountains.
Neo Really.
[incredulously]
Link Yeah, it’s gonna take me a while to get up an exit. Oh shit.
[senses danger on his monitors]
Neo What?
Link Those Twin things are after Morpheus and Trinity, and I don’t have a way to get em out.
Neo Where are they?
Link Middle of the city, 500 miles due south.
[Neo flies off]
A Moment of Welcome and Advice
Trinity This is it. Let me give you one piece of advice. Be honest. He knows more than you can imagine.
Morpheus At last. Welcome, Neo. As you no doubt have guessed, I am Morpheus.
Neo It’s an honor to meet you.
[''Extends hand for handshake'']
Morpheus No, the ] is mine. Please, come. Sit. I imagine that right now you’re feeling a bit like ], hmm?
[[honor; ''They sit in armchairs facing each other''; [w:Alice's Adventures in Wonderland|Alice, tumbling down the rabbit hole]
Neo You could say that.
Morpheus I can see it in your eyes. You have the look of a man who accepts what he sees because he is expecting to wake up. Ironically, this is not far from the truth. Do you believe in ], Neo?
[[fate]
Neo No.
Morpheus Why not?
Neo Because I don’t like the idea that I’m not in ] of my life.
[[control]
Morpheus I know exactly what you mean. Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you know something. What you know, you can't explain, but you feel it. You've felt it your entire life, that there's something wrong with this world. You don't know what, but it's there, like a splinter in your ], driving you mad. It is this feeling that has brought you to me. Do you know what I'm talking about?
[[mind]
Neo The Matrix?
Morpheus Do you want to know what it is? The Matrix is everywhere. It is all around us. Even now, in this very room. You can see it when you look out your window or when you turn on your ]. You can feel it when you go to ]. When you go to church. When you pay your taxes. It is the world that has been pulled over your eyes to blind you from the ].
[''Neo nods in response''; [television; [work; [truth]
Neo What truth?
Morpheus That you are a slave, Neo. Like everyone else, you were born into bondage. Born into a prison that you cannot smell or taste or touch. A prison for your mind. Unfortunately, no one can be... told what the Matrix is. You have to see it for yourself. This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back. You take the blue pill, the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill, you stay in ], and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes. Remember: all I'm offering is the truth. Nothing more. ...Follow me. Apoc, are we online?
[''Leans in closer to Neo''; ''Pause''; ''Opens his pillbox, empties the contents into his palms, outstretches his hands as clenched fists''; ''opens his right hand revealing blue pill''; ''opens his left hand revealing red pill; [Alice in Wonderland|Wonderland; ''Neo, after a pause, reaches for the red pill''; ''Neo takes the red pill''; ''Leads Neo into a room with Trinity, Dozer, Apoc and Switch busy with peculiarly improvised electronic equipment'']
Apoc Almost.
Morpheus Time is always against us. Please, take a seat there.
[''Neo sits in unplugging chair'']
Neo You did all this?
[''Trinity working alongside him'']
Trinity Uh-huh.
Morpheus The pill you took is part of a trace program. It’s designed to disrupt your input/output carrier signals so we can pinpoint your location.
Neo What does that mean?
Cypher It means ].
[[w:The Wonderful Wizard of Oz|buckle your seat belt, Dorothy, ’cause Kansas is going bye-bye]
Neo Did you...
[''Watches a cracked mirror become repaired''; ''He touches it and glass becomes viscous on his hand'']
Morpheus Have you ever had a ], Neo, that you were so sure was real? What if you were unable to wake from that dream? How would you know the difference between the dream world and the real world?
[[dream]
Neo This can’t be...
[''The illusionary glass starts spreading on his arm'']
Morpheus Be what? Be real?
[''The illusionary glass goes up his neck and into his throat; he wakes from the Matrix'']
Secrets of the Building's Hidden Level
Keymaker There’s a building. Inside this building there’s a level where no elevator can go, and no stair can reach. This level is filled with doors. These doors lead to many places, hidden places, but one door is special. One door leads to the Source. This building is protected by a very secure system. Every alarm triggers the bomb.
Vector Bomb? Did he say bomb?
Keymaker But like all systems it has a weakness. The system is based on the rules of a building. One system built on another.
Morpheus Electricity.
Keymaker If one fails, so must the other.
Niobe No electricity, no alarms.
Ghost But you’d have to take out a whole city block to kill the power to a building like that.
Keymaker Not one, 27.
Vector 27 blocks?
Keymaker There is a power station. it must be destroyed.
Niobe There must be some kind of failsafe.
Keymaker Yes, there is an emergency system. The core network of the grid must be accessed. The emergency system must be deactivated.
Soren Then what do you need us for? Neo could take ’em both out easier than we could.
Keymaker There’s no time.
Niobe Why?
Keymaker Once the door is unprotected, the connection will be severed. But another connection must first be made.
Ghost How long will that take?
Keymaker Exactly 314 seconds.
Soren Just over 5 minutes.
Keymaker That is the length and breadth of the window. Only ] can open the door, and only during that window can the door be opened.
[[w:Neo (The Matrix)|The One]
Niobe How do you know all this?
Keymaker I know because I must know. It’s my purpose. It’s the reason I’m here. Same reason we’re all here.
Trinity Neo, I know something’s wrong. You don’t have to tell me. I just want you to know that I’m here.
Keymaker All must be done as one.
Link Can’t hurt.
Keymaker If one fails, all fail.
Morpheus At midnight, there’s a shift change in the security of both buildings. At midnight, we will strike.
Guard 1 Hey! You count sheep at home.
Guard 2 Why, I get paid to count ’em here.
Jax Okay, they’re inside.
Axel How much time?
Jax 12 minutes.
Axel Oh shit!
Morpheus All of our lives we have fought this war. Tonight I believe we can end it. Tonight is not an accident. There are no accidents. We have not come here by chance. I do not believe in chance when I see 3 objectives, 3 captains, 3 ships. I do not see coincidence, I see providence, I see purpose. I believe it is our fate to be here. It is our destiny. I believe this night holds for each and every one of us the very meaning of our lives.
Neo I want to ask you to do something, but I don’t know how.
Trinity I promise you, if I can, I will.
Neo What if I asked you to stay out of this, no matter what. To stay out of the Matrix?
Trinity Why?
Neo Please.
Trinity All right.
Morpheus What is it, Niobe?
Niobe I can’t help it, Morpheus, I can’t help thinking – what if you’re wrong. What if all this – the prophecy, everything – is bullshit.
Morpheus Then tomorrow we may all be dead, but how would that be different from any other day? This is a war, and we are soldiers. Death can come for us at any time, in any place.
Axel Incoming. Incoming! Incoming!
Morpheus Now consider the alternative. What if I am right? What if the prophecy is true? What if tomorrow the war could be over. Isn’t that worth fighting for? Isn’t that worth dying for?
Soren Time?
Vector 3 minutes.
Binary Almost there.
Keymaker It is time.
Trinity Find the others.
Link Got Niobe right there, they’re already out of the station.
Trinity What about Soren?
Link There, they’re still inside, but…
Trinity They’re not moving.
Morpheus That’s it, let’s go.
Trinity Call Neo now.
Link Lost them. They’re inside the portal.
Trinity What about the grid?
Link Everything’s still operational. Emergency system’s already rerouting power. Jesus. As soon as they open that door, it’s all over.
Trinity The hell it is.
Link What are you… Trinity?
Trinity I will not stand here and do nothing. I will not wait here to watch them die.
Link Trinity, we’re talking less then 5 minutes here.
Trinity In 5 minutes, I’ll tear that whole goddamn building down.
Neo How much further?
Keymaker Here, just here.
Smith I’m sorry, this is a dead end.
Link It’s gotta be the ugliest hack I have ever done. That’s as close as I can get ya. You better grow some wings. Operator.
[Trinity calls him]
Trinity I’m in.
Link Keep moving, 65th floor.
Smith you look surprised to see me again, Mr. Anderson, that’s the difference between us. I’ve been expecting you.
Neo What do you want, Smith?
Smith Oh you haven’t figured that out? Still using all the muscles except the one that matters. I want exactly what you want. I want everything.
Morpheus Would that include a bullet from this gun?
Smith Go ahead, shoot. The best thing about being me – there’s so many me’s.
A Kiss for the Keymaker
Persephone If you want the Keymaker, follow me. Get out! I’m so sick of his bullshit. On and on, pompous prick. A long time ago, when we first came here, it was so different. He was so different. He was like you. I’ll give you what you want. But you have to give me something.
[to man in washroom]
Neo What?
Persephone A kiss.
Trinity Excuse me?
Persephone I want you to kiss me as if you were kissing her.
Neo Why?
Persephone You love her. She loves you. It’s all over you both. A long time ago, I knew what that felt like. I want to remember it. I want to sample it. That’s all, just a sample.
Trinity Why don’t you sample this instead?
[She holds up her gun to Persephone's head]
Morpheus Trinity.
Persephone Such emotion over something so small. It’s just a kiss.
Neo Why should we trust you?
Persephone If I don’t deliver you to the Keymaker, she can kill me.
Neo All right.
Persephone But you have to make me believe I am her.
Neo All right.
Persephone Terrible. Forget it.
[Neo kisses her; she is not satisfied]
Neo Wait. Okay.
Persephone Ahh, yes. That’s it. I envy you. But such a thing is not meant to last. Come with me.
[he kisses her again; this time...]
The Quest for Divine Power in Silent Hill
Claudia Wolf You have the seal of Metatron. With it, I can summon the God. Give it to me.
Heather Mason Take it. I want to see the truth of what you are.
Searching for Neo in The Matrix
Morpheus Are you ready for us?
Link Almost, sir. They got some pretty ancient hacks here, we’re working on it. Did you find Neo?
Morpheus Can’t you see him?
Link No, sir. We were reading something but I couldn’t tell what it was.
Neo I can’t leave yet. I have to see her.
[Trinity looks over at him]
Trinity Now?
Neo This is my last chance.
The Nature of Certainty in Memory
Leonard Shelby There are things you ] for sure.
[[know]
Natalie Such as?
Leonard Shelby I know what that's going to sound like when I knock on it. I know what that's going to ] like when I pick it up. See? Certainties. It's the kind of memory that you take for granted.
[[feel]
Observing the Unexpected in The Matrix
Tank Everyone please observe, ] and ]. Sit back and enjoy your ride.
[[w:Airline seat|the fasten seat belt; [w:Inflight smoking|no smoking signs have been turned on]
Morpheus Unbelievable, isn’t it?
Neo God.
Trinity What?
Neo I used to eat there. Really good noodles. I have these memories from my life. None of them happened. What does that mean?
[''Points at passing location'']
Trinity That the Matrix cannot tell you who you are.
Neo And an Oracle can?
Trinity That’s different.
Neo Did you go to her?
Trinity Yes.
Neo What did she tell you?
Trinity She told me.
Neo What?
Morpheus We’re here. Neo, come with me.
Neo So is this the same Oracle that made the prophecy?
Morpheus Yes. She’s very old. She’s been with us since the beginning.
Neo The beginning?
Morpheus Of the Resistance.
Neo And she knows what, everything?
Morpheus She would say she knows enough.
Neo And she’s never wrong.
Morpheus Try not to think of it in terms of right and wrong. She is a guide, Neo. She can help you to find the path.
Neo She helped you?
Morpheus Yes.
Neo What did she tell you?
Morpheus That I would find the one... I told you I can only show you the door. You have to walk through it.
Priestess Hello, Neo. You’re right on time. Make yourself at home, Morpheus. Neo, come with me. These are the other potentials, you can wait here.
Spoon boy Do not try and bend the spoon. That's impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth.
Neo What truth?
Spoon boy There is no spoon.
Neo There is no spoon?
Spoon boy Then you will see that it is not the spoon that bends, it is only yourself.
The Plan for an Unprecedented Mission
Tank Okay. So what do you need, besides a miracle?
Neo Guns. Lots of guns.
[''Endless aisles of firearms appear'']
Trinity ] off a rack] Neo, no one has ever done anything like this.
[''Neo takes an [[w:Heckler & Koch MP5K#MP5K|MP5K]
Neo That’s why it’s going to work.
[''Slap cocks the MP5K'']
Love and Destiny in The Matrix
Trinity Neo, I’m not afraid anymore. The Oracle told me that I would fall in love, and that that man, the man who I loved would be The One. So you see, you can’t be dead. You can’t be, because I love you. You hear me? I love you. Now get up.
[''Kisses him''; ''Neo resurrects, fully enlightened and the agents at the hallway end raise their firearms and simultaneously fire'']
Neo No.
[''Raises a hand and stops all bullets in mid-air'']
Tank How?
[''Astounded'']
Morpheus He is The One.
[''Mesmerized'']
Confrontation Over Safe Passage
Merovingian What in the hell? I don’t believe this. Hey. Hey! The prodigal child returns. L’ange sans ailes . Are you here for the bounty, Seraph? Tell me, how many bullets are there in those guns? I don’t know, but I don’t think you have enough.
[laughs; to the DJ; to Seraph; DJ shuts off music; Translation: The angel without wings; Laughs heartily]
Seraph We only want to talk.
Merovingian Oh yes, I’m sure you do. You have fought through hell to do so, yes? I’ll tell you what I will do. Put down the guns and I will promise you safe passage out of here.
Seraph All three of us.
Merovingian Oh yes, yes. Of course.
Merovingian Quelle bonne surprise, n’est pas? Who could’ve guessed we’d all be seeing each other so soon after our last meeting? The Fates are too kind. And since you, my little Judas, have brought them here, I can only surmise that the fortune teller has found herself another shell? Disappointing, but not unexpected. I do hope, however, she has the good manners to learn her lesson, and to remember that there is no action without consequence. And if you take something from me, you will pay the price.
[Laughs; Translation: What a fine surprise, isn’t it?]
Seraph You know why we are here.
Merovingian Come, now. What kind of question is this? Of course I know. It is my business to know. Some might think this a strange coincidence, but I do not. I am curious, though, as to how it actually happened. Do you know?
[Laughs]
Trinity No.
Merovingian No? I didn’t think so. But it is always best to ask.
Morpheus We want to make a deal.
Merovingian Always straight to business, huh, Morpheus? Okay. I have something you want. To make a deal, you must have something I want, yes? And it so happens there is something I want. Something I have wanted ever since I first came here. It is said they cannot be taken, they can only be given.
[Laughs]
Morpheus What?
Merovingian The eyes of the Oracle. I have told you before, there is no escaping the nature of the universe. It is that nature that has again brought you to me. Where some see coincidence, I see consequence. Where others see chance, I see cost. Bring me the eyes of the Oracle, and I will give you back your savior. That seems a particularly fair and reasonable deal to me. Yes? No?
[Laughs]
Trinity I don’t have time for this shit. You wanna make a deal? How about this? You give me Neo, or we all die right here, right now.
[A fight ensues, ending with everyone pointing guns at each other]
Merovingian Interesting deal. You are really ready to die for this man?
Trinity Believe it.
[Cocks the gun she is pointing at his head]
Persephone She’ll do it. If she has to, she’ll kill every one of us. She’s in love.
Merovingian It is remarkable how similar the pattern of love is to the pattern of insanity.
Trinity Time’s up. What’s it gonna be, Merv?
Meeting the Oracle in The Matrix Reloaded
Trinity Be careful.
Neo Hello.
Seraph You seek the Oracle.
Neo Who are you?
Seraph I am Seraph. I can take you to her. But first, I must apologize.
Neo Apologize for what?
Seraph For this. Good. The Oracle has many enemies. I had to be sure.
[He and Neo have a huge martial arts fight]
Neo Of what?
Seraph That you are ].
[[w:Neo (The Matrix)|The One]
Neo You could’ve just asked.
Seraph No. You do not truly know someone until you fight them. Come, she’s waiting.
Link Where the hell’d they go?
Neo These are back doors, aren’t they? Programmer access.
[Walking in a hallway with several doors on both sides]
Neo How do they work?
Seraph The code is hidden in tumblers. One position opens a lock. Another position opens one of these doors.
Neo Are you a programmer?
Neo Then what are you?
Seraph I protect that which matters most.
[He brings Neo to the Oracle who is sitting on a bench in a courtyard]
Moments of Concern and Reflection Among Allies
Trinity How are you feeling? Are you all right?
Neo I need time.
Roland That figures.
Maggie Captain Roland!
Roland What’s up, Maggie?
Maggie It’s Bane. he’s conscious.
Roland Good. Maybe he’s got some answers.
Introduction to the Real World
Tank Morning, did you sleep? You will tonight, I guarantee it. I’m Tank, I’ll be your operator.
[''Enters Neo's quarters''; ''Neo shakes head'']
Neo You don’t... you don’t have any...
[''Noticing Tank's lack of electrical sockets'']
Tank Holes? Nope. Me and my brother Dozer, we’re both one hundred percent pure, old fashioned, home-grown human, born free right here in the real world. Genuine child of Zion.
Neo Zion?
Tank If the war was over tomorrow, Zion’s where the party would be.
Neo It’s a city?
Tank The last human city. The only place we have left.
Neo Where is it?
Tank Deep underground, near the Earth’s core, where it’s still warm. You live long enough, you might even see it. Goddamn, I... I got to tell you, I’m fairly excited to see what you’re capable of, if Morpheus is right and all... We’re not supposed to talk about this, but if you are... damn, it’s a very exciting time. We got a lot to do. Let’s get to it...
[''Nodding head'']
Tank Now, we’re supposed to start with these operation programs first, that’s major boring shit. Let’s do something a little more fun. How about... combat training?
[''Jumps into operator seat with Neo in his plug-in seat and Tank is rifling through [[w:Floppy disk|floppy discs; ''holds up floppy'']
Neo ]? I’m going to learn Jujitsu? Holy shit!
[''Reading on screen''; [w:Jujutsu|Jujitsu; ''Tank uploads program'']
Tank ]. How about some more?
[[w:Life (cereal)|Hey Mikey, I think he likes it]
Neo Hell yes!
Morpheus How is he?
[''Leaning over Tank'']
Tank Ten hours straight. He’s... a machine.
Neo I know ].
[''To Morpheus leaning over him''; [w:Kung Fun|Kung Fu]
Morpheus Show me. This is a sparring program, similar to the programmed reality of the Matrix. It has the same basic rules, rules like gravity. What you must learn is that these rules are no different that the rules of a computer system. Some of them can be bent. Others can be broken. Understand? Then hit me. If you can. Good. Adaptation, improvisation. But your weakness is not your technique.
[''In the sparring program''; ''They fight a round''; ''Wagging fingers'']
Mouse Morpheus is fighting Neo.
[''To the Nebuchadnezzar crew in the mess''; ''They all scramble to see'']
Morpheus How did I beat you?
Neo You’re too fast.
Morpheus Do you believe that my being stronger or faster has anything to do with my muscles, in this place? You think that’s air you’re breathing now...? Again.
Mouse Jesus Christ, he’s fast. Take a look at his neural kinetics, they’re way above normal.
Morpheus What are you waiting for? You’re faster than this. Don’t think you are, know you are. Come on! Stop trying to hit me and HIT me!
Mouse I don’t believe it.
Neo I know what you’re trying to do.
Morpheus I’m trying to free your mind, Neo, but I can only show you the door, you’re the one that has to walk through it. Tank, load the jump program... You have to let it all go, Neo, fear, doubt, and disbelief. Free your mind.
[''The jump program simulation is initiated Neo and Morpheus are on top of a skyscraper''; ''Morpheus jumps from the skyscraper to another skyscraper'']
Neo Whoa. Okie dokie. Free my mind.
[''Makes focus-on-the-task-gestures'']
Mouse So what if he makes it?
Tank No one’s ever made the first jump.
Mouse I know, I know. But what if he does?
Apoc He won’t.
Mouse Come on.
Trinity Come on.
Neo All right, no problem. Free my mind. Free my mind. All right.
[''He jumps only to fall to the street landing softly'']
Mouse Wha- what does that mean?
Switch It doesn’t mean anything.
Cypher Everybody falls the first time. Right, Trin'?
Neo I thought it wasn’t real.
[''unplugged; wipes blood from mouth'']
Morpheus Your mind makes it real.
Neo If you’re killed in the Matrix, you die here?
Morpheus The body cannot live without the mind.
A Defiant Challenge to Danger
Trinity Dodge this.
[''From behind Agent Jones about to shoot Neo''; ''Shoots and kills Agent Jones at point-blank range'']
Discovery of Reality in The Matrix
Morpheus Welcome to the real world... We’ve done it, Trinity. We’ve found him.
Trinity I hope you’re right.
Morpheus I don’t have to ]. I know it.
[[hope]
Neo Am I dead?
Morpheus Far from it.
Dozer He still needs a lot of work.
Neo What are you doing?
Morpheus Your muscles have atrophied; we’re rebuilding them.
Neo Why do my eyes hurt?
Morpheus You’ve never used them before. Rest, Neo. The answers are coming.
[''Puts hand on Neo's head'']
Understanding the True Nature of Reality
Neo Morpheus, what’s happened to me? What is this place?
Morpheus More important than ‘What?’ is ‘When?’
Neo When?
Morpheus You believe it’s the year 1999 when in fact it’s closer to 2199. I can’t tell you exactly what year it is, because we honestly don’t know. There’s nothing I can say that will explain it for you, Neo. Come with me. See for yourself. This is my ship, the Nebuchadnezzar; it’s a hovercraft. This is the main deck. This is the core, where we broadcast our pirate signal and hack into the Matrix. Most of my crew you already know. This is Apoc, Switch, and Cypher.
[''Walking through the hacking floor'']
Cypher Hi.
Morpheus The ones you don’t know, Tank and his big brother, Dozer. The little one behind you is Mouse. You wanted to know what the Matrix is, Neo? Trinity? Try to relax. This will feel a little weird. This is the construct. It’s our loading program. We can load anything from clothing, to equipment, weapons, training simulations, anything we need.
[''Puts hands on Neo's shoulders''; ''Motions head to her''; ''To Neo in plug-in chair''; ''Slips in head plug and Neo becomes sentient in the construct'']
Neo Right now we’re inside a computer program?
Morpheus Is it really so hard to believe? Your clothes are different. The plugs in your arms and head are gone. Your hair has changed. Your appearance now is what we call residual self image. It is the mental projection of your digital self.
Neo This... this isn’t real?
Morpheus What "is" real? How do you define "real"? If you’re talking about what you can feel, what you can smell, what you can taste and see, then "real" is simply electrical signals interpreted by your ]. This is the world that you know. The world as it was at the end of the 20th century. It exists now only as part of a neural-interactive simulation that we call the Matrix. You’ve been living in a dream world, Neo. This is the world as it exists today... Welcome.. to the desert.. of the real. We have only bits and pieces of information, but what we know for certain is that at some point in the early 21st century, all of mankind was united in celebration. We marvelled at our own magnificence as we gave birth to ].
[[brain; ''Turns on vintage TV set and sits in an antique leather seat''; ''Changes channel to war-ravaged city with blackened thunderous skies, which suddenly surrounds them''; [w:artificial intelligence|AI]
Neo AI? Artificial Intelligence?
Morpheus A singular consciousness that spawned an entire race of machines. We don’t know who struck first, us or them. But we know that it was us that scorched the sky. At the time, they were dependent on ], and it was believed that they would be unable to survive without an energy source as abundant as the sun. Throughout human history, we have been dependent on machines to survive. Fate, it seems, is not without a sense of irony. The human body generates more bio-electricity than a 120-volt battery and over 25,000 ]. Combined with a form of fusion, the machines have found all the energy they would ever need. There are fields, Neo, endless fields, where human beings are no longer born. We are grown. For the longest time I wouldn’t believe it, and then I saw the fields with my own eyes. Watched them liquefy the dead so they could be fed intravenously to the living. And standing there, facing the pure horrifying precision, I came to realize the obviousness of the truth. What is the Matrix? Control. The Matrix is a computer-generated ] world, built to keep us under control in order to change a human being into... this.
[''Points upwards''; [w:Solar energy|solar power; [w:British thermal unit|BTUs of body heat; [dream; ''He holds up [[w:Duracell|a Duracell duralock D cell battery]
Neo No. I don’t believe it. It’s not possible.
Morpheus I didn’t say it would be easy, Neo. I just said it would be the truth.
Neo Stop. Let me out! Let me out! I want out!
[''Starts to panic''; ''Gets unplugged'']
Trinity Easy, Neo. Easy.
Neo Take this thing off me. Take this thing...
Morpheus Listen to me...
Neo Don’t touch me. Stay away from me. I don’t want it. I don’t believe it. I don’t believe it.
Cypher He’s gonna pop.
Morpheus Breathe, Neo. Just breathe.
[''Neo falls to knees, vomits, and then passes out'']
A Meeting of Key Characters in The Matrix
Merovingian Aha, here he is at last. Neo, the One himself, right? And the legendary Morpheus. And Trinity of course, si belle qu’elle me fait souffrir . I have heard so much, you honor me. Please, sit, join us. This is my wife, Persephone. Something to eat? Drink? Hmm… of course, such things are contrivances like so much here. For the sake of appearances.
[Translation: so beautiful that it makes me suffer]
Neo No, thank you.
Merovingian Yes, of course, who has time? Who has time? But then if we do not ever take time, how can we ever have time? ], magnificent ], I love ], like I love ]. I have sampled every language, ] – fantastic language, especially to curse with. Nom de Dieu de putain de bordel de merde de saloperies de connards d’enculés de ta mère. You see, it’s like ], I love it.
[[w:Château Haut-Brion|Château Haut-Brion 1959; [w:Wine|wine; [w:French wine|French wine; [w:Geographical distribution of French speakers|the French language; [w:Francophile|French is my favorite; Translation: Holy name of/God/dammit/sake pussy whore bitch asshole ass-fucked faggot; [w:Anal hygiene|wiping your ass with silk]
Morpheus You know why we are here.
Merovingian Hmm, ], I know everything I can. The question is, do you know why you are here?
[[w:Webmaster|I am a trafficker of information]
Morpheus We are looking for the Keymaker.
Merovingian Oh yes, it is true. The Keymaker, of course. But this is not a reason, this is not a "why". The Keymaker himself, his very nature, is means, it is not an end, and so, to look for him is to be looking for a means to do... what?
Neo You know the answer to that question.
Merovingian But do you? You think you do but you do not. You are here because you were sent here, you were told to come here and you obeyed. It is, of course, the way of all things. You see, there is only one constant, one universal, it is the only real truth: causality. Action. Reaction. Cause and effect.
[Laughs]
Morpheus Everything begins with ].
[[w:choice|choice]
Merovingian No. Wrong. Choice is an ], created between those with power, and those without. Look there, at that woman. My God, just look at her. Affecting everyone around her, so obvious, so bourgeois, so boring. But wait… Watch – you see, ]. It starts so simply, each line of the program creating a new effect, just like poetry. First, a rush… heat… her heart flutters. You can see it, Neo, yes? She does not understand why – is it the wine? No. What is it then, what is the reason? And soon it does not matter, soon the why and the reason are gone, and all that matters is the feeling itself. This is the nature of the universe. We struggle against it, we fight to deny it, but it is of course pretense, it is a lie. Beneath our poised appearance, the truth is we are completely out of control. Causality. There is no escape from it, we are forever slaves to it. Our only hope, our only peace is to understand it, to understand the "why". "Why" is what separates us from them, you from me. "Why" is the only real social power, without it you are powerless. And this is how you come to me, without "why", without power. Another link in the chain. But fear not, since I have seen how good you are at following orders, I will tell you what to do next. Run back, and give the fortune teller this message: Her time is almost up. Now I have some real business to do, I will say adieu and goodbye.
[[w:illusion|illusion; [w:Trojan horse (computing)|I have sent her dessert, a very special dessert. I wrote it myself; the woman cuts a sliver of the cake with her fork and then puts it in her mouth; she takes a sip of wine; at this point, the woman is feeling a pleasurable sensation in her body; an explosion is seen in the code and she quietly gets up from the table and leaves]
Neo This isn’t over.
Merovingian Oh yes, it is. ] is mine and I see no reason why I should give him up. No reason at all.
[[w:Locksmithing|The Keymaker]
Persephone Where are you going?
Merovingian Please, ma chérie , I’ve told you, we are all victims of causality. I drank too much wine, ]. Cause and effect. Au revoir.
[Translation: my darling; [w:Urination|I must take a piss]
Trinity Touch me, and that hand will never touch anything again.
Neo Well, that didn’t go so well.
Morpheus Are you certain the ] didn’t say anything else?
[[w:The Oracle (The Matrix)|Oracle]
Neo Yes.
Trinity Maybe we did something wrong.
Neo Or didn’t do something.
Morpheus No, what happened happened and couldn’t have happened any other way.
Neo How do you know?
Morpheus We are still alive.
A Clash of Perspectives in the Matrix
Computer Room Technician Christ, what happened in here?
Computer Room Guard Hold it right there, little lady.
Smith If you can’t beat us, join us.
Neo Morpheus!
Link Still no sight of them. I don’t know what they’re doing, but they only got 2 minutes left. One minute!
Trinity Come on. Come on. Please.
Smiths Kill them.
Link They’re in. I don’t believe it.
Keymaker It was meant to be. Morpheus. That door will take you home. You’ll know which door. Hurry, Neo.
[to Neo]
Link Trinity, I got some serious activity headed your way. We got a serious situation, sir.
[To Morpheus]
Morpheus Oh, no.
Hope Against Caution
Trinity You always told me to stay off the freeway.
Morpheus Yes, that’s true.
Trinity You said it was suicide.
Morpheus Then let us hope, that I was wrong.
Belief and Identity in The Matrix
Trinity Run, Neo, run. What is he doing?
[''Agent Smith appears behind Neo'']
Morpheus He's beginning to believe.
Smith You're empty.
Neo So are you.
Smith I'm going to enjoy watching you die, Mr. Anderson.
[''After fighting a round'']
Trinity Jesus, he's killing him.
[''Neo coughs up blood after continued fighting'']
Smith You hear that, Mr. Anderson? That is the sound of inevitability. It is the sound of your death. Goodbye, Mr. Anderson.
[''After fighting a round ends with Neo in a headlock on subway tracks with the sound of approaching subway train'']
Neo My name... is Neo.
[''Neo jumps upward with Smith being smashed into ceiling and they fall down with Neo backflipping onto the platform and the train plowing into Smith'']
Observing the Code's Unusual Changes
Morpheus What can you see, Neo?
Neo It’s strange, the code is somehow different.
Morpheus Encrypted?
Neo Maybe.
Trinity Is that good for us or bad for us?
Neo Well, it looks like every floor is wired with explosives.
Trinity Bad for us.
Morpheus Here we go.
Maitre d’ Puis-je vous aider? :
[Translation: Can I help you?]
Morpheus Yes, we are here to speak with ].
[[w:Merovingian dynasty|the Merovingian]
Maitre d’ Of course, he has been expecting you. Follow me.
Mind Hacking and Its Consequences
Neo What are they doing to him?
Tank Breaking into his mind. It’s like hacking into a computer, all it takes is time.
Neo How much time?
Tank Depends on the mind. Eventually it will crack and his alpha patterns will change from this to this. When it does, Morpheus will tell them anything they want to know.
Neo Well, what do they want?
Tank The leader of every ship is given codes to Zion’s mainframe computer. If an agent got the codes and got into Zion’s mainframe, it could destroy us. We can’t let that happen.
Neo Trinity?
Tank Zion’s more important than me or you or even Morpheus.
Neo Well there has to be something that we can do.
Tank There is. We pull the plug.
Trinity You’re going to kill him? Kill Morpheus?
Tank We don’t have any other choice.
Agent Smith Never send a human to do a machine’s job.
Agent Brown If indeed the insider has failed, they’ll sever the connection as soon as possible, unless...
Agent Jones They’re dead, in either case...
Agent Smith We have no choice but to continue as planned. Deploy the sentinels. Immediately.
Tank Morpheus, you were more than a leader to us. You were… a father. We’ll miss you always.
Neo Stop. I don’t believe this is happening.
Tank Neo, this has to be done.
Neo Does it? I don’t know, I... this can’t be just coincidence. It can’t be.
Tank What are you talking about?
Neo The Oracle. She told me this would happen. She told me that I would have to make a choice.
Trinity What choice? What are you doing?
Neo I’m going in.
Trinity No you’re not.
Neo I have to.
Trinity Neo, Morpheus sacrificed himself so that he could get you out. There’s no way that you’re going back in.
Neo Morpheus did what he did because he believed I am something I’m not.
Trinity What?
Neo I’m not the One, Trinity. The Oracle hit me with that too.
Trinity No. You have to be.
Neo I’m not, I’m sorry. I’m just another guy.
Trinity No, Neo. That’s not true. It can’t be true.
Neo Why?
Tank Neo, this is insane. They’ve got Morpheus in a military controlled building. Even if you somehow got inside, those are agents holding him. Three of them. I want Morpheus back too, but what you’re talking about is suicide.
Neo I know that’s what it looks like, but it’s not. I can’t explain to you why it’s not. Morpheus believed something and he was ready to give his life for what he believed. I understand that now. That’s why I have to go.
Tank Why?
Neo Because I believe in something.
Trinity What?
Neo I believe I can bring him back... What are you doing?
[''Neo turns, walks to screen terminal and Trinity goes besides him and starts tapping on another screen terminal'']
Trinity Going with you.
Neo No, you’re not.
Trinity No? Let me tell you what I believe. I believe Morpheus means more to me than he does to you. I believe if you’re really serious about saving him, you are going to need my help. And since I am the ranking officer on this ship, if you don’t like it, I believe you can go to hell. Because you aren’t going anywhere else. Tank? Load us up.
[''Walks up to Neo'']
Awaiting Instructions in The Matrix
Cypher Where are they?
Tank Making the call.
Cypher Good.
Trinity You first, Neo.
Cypher Shit!
[''Fires lightning thrower at Tank but fails to hit him''; ''Fires it again and succeeds'']
Dozer No!
[''He witnesses it and lunges at Cypher''; ''Cypher fires lightning thrower at Dozer'']
Neo I don’t know, it just went dead.
Cypher Hello, Trinity.
Trinity Cypher? Where’s Tank?
Cypher You know, for a long time, I thought I was in love with you. I used to dream about you. You’re a beautiful woman, Trinity. Too bad things had to turn out this way.
[''Leans over Trinity's face'']
Trinity You killed them!
Apoc What?!
Switch Oh God!
Cypher I’m tired, Trinity. I’m tired of this war. Tired of fighting, tired of this ship, being cold, eating the same goddamn goop everyday. But most of all, I’m tired of that jackoff and all of his bullshit. Surprise, asshole! I bet you never saw this coming, didja? God, I wish I could be there, when they break you. I wish I could walk in just when it happens. So right then, you’d know it was me.
[''Jumps onto Morpheus' body'']
Trinity You gave them Morpheus.
Cypher He lied to us, Trinity. He tricked us. If you’da told us the truth, we woulda told you to shove that red pill right up your ass!
Trinity That is not true, Cypher, he set us free.
Cypher Free? You call this free? All I do is what he tells me to do. If I had to choose between that and the Matrix, I choose the Matrix.
Trinity The Matrix isn’t real!
Cypher I disagree, Trinity. I think the Matrix can be more real than this world. All I do is pull the plug here. But there, you have to watch Apoc die.
Apoc Trinity.
[''Falls down dead'']
Switch No!
[''Rushes down to him'']
Cypher Welcome to the real world, huh, baby?
Trinity But you’re out, Cypher. You can’t go back.
Cypher Oh no, that’s what you think. They’re going to reinsert my body. I go back to sleep, and when I wake up, I won’t remember a goddamn thing. By the way, if you have anything terribly important to say to Switch, I suggest you say it now.
Trinity No, no, please don’t.
Switch Not like this. Not like this.
[''She falls down dead'']
Cypher Too late.
Trinity Goddamn you, Cypher!
Cypher Don’t hate me, Trinity. I’m just the messenger, and right now I’m gonna prove it to you. If Morpheus was right, then there’s no way I can pull this plug. I mean, if Neo’s The One, then there’d have to be some kind of a miracle to stop me. Right? I mean, how can he be The One if he’s dead? You never did answer me before. You bought into Morpheus’ bullshit. Come on – all I want is a little yes or no. Look into his eyes, those big pretty eyes, and tell me. Yes or no?
Trinity Yes.
Cypher No! I don’t believe it!
[''Realizes Tank survived and is aiming the lightning thrower'']
Tank Believe it or not, you piece of shit, you’re still gonna burn!
[''Fires lightning thrower at Cypher who goes flying into pipes'']
Deliverance in Silent Hill
Claudia Wolf You have delivered us.