Regularly spoken phrases/A-F
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"Alone"
- "I'm alone now. On the Island alone." - Shannon translating Danielle's distress recording ("Pilot, Part 2")
- "We are not alone." - Sayid ("Raised by Another")
- "You're not alone. Don't pretend to be." - Sayid to Charlie after he kills Ethan ("Outlaws")
- "I just wanted to let you know you're not alone." - Tracey to Sam Thomas in a voicemail (Find815).
- "I'm already alone." - Ana Lucia to Libby as the Tailies abandon her with Shannon's body and a tied-up Sayid ("Collision")
- "It's nice to know I'm not alone. It's nice to know I've got an assistant." - Jack to Ethan ("Jack, Meet Ethan. Ethan? Jack")
- "I'm so alone." - Jin to himself, after missing the putt. ("Jin Has a Temper-Tantrum on the Golf Course")
- "You're not alone in this. We are all here for you. This baby is all of ours." - Kate to Claire during the birth of Aaron ("Do No Harm") ("The Little Prince")
"Are you him?"
- "Are you him?" - Desmond to Locke ("Adrift")
- "Are you him?" - Helen to Anthony Cooper ("Lockdown")
- "Are you him?" - Kelvin to Desmond ("Live Together, Die Alone")
- "Are you him?" - Desmond to Daniel ("Because You Left")
"Believe in me"
- "Why don't you believe me? I need you to believe me." - "Shannon to Sayid" ("Abandoned")
- "I wish you had believed me." - "Locke to Jack" ("316")
- "Thank you for believing in me." - "Juliet to Sawyer" ("The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham")
"Clean up the mess"
- "You need to clean up your own mess, John." - Boone to Locke ("Further Instructions")
- "It's your mess John, why would we clean it up?" - Ben to Locke, regarding killing Anthony Cooper ("The Brig")
- "I need you to help me clean up this mess I've made." - Ben to Mikhail ("Through the Looking Glass")
- "No, it's my mess. I'll clean it up." - Locke to Sawyer, regarding Ben ("Confirmed Dead")
- "Johnson, clean up this mess." - Captain Gault to Michael ("Meet Kevin Johnson")
"Coming out."
- Ana Lucia to Eko ("Orientation")
- Ana Lucia to Jack and Locke ("The Whole Truth")
"Coward"
- "Every trek needs a coward." "You're not a coward." - Charlie to Kate, and then Kate to Charlie ("Pilot, Part 1")
- "This morning when I went to get my tent back it (the boar) attacks me from behind and runs off into the jungle like a coward." - Sawyer to Kate ("Outlaws")
- "Because you're a coward." - Charles Widmore to Desmond ("Live Together, Die Alone")
- "I don't know how you're doing what it is you're doing but I know a coward when I see one!" "Sorry I called you a coward." - Charlie to Desmond (both) ("Flashes Before Your Eyes")
- "But have the decency to admit that you are doing this because you are a coward!" - Penelope Widmore to Desmond ("Flashes Before Your Eyes")
- "Because I'm a coward." - Desmond to Charlie ("Catch-22")
- "Fortunately, your cowardice won out instead." - Charles Widmore to Desmond ("The Constant")
- "Well, you better aim for the head, Ben! Not like your boyfriend who shot me in the back like a coward!" - Keamy to Ben ("There's No Place Like Home, Parts 2 & 3")
"Cowboy up"
- "Michael's going to cowboy up. We set sail tomorrow" - Sawyer to Kate ("Born to Run")
- "So you'd cowboy up. Crying in the jungle -- I thought you people were supposed to be tough." - Sawyer to Karl ("Stranger in a Strange Land")
"Dad?"
- "Dad?" - Jack to what appears to be Christian Shephard ("White Rabbit")
- "Dad?" - Walt to Michael on the Swan computer ("What Kate Did")
- "Dad?" - Locke to Anthony Cooper ("The Man from Tallahassee")
- "Dad?" - Claire to Christian Shephard ("Something Nice Back Home")
"Do not mistake coincidence for fate"
- "Do not mistake coincidence for fate." - Eko to Locke ("What Kate Did")
- "Don't mistake coincidence for fate." - Locke to Desmond ("The Cost of Living")
"Don't say his name"
- "Do not speak my brother's name again." - Eko to Locke ("The Cost of Living")
- "Don't tell him my last name." - Miles to Daniel ("Confirmed Dead")
- "Don't you say his name." - Kate to Jack ("There's No Place Like Home, Parts 2 & 3")
- "Don't say it." - Sayid to Hurley ("There's No Place Like Home, Parts 2 & 3")
"Don't tell me what I can't do"
- "Just don't tell me what I can't do." - Locke to Randy ("Walkabout")
- "Hey, hey, don't you walk away from me! You don't know who you're dealing with! Don't ever tell me what I can't do, ever! This is destiny, this is destiny, this is my destiny...I'm supposed to do this, damn it! Don't tell me what I can't do! Don't tell me what I can't..." - Locke to the travel agent ("Walkabout")
- "Don't tell me what I can't do." - Locke to Kate ("Walkabout")
- "Don't talk to me about the baby. I'm sick of everyone telling me what to do." - Claire to Jack ("Raised by Another")
- "No, don't tell me what I can't do." - Locke to Boone ("Deus Ex Machina")
- "Don't tell me what I can't do!" - Jack to Sun ("Do No Harm")
- "Don't tell me what to do, okay!" - Claire to Charlie and Sayid ("Exodus, Part 2")
- "Don't tell me what I can't do!" - Jack to Desmond ("Man of Science, Man of Faith")
- "Don't tell me what to do!" - Jack to Locke ("Orientation")
- "Who are we to tell anyone what they can or can't do?" - Locke to Jack ("The Hunting Party")
- "Do not tell me what I can't do." - Eko to Locke ("Live Together, Die Alone")
- "You don't get to tell me what I can't do."' - Charlie to Locke ("Further Instructions")
- "John, you fell eight stories and survived, okay? I don't wanna hear about what you can't do." - William Kincaid to Locke ("The Man from Tallahassee")
- "Don't tell me what I can't do, John." - Ben to Locke ("The Brig")
- "Don't tell me what I can't do!" - Locke to a teacher in a flashback ("Cabin Fever")
- "Don't tell me what I can't do!" - (Non-canon) - Locke to Rico ("Via Domus")
"Dude"
"Every man for himself"
- "Every man for himself is not gonna work." - Jack to the other survivors ("White Rabbit")
- "In case you haven't noticed it's every man for himself, Chewie." - Sawyer to Jin ("...And Found")
- "...you said it was every man for himself... outta my way." - Sawyer to Charlie ("Dave")
- "We've gotta take care of us. It's every man for himself, Freckles." - Sawyer to Kate ("Every Man for Himself")
- "Run. Just go. It's every man for himself." - Sawyer to Kate ("Every Man for Himself")
- "What the hell are you doing? Kate! Damn it, Freckles, don't! Every man for himself!" - Sawyer to Kate ("Every Man for Himself")
"Fair enough"
"Fate"/"Free Will"
Main article: Fate vs. Free Will
"Find your way"
- "Maybe he wants you find your own way." - Sabrina to Shannon ("Abandoned")
- "I'm here to help you find your way again." - Boone to Locke in a vision ("Further Instructions")
- "You'll find your way, John. You always do." - Ben to Locke before he turns the frozen wheel ("There's No Place Like Home, Parts 2 & 3")
"Fixing people/things"
- "Now you get to be the hero again, because that's what you do -- fix everything up all nice."- Sawyer to Jack ("Confidence Man")
- "One simple phone call and I could fix everything." - Christian Shephard to Sawyer ("Outlaws")
- "I'm going to fix this, okay? I am going to save you." - Jack to Boone ("Do No Harm")
- "Because you fixed me, I will dance at our wedding." - Sarah to Jack ("Do No Harm")
- "I didn't fix you, you fixed me." - Jack to Sarah ("Do No Harm")
- "Just one thing -- what if you did fix her?" - Desmond to Jack ("Man of Science, Man of Faith")
- "I'm going to fix this. We're going to go back to the way things were. I'm going to fix this. I'm going to fix this." - Jack to Sarah ("The Hunting Party")
- "You...you will always need something to fix." - Sarah to Jack ("The Hunting Party")
- "I'm going to tell him you fixed me." - Rose to Isaac ("S.O.S.")
- "Now you've got something to fix." - Sarah to Jack ("A Tale of Two Cities")
- "It's not too late to fix this. I can fix this." - Locke to Mike ("Further Instructions")
- "But you still fixed him up." - Alex to Jack, regarding Ben ("Stranger in a Strange Land")
- "You didn't come here to help me, you came here to try and fix a mistake that you made." - Claire to Christian Shephard ("Par Avion")
- "How long has it been since Jack fixed you?" - Locke to Ben ("The Man from Tallahassee")
- "Jack, I can fix this" - Juliet to Jack ("One of Us")
- "If I fix her, you'll let me go" - Mikhail to Desmond, Charlie, Hurley and Jin ("D.O.C.")
- "Can you just not wait to get back to the hospital? Get back to fixing things?" - Ben to Jack ("Through the Looking Glass")
- "I can fix this." - Jack to Kate ("The Little Prince")
- "Fix her, Jack, or I'll have to fix her for you." - Christian to Jack ("The Incident, Parts 1 & 2")
"From the dawn of our species, Man has been blessed with curiosity"
- Exact quote of Alvar Hanso (1967), as seen on official website, TheHansoFoundation.org, 2005 (The Lost Experience)
- "You know, somebody a whole lot smarter than anybody here once said: 'Since the dawn of our species, Man's been blessed with curiosity.'" - Tom to Jack ("The Hunting Party")
