Tara Quotes

Buffy

"Well, technically, Faith isn't a monster.  And as far as fighting, I'd be lucky to bruise her fist with my face."
"Oh."
"What?"
"Face-punching, I'm not so good with the whole..."
Tara makes boxing motions with her hands.
"Swimming?"
"Violence."
- "This Year's Girl"

"Well, you should be safe.  Nobody knows you're here.  I mean, uh, they don't even know I exist, right?  I know all about them, but..."
"Hey."
"I-I mean, th-that's totally cool.  It-it's good.  It-it's better."
"Tara, it's not like I don't want my friends to know you.  It's just... well, Buffy's like my best friend, and she's really special.  And there's this whole bunch of us, and we sort of have this group thing that revolves around the slaying, and - and I, I really want you to meet them.  But I kind of like having something that's just, you know, mine.  And I, I usually don't se so many words to say stuff that little, but do you get that at all?"
"I do."
"I should check in with Giles, get a situation update."
"I am, you know."
"What?"
"Yours."
- "Who Are You?"

"The passage to the nether realm.  There-there's a ritual.  If you can find Buffy there, you should be able to see."
"If it'll help her.  What?"
"Well, the nether realm exists beyond the physical world.  Accessing it is...  I-it-it's kind of like astral projection.  It's very intense.  I'd have to be your anchor, keep you on this plane."
"I trust you."
"It-it's not like anything that we've ever -"
"I trust you."
- "Who Are You?"

"Horses, like big, tall, teeth-that-can-take-your-arm-off horses?"
"Well, sure.  I learned to ride when I was a kid.  It's fun.  And, by the way, most horses don't like arm very much."
- "Where The Wild Things Are"

"Do you like cats?"
"I'm more of a dog person myself.  But I'm not like, 'Death to all cats.'  Why?"
"Cause I was thinking of getting one."
"Can you have one in the dorms?"
"No, but this would be a sneaky cat."
"That would be cool.  You mean it'd be sort of like a familiar?"
"Actually, I-I was thinking it would be sort of like a pet.  You know, we could... we could name her Trixie, or Miss Kitty Fantastico, or something."
"And we could make kitty go bonkers with string and catnip and stuff?"
"Absolutely."
"Fun!  I'm in."
"So, you're not allergic or anything."
"Nope."
"Good, cause... I want my room to be Willow-friendly."
"Me too."
- "New Moon Rising"

"Hi."
"Hi."
"I can only stay for a minute. I have class."
"Me too, I-I-I have class too."
"I just want you to know that what you saw this morning, it wasn't -"
"No, it's okay.  I-I always knew that if he came back -"
"We were just talking.  Nothing happened."
"Oh.  Really?"
"But, you know, it was intense.  Just talking.  We have a lot to talk about.  I kinda feel like my head's gonna explode."
"Whatever, you know, happens... I'll still be here.  I'll still be your friend."
"Of course we'll be friends!  That's not even a question!"
"But I'm saying, I know what Oz means to you."
"How can you, when I'm not even sure?  I mean, I know what he meant to me.  But he left, and... everything changed.  I changed, and... then we -"
"What?"
"I don't know.  I just - life was starting to get so good again, and...  You're a big part of that.  And here comes the thing I wanted most of all, and... I don't know what to do, I... I wanna know, but I don't."
"Do what makes you... h-h-happy."
- "New Moon Rising"

"No candles?  Well, I brought one.  It's extra flamey.  Tara, I have to tell you -"
"No, I-I understand.  You have to be with the person you l-love."
"I am."
"You mean..."
"I mean.  Okay?"
"Oh, yes."
"I feel horrible about everything I put you through.  A-and I'm gonna make it up to you.  Starting right now."
"Right now?"
- "New Moon Rising"

"I think it's strange.  I mean, I think I should worry that we haven't found her name."
"Who, Miss Kitty?"
"You'd think she'd let us know her name by now."
"She will.  She's not all grown yet."
"You're not worried?"
"I never worry here.  I'm safe here."
"You don't know everything about me."
"Have you told me your real name?"
"Oh, you know that.  They will find out, you know.  About you."
- "Restless"

"Things aren't going very well."
"No!  This drama class is just... I think they're really not doing things in the proper way, and now I'm in a play and my whole family's out there, and... why is there a cowboy in "Death of a Salesman" anyway?"
"You don't understand yet, do you?"
"Is there something following me?"
"Yes."
"Well, what, uh, what should I do?  The, the play's gonna start soon, and I don't even know my lines."
"The play's already started.  That's not the point."
- "Restless"

"Everyone's starting to wonder about you.  The real you.  If they find out, they'll punish you, I... I can't help you with that."
- "Restless"

"Faith and I just made that bed."
"For who?"
"I thought you were here to tell me.  The guys aren't here, are they?  We were gonna hang out and, watch movies t-"
"You lost them."
"No.  No.  I think they need me to find them.  It's so late."
"Oh... that clock's completely wrong.  Here."
"I'm never gonna use those."
"You think you know... what's to come... what you are.  You haven't even begun."
"I think I need to go find the others."
"Be back before dawn."
- "Restless"

"So... what'd you get her?"
"Huh?"
"Tara.  You said you got a present already."
"Yeah, that was a tangled web of lies, sweetie.  I'm not really sure what kind of thing she'd... I mean, I don't really know her that well."
"I know."
"I mean, she's nice."
"Yeah!  Yeah, nice... nice. I-it's just, I-I sort of..."
"I don't necessarily get her... but she's really nice."
"Yeah.  There's ... just that thing."
"That thing."
"That... thing of not understanding -"
"Half of what she says?"
"As for example.  But she's super nice."
"You betcha."
- "Family"

"I still can't believe you didn't tell me about your family and all that."
"I was just afraid if you saw the kind of people I came from, you wouldn't wanna be anywhere near me."
"See, that's where you're a dummy.  I think about what you grew up with, and then I look at what you are.  It makes me proud.  It makes me love you more."
"Every time I... even when I'm at my worst... you always make me feel special.  How do you do that?"
"Magic."
- "Family"

"You know what's weird?"
"Japanese commercials are weird."
"Yes.  And also, you know some of the stars we're looking at don't even exist any more?  In the time that it takes for their light to reach us, they've died.  Exploded.  Poof."
"Were, um, were things rough at the hospital?"
"You know, I used to love to look up at them when I was little.  They're supposed to make you feel all insignificant, but... they made me feel like... like I was in space... part of the stars.  There's Canis Minor, and... and Cassiopeia."
"And the big pineapple."
"Hmm. You know, I'm not sure I remember that one."
"Oh, it's, it's a major one.  See those three bright stars right over there?"
"Yeah."
"And see those stars along there?  That's the bottom of the pineapple."
"It's big."
"Hence the name.  The real ones never made sense to me, I... sort of have my own."
"Teach me."
"See those stars over there?  'Short Man Looking Uncomfortable'.  Uh...  'Moose Getting A Sponge Bath'.  Umm...  'Little Pile O' Crackers'.  Tha-that was a bit of a stretch."
- "Listening To Fear"

"I'm sorry you have to go through all of this."
"You don't have to worry about me."
"Everybody wants to help.  I don't even know if I'm... here.  I don't know what's going on.  Never done this.  That's just an amazingly dumb thing to say.  Obviously... I've never done this before."
"I have.  My mother died when I was seventeen."
"I didn't know. I'm sorry."
"No, no, I didn't mean to...  I'm only telling you this because... I know it's not m-my place, but... there's things... thoughts and reactions I had that... I couldn't... understand... or even try to explain to anyone else.  Thoughts that... made me feel like I was losing it... or, like I was some kind of ho-horrible person.  I know it's different for you... because it's always different, but... if you ever need..."
"Was it sudden?"
"What?"
"Your mother."
"No.  Yes.  It's always sudden."
- "The Body"

"Those darn Salem judges.  With their Less-Satanic-Than-Thou attitude."
"Oh, honey, let's change it.  The Discovery channel has koala bears."
- "Intervention"

"It wasn't anything really.  Buffy was just a little crabby at Dawn about her schoolwork."
"Well, it's understandable."
"Yeah, sure it is.  I'd totally be blowing off classes if I were in Dawnie's shoes."
"Sweetie, you wouldn't blow off a class if your head was on fire.  And, I meant Buffy.
"Buffy what?"
"Understandable about the crabby.  She has to look after Dawn now."
"Yeah, but not in a Miss Minchin's Select Seminary For Girls way.  I mean, she's just gonna make Dawnie more rebellious."
"I had to deal with my brother's problems after... I mean, you can't really know what it's like to -"
"Yeah, I know that."
"I, I didn't mean to -"
"No, I just... I... I know I can't know what you went through.  But I just...  It's no big."
"I made you mad."
"No.  No."
"All I meant was -"
"No, it's okay.  This whole Buffy thing, let's just forget it."
"No, please.  I mean, I mean, tell me if I said something wrong, otherwise I know I'll say it again.  Probably often and in public."
"No, I was snippy gal.  It's just... I know I can't... on some level...  It's like my opinion isn't worth anything because I haven't been through...  I didn't lose my mom, so I don't know."
"Well... I-I'm not the expert.  I mean, I've only lost the one.  Do... I act like... the big knowledge woman?"
"No."
"Is that 'no' spelled Y-E-S?"
"S-O-R-T of.  I mean, I just feel like the - the junior partner.  You've been doing everything longer than me.  You've been out longer... you've been practicing witchcraft way longer."
"Oh, but you're way beyond me there!  In just a few... I mean... it frightens me how powerful you're getting."
"That's a weird word."
"'Getting'?"
"It frightens you?  I frighten you?"
"That is so not what I meant.  I meant i-impresses... impressive."
"Well, I took Psych one-oh-one.  I mean, I took it from an evil government scientist who was skewered by her Frankenstein-like creation before the final, but I know what a Freudian slip is.  D-don't you trust me?"
"With my life."
"That's not what I mean."
"Can't we just go to the fair?"
"I don't feel real multicultural right now.  Wh... what is it about me that you don't trust?"
"It's not that.  I worry, sometimes.  You're, you're changing so much, so fast.  I don't know where you're heading."
"Where I'm heading?"
"I'm saying everything wrong."
"No, I think you're being pretty clear.  This isn't about the witchcraft.  It's about the other changes in my life."
"I trust you.  I just...  I don't know where I'm gonna fit in... in your life when..."
"When... I change back?  Yeah, this is a college thing, just a, a little experimentation before I get over the thrill and head back to boys' town.  You think that?"
"Should I?"
"I'm really sorry that I didn't establish my lesbo street cred before I got into this relationship.  You're the only woman I've ever fallen in love with, so... how on earth could you ever take me seriously?"
"Willow, please!"
"Have fun at the fair. "
- "Tough Love"

"Tara?"
"W-Willow?"
"Tara?"
"Willow... I got so lost."
"I found you.  I will always find you."
- "The Gift"

"Guys, I need you on board here."
"It's just...  It feels wrong."
"It is wrong.  It's against all the laws of nature, and practically impossible to do, but it's what we agreed to."
- "Bargaining, Pt. 1"

"Do you think Dawn might have come here?"
"It's where I'd be if I were fifteen and on the lam."
"Really?"
"Well, not me at fifteen, 'cause, hello, spaz."
"You?"
"Yeah. Hard to believe such a hot mama-yama came from humble, geek-infested roots?"
"Infested roots, trying to turn me on?"
"I have to try now?"
- "All The Way"

"Willow, you are using too much magic.  What do you want me to do, just, just sit back and keep my mouth shut?"
"Well, that'd be a good start."
- "All The Way"

"I lived my life in shadow
Never the sun on my face
It didn't seem so sad, though
I figured that was my place
Now I'm bathed in light
Something just isn't right

I'm under your spell
How else could it be
Anyone would notice me?
It's magic, I can tell
How you set me free
Brought me out so easily

I saw a world enchanted
Spirits and charms in the air
I always took for granted
I was the only one there
But your power shone
Brighter than any I've known

I'm under your spell
Nothing I can do
You just took my soul with you
You worked your charms so well
Finally I knew
Everything I dreamed was true
You made me believe

The moon to the tide
I can feel you inside

I'm under your spell
Surging like the sea
Wanting you so helplessly
I break with every swell
Lost in ecstasy
Spread beneath my Willow tree
You make me complete

You make me complete
You make me complete
You make me -"
- "Once More, With Feeling"

"I'm under your spell
God, how can this be
Playing with my memory?
You know I've been through hell
Willow, don't you see
There'll be nothing left of me?

"And it'll grieve 'cause I love you so
But we both know"

"Wish I could stay
Wish I could stay
Wish I could stay
Wish I could stay"
- "Once More, With Feeling"

"Do you think I'm stupid?  I know you used that spell on me."
"Tara, I'm sorry, I -"
"Don't!  Just... don't.  There's nothing you can say."
"Tara, I didn't mean to -"
"To what?  Violate my mind like that?  How could you, Willow?  How could you after what Glory did to me?"
"Violate you?  I... I-I didn't... mean anything like that, I-I, I just wanted us not to fight any more.  I love you."
"If you don't wanna fight, you don't fight.  You don't use magic to make a fight disappear."
"But I-I just wanted to make things better.  Better for us."
"But you don't get to decide what is better for us, Will.  We're in a relationship.  We are supposed to decide together."
"Okay.  I'm... I realize I, I did it wrong."
"You did it the way you're doing everything.  When things get rough, you... you don't even consider the options.  You just... you just do a spell.  It's not good for you, Willow.  And it's not what magic is for."
"But I... I just wanna help people."
"Maybe that's how it started, but... you're helping yourself now, fixing things to your liking.  Including me."
- "Tabula Rasa"

"You know that I will always be there for you, right?  There, there was actually more of a lead-in when I practiced that at home."
"I know."
"It's just... I wanted you to know that... my moving out had nothing to do with you, and I, I will never stop loving you."
"I know.  Do you think you'll ever get back together?"
"I wish I knew."
"But you still love her."
"Very much.  I just... sometimes... other things get in the way."
- "Smashed"

"Buffy, I-I promise, there's nothing wrong with you."
"There has to be!  This just can't be me, it isn't me.  Why do I feel like this?  Why do I let Spike do those things to me?"
"You mean hit you?  Oh.  Oh, huh. Really."
"He's everything I hate.  He's everything that... I'm supposed to be against.  But the only time that I ever feel anything is when... Don't tell anyone, please."
"I won't."
"The way they would look at me... I just couldn't..."
"I won't tell anyone.  I wouldn't do that."
"Why can't I stop?  Why do I keep letting him in?"
"Do you love him?  I-it's okay if you do.  He's done a lot of good, and, and he does love you.  A-and Buffy, it's okay if you don't.  You're going through a really hard time, and you're..."
"What?  Using him?  What's okay about that?"
"It's not that simple."
"It is!  It's wrong.  I'm wrong.  Tell me that I'm wrong, please...  Please don't forgive me, please...  Please don't...  Please don't forgive me..."
- "Dead Things"

"I had... a... muscle cramp.  Buffy was, uh, helping."
"A muscle cramp?  In your... pants?"
"What, it's a thing."
"Right."
- "Older And Far Away"

"Oh!  We should totally have a slumber party."
"Oh, I don't know...  I guess, as long as everyone's staying up anyway."
"Must be some late-night activities to keep us busy till morning."
"How's that cramp, Spike?  Still bothering you?"
"What?  Oh.  Yeah."
"Maybe you, uh, wanna put some ice on it."
- "Older And Far Away"

"Will... look, I don't wanna gang up on you... but Anya kinda has a point.  We brought you back from it once.  We're all here, it's just one little spell, whatever happens, we can bring you back again."
"No.  I can't.  If I start, I... I might not be able to stop."
"And whose fault is that?  You know, if you hadn't gotten so much of this in your system in the first place -"
"Hey!  You're gonna back off!  She said no, and that's it.  You're not gonna make her do something that she doesn't want to.  And if you try... you're gonna have to go through me first.  Understood?"
- "Older And Far Away"

"Thanks... for before.  And, and for taking this stuff with you."
"No problem."
"Just so you know, I-I was never... gonna use it.  I mean, not really, I... I just kept it like a safety net.  'Cause... there was always this... thing in the back of my head.  This, you know, voice, saying, like, 'What if things get bad, I mean really bad?  And what if you can't handle it?'  A-and it made me panic, so... that's why I kept a couple of things.  I... kept them so I-I didn't have to think about it, so I could focus on... on getting better."
"I get it.  I-I really do.  But it's time to work without the net, Will.  You know, I don't know if you noticed, but it actually did get bad in there.  Really bad, and... and you still said no."
- "Older And Far Away"

"Things fall apart.  They fall apart so hard."
"Tara?"
"You can't ever... put them back the way they were."
"Are you okay?"
"I'm sorry, it's just...  You know, it takes time.  You can't just... have coffee and expect -"
"I know."
"There's just so much to work through.  Trust has to be built again, on both sides...  You have to learn if... if we're even the same people we were, if you can fit in each other's lives.  It's a long... important process, and... can't we just skip it?  Can-can you just be kissing me now?"
- "Entropy"

"When did morning happen?"
"After the moon went down."
"Mmm, I forgot how good this could feel.  Us.  Together.  Without the magic."
"There was plenty of magic."
"It's getting late."
"Wanna get up?"
"No!  Oh God, no.  I was just thinking about Buffy."
"Oh.  She still isn't back?"
"I didn't hear her.  She wouldn't talk about what happened at the magic shop when she got home last night.  She just wanted to know how close I was to tracing the camera signal back to the Empire of the Nerds.  And then she left again."
"I'm sure she'll be okay."
"Yeah, I'm not really worried about her going up against Warren and the others.  I know this is going to sound crazy, but... I think something might be going on.  With Spike and Buffy.  I mean, she looked so hurt when she saw him with Anya.  I think maybe -"
"They've been sleeping together."
"No.  I wouldn't go that far."
"No, I mean she told me they've been sleeping together."
"Sleeping together?  You mean like the naked kind of together?"
"I'm sorry I didn't say anything, but I, I promised her I wouldn't."
"Does everybody else know?  Am I the only one she didn't -"
"God, no.  She, she didn't even mean to tell me, it just came out."
"How could she hide something like this from me?"
"I think she was afraid of the look you'd get on your face.  Kinda like the one you're wearing now."
"Oh, no, I'm not... I'm just trying to understand."
"So is she."
"Wow, she probably really needs someone to talk to."
"Probably."
- "Seeing Red"

"Hey.  Clothes."
"Better not get used to 'em."
"Hmm, yes ma'am."
"Mmm...  Xander!"
"Okay, not quite the response I was fishing for."
"No, he's here."
"Think they're making up?"
"I hope so, that's the best part."
- "Seeing Red"

"Your shirt."
- "Seeing Red"

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