The White Lotus Quotes (Season 1)

Your power is your independence. Don’t give up your power.[to Rachel]

You know, I think… it’s like every kid… like, growing up, wants to be the hero of the story. And in the end, you know, you’re just happy you’re not the villain.[to Quinn]

You have to treat these people like sensitive children. They always say it’s about the money, but it’s not. It’s not even about the room. They just need to feel seen. They wanna be the only child. The special, chosen baby child of the hotel. And we are their mean mummies, denying them their Pineapple room.[to Lani]

The goal is to create for the guests an overall impression of vagueness that can be very satisfying, where they get everything they want but they don’t even know what they want, or what day it is, or where they are, or who we are, or what the f*** is going on.[to Lani]

Never take anything for granted. It’s also a reminder to look at things in a new way, and if you do, then, like, every day can be a new day, right? And if it is, it’s like you’re always being born into life, like, all the time. You’re not stuck, decaying or dying.

My feeling is most of these activists, they don’t really wanna dismantle the systems of economic exploitation, not the ones that benefit them, which are all global, by the way. They just want a better seat at the table of tyranny.

Most people admire people who achieve things, but you somehow look at it as if it’s a personality disorder.[Nicole Mossbacher]Making s*** happen all the time is a compulsion. It staves off feelings of emptiness. Or whatever. Okay, the real question is, what exactly are you getting done? Putin is an overachiever. He’s impressive, also evil.[Olivia Mossbacher]Liv, your mother is not Putin.[Mark Mossbacher]

Mom, you look deranged.[Olivia Mossbacher]It’s all right. I have a filter for that.[Nicole Mossbacher]

Marriages don’t always work out. Especially because you seem to be a smart and appealing young woman.[to Rachel]

Man, in the moment, you’re like this… You’re a monkey. Like possessed. You’d do anything to get your rocks off. And then, later, you regret it. And you do regret it. There’s the man, and there’s the monkey. And somehow, you gotta be man enough to face down the monkey.[to Quinn]

Look, obviously, imperialism was bad. Shouldn’t kill people, steal their land, and then make them dance. Everybody knows that. But it’s humanity. Welcome to history. Welcome to America. I mean, what are we gonna do, huh? Really. Nobody cedes their privilege. That’s absurd. And it goes against human nature. We’re all just trying to win the game of life. How are we gonna make it right? Should we give away all our money? Would you like that, Liv? Yeah, that’s what I thought. Maybe we should just feel shitty about ourselves all the time for the crimes of the past? Wear a hair shirt and not go on vacation?

It’s not healthy to be so honest all the time.