The Last of Us: Top Quotes from the HBO Series
The Last of Us is an American post-apocalyptic drama television series created for HBO by Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann.
Based on the video game of the same name developed by Naughty Dog, the series takes place 20 years after a global pandemic has destroyed civilization. Joel Miller (Pedro Pascal) accepts a job to smuggle Ellie (Bella Ramsey), a 14-year-old girl who may be humanity’s last hope, out of a quarantine zone.
The more you shoot people, the harder it is to sleep.Joel Miller, (to Lee), Season 1, Episode 1: When You're Lost in the Darkness
You fight for 20 years and you get nowhere, you’re not a rebellion. Just spray paint.Marlene, Season 1, Episode 1: When You're Lost in the Darkness
This is your chance. You get her there, you keep her alive, and you set everything right. All the s*** we did.Tess, (to Joel), Season 1, Episode 2: Infected
If I’m taking you with me, there’s some rules you gotta follow. Rule one, you don’t bring up Tess. Ever. Matter of fact, we can just keep our histories to ourselves. Rule two, you don’t tell anyone about your condition. They see that bite mark, they won’t think it through. They’ll just shoot you. Rule three, you do what I say when I say it.Joel Miller, (to Ellie), Season 1, Episode 3: Long, Long Time
Ellie Williams: Why kill them? Why not just leave them be?
Joel Miller: Dead people can’t be infected.Ellie Williams, Joel Miller, Season 1, Episode 3: Long, Long Time
Our home isn’t just our house. It’s everything around us!Frank, Season 1, Episode 3: Long, Long Time
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Just know, you can’t escape Will Livingston. He’ll be back. There’s nothing you can do to stop him.Ellie Williams, (to Joel), Season 1, Episode 4: Please Hold to My Hand
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Ellie Williams: Did you know diarrhea is hereditary?
Joel Miller: What?
Ellie Williams: Yeah. It runs in your jeans.Ellie Williams, Joel Miller, Season 1, Episode 4: Please Hold to My Hand
It’s easier when you’re a kid anyway. You don’t have anybody else relying on you. That’s the hard part.Joel Miller, (to Henry, about Sam), Season 1, Episode 5: Endure and Survive
Be careful who you put your faith in. The only people who can betray us are the ones we trust.Maria Miller, (to Ellie), Season 1, Episode 6: Kin
Everybody I have cared for has either died or left me. Everybody, f***ing except for you! So don’t tell me that I’d be safer with somebody else because the truth is I would just be more scared.Ellie Williams, (to Joel), Season 1, Episode 6: Kin
You can’t fight everything and everyone. You can pick and choose what’s important.Riley Abel, (to Ellie), Season 1, Episode 7: Left Behind
You see a lot. So do I. And you know what I see when I look at you? Me. You remind me of me. You’re a natural leader, you’re smart, loyal… Violent.David, (to Ellie), Season 1, Episode 8: When We Are in Need
After all we’ve been through, everything I’ve done, it can’t be for nothing. I know you mean well. I know you wanna protect me. You have. And when we’re done, we’ll go wherever you want. Tommy’s, sheep ranch, the moon. I’ll follow you anywhere you go. But there’s no halfway with this. We finish what we started.Ellie Williams, (to Joel), Season 1, Episode 9: Look for the Light
You can’t keep her safe forever. No matter how hard you try, no matter how many people you kill, she’s gonna grow up, Joel. And then you’ll die. She’ll leave. Then what? How long till she’s torn apart by Infected or murdered by raiders? Because she lives in a broken world that you could have saved.Marlene, (to Joel), Season 1, Episode 9: Look for the Light
Sometimes things don’t work out the way we hope. You can feel like you’ve come to an end, and you don’t know what to do next. But if you just keep going, you find something new to fight for. Joel Miller, (to Ellie), Season 1, Episode 9: Look for the Light