- Emily Thorne: [opening voiceover] In a race between danger and indecision, the difference between life and death comes down to confidence. Faith in our abilities, certainty in ourselves, and the trust we put in others.
- Victoria Grayson: [finds Charlotte busy on her laptop] Animal shelters? My God, don't tell me you want a pet.
- Charlotte Grayson: I'm looking for a place to volunteer so I don't have to spend my entire summer in this house of dysfunction. Everyone else knows what really happened to you, Mom. Why can't Daniel?
- Victoria Grayson: The last time push came to shove, he chose to align himself with his father. He can't be trusted... Yet.
- [sighs]
- Victoria Grayson: You spent $5,000 at a baby store?
- Charlotte Grayson: It's a gift for Amanda. She is my sister.
- Victoria Grayson: Half sister, if that.
- Charlotte Grayson: What is that supposed to mean?
- Victoria Grayson: Never mind. Look, the fact that David Clarke is your father is a secret we have to guard closely for various reasons. For now, you have to stay away from that girl.
- Charlotte Grayson: I'm staying away from everyone. We're sequestered, remember? No one comes in. No one goes out.
- Victoria Grayson: [thinking about Emily] Well, with one notable exception.
- [stroking Charlotte's hair, deep in thought]
- Charlotte Grayson: [in her room] My mother will freak if she knows you're up here. Not a big fan of surprises.
- Amanda Clarke: I'm not afraid of her. You shouldn't be either.
- Charlotte Grayson: I'm not.
- Amanda Clarke: Good, 'cause if we're gonna get closer, I... I can't protect her anymore.
- [hands her the diary]
- Charlotte Grayson: What is this?
- Amanda Clarke: A journal our father kept in prison. I marked the entries that I thought you should read first. But I have to warn you, what it says about your mother isn't pretty.
- Victoria Grayson: [to the reporter] The thought of never seeing my children again was far worse than anything my captor could have ever done to me. You can call it a mother's will to survive.
- Charlotte Grayson: [interrupting interview] More like a monster's! I just found out the real reason why you don't want me having a relationship with Amanda. Because she knows the truth about what you did to my father.
- Victoria Grayson: Charlotte, this is not the time.
- Charlotte Grayson: [to the reporter] Who, for the record, was David Clarke.
- Victoria Grayson: [to the reporter] If you run that, I will sue you for libel.
- Charlotte Grayson: It's only libel if it isn't true. Go ahead, Mom. Deny it.
- [Victoria inhales sharply, cannot lie her way out of this]
- Charlotte Grayson: That's what I thought!
- [rushes off]
- Victoria Grayson: [to the reporter] This interview's over!
- [rises, marches off]