Avatar: The Last Airbender Quotes

"You want to walk into a Fire Nation town when they're all fired up with their, you know, fire?"

— Sokka · Avatar: The Last Airbender

"[to Zuko] You know what the worst part of being born over a hundred years ago is? I miss all the friends I used to hang out with. Before the war started, I used to always visit my friend Kuzon. The two of us, we'd get in and out of so much trouble together. He was one of the best friends I ever had, and he was from the Fire Nation just like you. If we knew each other back then, do you think we could have been friends too?"

— Aang · Avatar: The Last Airbender

"That's how Sokka started. Now look at him! He thinks he's an Earthbender!"

— Aang · Avatar: The Last Airbender

"I'm too young to die!"

— Sokka · Avatar: The Last Airbender

"Sokka, you're supposed to put the tarp on top of the tent. You know, so we don't get rained on?"

— Katara · Avatar: The Last Airbender

"[soothing Appa] Sokka's just jealous 'cause he doesn't have an arrow."

— Aang · Avatar: The Last Airbender

"*to Katara* Try to understand. I need to capture him to restore something I've lost. [Katara jerks her head away from Zuko] Perhaps in exchange, I can restore something you've lost."

— Zuko · Avatar: The Last Airbender

"*singing* It's a long long way to BaSingSei, but the girls in the city they look so pretty~!"

— Iroh · Avatar: The Last Airbender

"The coin is appreciated...but not as much as your smile."

— Iroh · Avatar: The Last Airbender

"*to Aang* You need to find someone who WAITS and LISTENS before striking."

— King Bumi · Avatar: The Last Airbender

"Neutral Jing is the key to earthbending. It involves listening and waiting for the right moment to strike."

— King Bumi · Avatar: The Last Airbender

"*talking about King Bumi* This isn't about finding a teacher. This is about finding my friend."

— Aang · Avatar: The Last Airbender

"Look what I found! These are packue berries, known to cure the poison of the white jade plant... THAT, or makaoli berries that cause blindness."

— Iroh · Avatar: The Last Airbender

"Hmm... *puts on a happy face* Delectable tea... *changes to serious face* or deadly poison?.."

— Iroh · Avatar: The Last Airbender

"*to Zuko* You're looking at the rare white dragon bush. It's leaves make a tea sooo delicious, it's heartbreaking... THAT, or it's the white jade bush, which is poisonous."

— Iroh · Avatar: The Last Airbender

"In the avatar state... You're at your most powerful, but you're also...at your most vulnerable. If you're killed in the avatar state, the reincarnation cycle will be broken and the avatar will cease to exist."

— Roku · Avatar: The Last Airbender

"The avatar state is a defense mechanism - designed to empower you with all the skills and knowledge of the past avatars. The glow is the combination of all your past lives. Focusing their energy to your body."

— Roku · Avatar: The Last Airbender

"*to Zuko* Why would father want YOU back? Except to lock you up where you can no longer embarrass him!"

— Azula · Avatar: The Last Airbender

"*to Zuko* You know, father blames uncle for the loss of north pole... and he considers YOU a miserable failure for not finding the avatar."

— Azula · Avatar: The Last Airbender

"[sarcastically] In my country, we exchange a pleasant "hello" before asking questions."

— Azula · Avatar: The Last Airbender

"Mighty Katara..? I like that."

— Katara · Avatar: The Last Airbender

"Who knew that floating on a piece of drift wood for three weeks with no food or water... and sea volchers waiting to pluck out your liver could make one so tense."

— Iroh · Avatar: The Last Airbender

"I was in the avatar state... But I was outside my body watching myself. It was scary. I was scary..."

— Aang · Avatar: The Last Airbender

"There are reasons each of us are born. We have to find those reasons."

— Iroh · Avatar: The Last Airbender