A character in The Matrix Reloaded (2003)

The Oracle quotes from The Matrix Reloaded (2003)

Gloria Foster

Tied for 8th most-quoted character in The Matrix Reloaded (2003): in 3 of its 76 quotes
Most scenes with: Neo (2)

Scenes with The Oracle

3 scenes
The Oracle
[To Neo, prior to leaving]

Seems like every time we meet, I got nothin' but bad news for you. I'm sorry about that, I surely am. But for what it's worth... you've made a believer out of me. Good luck, kiddo.

The Oracle

So... let's get the obvious stuff out of the way.

Neo

You're not human, are you?

The Oracle

It's tough to get more obvious than that.

Neo

If I had to guess... I'd say you were a program from the machine world. [Nods to Seraph] So is he.

The Oracle

So far so good.

Neo

But if that's true, it could mean you're a part of this system. Another form of control.

The Oracle

Keep going.

Neo

I suppose the most obvious question is... how can I trust you?

The Oracle

Bingo. It is a pickle. No doubt about it. The bad news is there's no way you can really know whether I'm here to help you or not, so it's really up to you. You just have to make up your own damned mind to either accept what I'm going to tell you, or reject it. [offers a sweet] Candy?

Neo

... You already know if I'm going to take it.

The Oracle

Wouldn't be much of an Oracle if I didn't.

Neo

But if you already know, how can I make a choice?

The Oracle

Because you didn't come here to make the choice. You've already made it. You're here to try to understand why you made it. [Neo takes the candy] I thought you would have figured that out by now.

Neo

Why are you here?

The Oracle

Same reason- I love candy.

Neo

But why help us?

The Oracle

We're all here to do what we're all here to do. I'm interested in one thing Neo: the future. And believe me, I know: the only way to get there is together.

Neo

Are there other programs like you?

The Oracle

Oh, well, not like me. But... look- see those birds? At some point a program was written to govern them. A program was written to watch over the trees, and the wind, the sunrise, and sunset. There are programs running all over the place. The ones doing their job, doing what they were meant to do, are invisible. You'd never even know they were here. But the other ones... well, you hear about them all the time.

Neo

I've never heard of them.

The Oracle

Oh, of course you have. Every time you've heard someone say they saw a ghost, or an angel- every story you've ever heard about vampires, werewolves, or aliens, is the system assimilating some program that's doing something they're not supposed to be doing.

Neo

Programs hacking programs... Why?

The Oracle

Well, they have their reasons, but usually a program chooses exile when it faces deletion.

Neo

And why would a program be deleted?

The Oracle

Maybe it breaks down. Maybe a better program is written to replace it, happens all the time. And when it does, a program can either choose to hide here, or return to the Source.

Neo

The machine mainframe?

The Oracle

Yes. Where you must go. Where the path of the One ends. You've seen it. In your dreams, haven't you? The door made of light? [Neo nods} What happens when you go inside?

Neo

I see Trinity. And something happens, something bad. She starts to fall, then I wake up.

The Oracle

Do you see her die?

Neo

No.

The Oracle

You have the sight now Neo. You are looking at the world without time.

Neo

Then why can't I see what happens to her?

The Oracle

We can never see past the choices we don't understand.

Neo

Are you saying I have to choose whether Trinity lives or dies?

The Oracle

No. You've already made the choice. Now you have to understand it.

Neo

No. I can't do that. I won't.

The Oracle

You have to.

Neo

Why?

The Oracle

Because you're the One.

Neo

What if I can't? What happens if I fail?

The Oracle

Then Zion will fall.

Neo

What he(Merovingian) want?

The Oracle

What the men with power want? more power!

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