When some see 'coincidence', I see 'consequence'. When others see 'chance', I see 'cost'.—The Merovingian
I don't have time for this shit.—Trinity
It ends tonight.
Neo
You believe in karma?
Karma's a word. Like "love." A way of saying "what I am here to do." I do not resent my karma—I'm grateful for it. Grateful for my wonderful wife, for my beautiful daughter. They are gifts. And so I do what I must do to honor them.
Neo
I just have never...
...heard a program speak of love?
Neo
It's a…human emotion.
No, it is a word. What matters is the connection the word implies. I see that you are in love. Can you tell me what you would give to hold on to that connection?
Neo
Anything.
Then perhaps the reason you're here is not so different from the reason I'm here.
Smith
Mr. Anderson, welcome back. We missed you. [pauses; looks around] You like what I've done with the place?
Neo
It ends tonight.
Smith
I know it does, I've seen it. That's why the rest of me is just going to enjoy the show because we already know that I'm the one that beats you.
Smith
Why, Mr. Anderson? Why, why, why? Why do you do it? Why? Why get up? Why keep fighting? Do you believe you're fighting for something? For more than your survival? Can you tell me what it is? Do you even know? [becomes visibly agitated] Is it freedom or truth?! Perhaps peace?! Could it be for love?! Illusions, Mr. Anderson, vagaries of perception! Temporary constructs of a feeble human intellect trying desperately to justify an existence that is without meaning or purpose! And all of them as artificial as the Matrix itself, although only a human mind could invent something as insipid as love! You must be able to see it, Mr. Anderson! You must know it by now! You can't win! It's pointless to keep fighting! [now clearly enraged] Why, Mr. Anderson?! Why?! WHY DO YOU PERSIST?!
Neo
Because I choose to.
YouTube video
Are you ready for us?
Almost, sir. They got some pretty ancient hacks here; we’re working on it. Did you find Neo?
Can’t you see him?
No, sir. We were reading something, but I couldn’t tell what it was.
Neo
I can’t leave yet. [Trinity looks over at him] I have to see her.
Trinity
Now?
Neo
This is my last chance.
Oracle
That’s it. That’s the secret. You’ve got to use your hands.
Why?
Oracle
Cookies need love like everything does.
Neo!
Oracle
I was hoping to have these done before you got here. Oh well. Sati, honey, I think it’s time for a tasting. Take the bowl to Seraph and find out if they’re ready.
Okay. [to Neo] I’m glad you got out.
Neo
Me too.
Oracle
So, do you recognize me?
Neo
A part of you.
Oracle
Yeah, that’s how it works. Some bits you lose, some bits you keep. I don’t yet recognize my face in the mirror, but… I still love candy. [Offers Neo a piece of red candy]
Neo
No, thank you.
Oracle
Remember what you were like when you first walked through my door, jittery as a junebug? And now just look at you. You sure did surprise me, Neo, and you still do.
Neo
You gave me a few surprises, too.
Oracle
I hope I helped.
Neo
You helped me to get here, but my question is: why? Where does this go? Where does it end?
Oracle
I don’t know.
Neo
You don’t know, or you won’t tell me?
Oracle
I told you before. No one can see beyond a choice they don’t understand, and I mean no one.
Neo
What choice?
Oracle
It doesn’t matter. It’s my choice. I have mine to make, same as you have yours.
Neo
Does that include what things to tell me and what not to tell me?
Oracle
Of course not.
Neo
Then why didn’t you tell me about the Architect? Why didn’t you tell me about Zion and the Ones before me? Why didn’t you tell me the truth?
Oracle
Because it wasn’t time for you to know.
Neo
Who decided it wasn’t time?
Oracle
You know who. [Points at the Temet Nosce sign above the door]
Neo
I did. [Oracle nods] Then I think it’s time for me to know a few more things.
Oracle
So do I.
Neo
Tell me how I separated my mind from my body without jacking in. Tell me how I stopped four Sentinels by thinking it. Tell me just what the hell is happening to me.
Oracle
The power of the One extends beyond this world. It reaches from here all the way back to where it came from.
Neo
Where?
Oracle
The Source. That’s what you felt when you touched those Sentinels. But you weren’t ready for it. You should be dead, but apparently you weren’t ready for that, either.
Neo
The Architect told me that if I didn’t return to the Source, Zion would be destroyed by midnight tonight.
Oracle
Please… You and I may not be able to see beyond our own choices, but that man can’t see past any choice.
Neo
Why not?
Oracle
He doesn’t understand them – he can’t. To him, they are variables in an equation. One at a time, each variable must be solved and counted. That’s his purpose: to balance the equation.
Neo
What’s your purpose?
Oracle
To unbalance it.
Neo
Why? What do you want?
Oracle
I want the same thing you want, Neo. And I'm willing to go as far as you are to get it.
Neo
The end of the war. [Oracle nods] Is it going to end?
Oracle
One way or another.
Neo
Can Zion be saved?
Oracle
I’m sorry, I don’t have the answer to that question, but if there is an answer, there’s only one place you’re going to find it.
Neo
Where?
Oracle
You know where. And if you can’t find the answer, then I’m afraid there may be no tomorrow for any of us.
Neo
What does that mean?
Oracle
Everything that has a beginning has an end. I see the end coming. I see the darkness spreading. I see death. And you are all that stands in his way.
Neo
Smith.
Oracle
Very soon he’s going to have the power to destroy this world, but I believe he won’t stop there; he can’t. He won’t stop until there’s nothing left at all.
Neo
What is he?
Oracle
He is you. Your opposite, your negative, the result of the equation trying to balance itself out.
Neo
What if I can’t stop him?
Oracle
One way or another, Neo, this war is going to end. Tonight, the future of both worlds will be in your hands… or in his.
Trinity
How are you feeling? Are you all right?
Neo
I need time.
Roland
That figures.
Captain Roland!
Roland
What’s up, Maggie?
It’s Bane. He’s conscious.
Roland
Good. Maybe he’s got some answers.
