- Aang: The monks told me bending is about energy and balance. By feeling the energy around you, you can find balance. By finding balance, you can feel the energy.
- Katara: I know how hard this responsibility has been for you, but there's more to being a leader than just catching fish. You have to give people something to live for. That's what the Avatar is. He's hope. And we need that just as much as we need food and shelter. I know I do.
- Gyatso: Now, this would be a huge burden for anyone, but you're not just anyone, Aang. You're strong and kind and generous. Remember that. Always remember who you are.
- Gyatso: Aang, I can't imagine a better person to have been given this power. You are my friend. You will always be my friend.
- Aang: [Closing lines] It's only after we've lost something that we realize how much it means to us... and how we'd do anything to get it back.
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- Aang: Anything.
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- Aang: I don't know where this will all lead, and I don't know if I have what it takes, but the one thing I do know is I'm the Avatar, and this is just the beginning.
- Katara: You know, the thing about losing everything is that that's when you learn how strong you really are. It's when you learn to fight.
- Aang: Why did the Fire Nation start this war?
- Uncle Iroh: Ah. Some people say it is within our nature to expand and consume like fire itself. Others believe that true stability in this world can only happen under our rule, so the drive to conquer is a drive for peace and unity.
- Uncle Iroh: But peace comes from respecting life, not killing and destroying.
- Uncle Iroh: A noble sentiment, Avatar, but in the end, for most of us, it doesn't matter how this war started. It only matters how it can end. And the belief is that by capturing you, the Fire Nation can finally bring that about.