Zuko: I won't fight you.
Fire Lord Ozai: You will learn respect. And suffering will be your teacher.
[Zuko screams as Ozai firebends at him, causing the scar on his eye]

Zuko: I've spent years preparing for this encounter. Training, meditating...you're just a child!
Aang: Well, you're just a teenager.

Zuko: If the Earth Kingdom discovers us, they'll have us killed.
Iroh: But if the Fire Nation discovers us, we'll be turned over to Azula.
(Both look at one another and nod)
Zuko: Earth Kingdom it is.

Zuko: It smells like old lady in here.
Mai: Gee, I wonder why.

Zuko: Mai, you're okay. They let you out of prison?
Mai: My uncle pulled some strings. And it doesn't hurt when the new Fire Lord is your boyfriend.
Zuko: So...Does it mean you don't hate me anymore?
Mai: I think it means, I actually kind of like you.
[They kiss]
Mai: (taps his shoulder with her finger twice) But don't ever break up with me again. (Zuko smiles looking scared)

Zuko: So far, this intermission is the best part of the play.
Sokka: Apparently, the playwright thinks I'm an idiot who tells bad jokes about meat all the time.
Suki: Yeah. You tell bad jokes about plenty of other topics.
Sokka: I know!
Aang: At least the Sokka actor kinda looks like you. But that woman playing the Avatar doesn't resemble me at all!
Toph: I don't know. You are more in touch with your feminine side than most guys.
[Aang growls]
Katara: Relax, Aang. They're not accurate portrayals. It's not like I'm a preachy crybaby who can't resist giving over-emotional speeches about hope all the time.
[Everyone looks at Katara.]
Katara: What?
Aang: Yeah... that's not you at all.

Zuko: So if I'm going to be Fire Lord after the war is over, what are you gonna do?
Iroh: After I reconquer Ba Sing Se, I'm going to reconquer my tea shop! (flips the White Lotus Tile) And I'm going to play Pai Sho every day.
Katara: Goodbye, General Iroh!
Iroh: Goodbye, everyone. Today, destiny is our friend. I know it.

Zuko: So uncle, I've been thinking. It's only a matter of time before I run into Azula again. I'm going to need to know more advanced firebending if I want to stand a chance against her. I know what you're going to say: she's my sister and I should be trying to get along with her--
Iroh: No, she's crazy and she needs to go down.

Zuko: Tell me where he is and I won't hurt you or your brother.
Katara: Go jump in the river! [Zuko pauses]
Zuko: Try to understand. I need to capture him to restore something I've lost. My honor. [Katara jerks her head away from Zuko] Perhaps in exchange, I can restore something you've lost.
Katara: My mother's necklace! How did you get that?!
Zuko: I didn't steal it if that's what you're wondering. Tell me where he is.
Katara: No!

Zuko: That... Wasn't a good play.
Aang: I'll say.
Katara: No kidding.
Suki: Horrible.
Toph: You said it.
Sokka: But the effects were decent.

Zuko: This city is a prison. I don't want to make a life here.
Iroh: Life happens wherever you are, whether you make it or not.

Zuko: This isn't fair. Everyone else seems to trust me now. What is it with you?
Katara: Oh everyone trusts you now? I was the first person to trust you, remember? Back in Ba Sing Se. And you turned around and betrayed me. Betrayed all of us!
Zuko: What can I do to make it up to you?
Katara: You really wanna know? Hm, maybe you could reconquer Ba Sing Se in the name of the Earth King? Or, I know, you could bring my mother back!

Zuko: Uncle, I don't understand. What are you doing with the Avatar?
Aang: [faces him] Saving you, that's what.
Zuko: [makes angry noise and attempts to lunge at him. Iroh holds him back]
Iroh: It's time we talked. [to Aang, smiling] Go help your other friends. We'll catch up with you.
Aang: [bows to Iroh and rushes out with Katara]
Katara: [stares sadly over her shoulder at Zuko as she leaves]
Zuko: [not looking Iroh directly in the eye] Why, Uncle?
Iroh: [seriously] You're not the man you used to be, Zuko. You are stronger, and wiser, and freer than you have ever been. And now you've come to the crossroads of your destiny. It's time for you to choose. It's time for you to choose good.
Zuko: [eyes widen and makes a loud sound of surprise as the green crystals shoot up and imprison Iroh]
Azula: [comes over with two Dai Li Agents behind her] I expected this kind of treachery from Uncle. But Zuko, Prince Zuko. You're a lot of things, but you aren't a traitor, are you?
Zuko: [angrily, eyes narrowed] Release him immediately!
Azula:[slyly] It's not to late for you, Zuko. You could still redeem yourself.
Book 3: Fire

Zuko: Uncle, you're the only person other than the Avatar who can possibly defeat the father Lord.
Toph: (realizing what Zuko said): You mean the Fire Lord.
Zuko: (sharply) That's what I just said.

Zuko: We are not entertainers.
Iroh: Not professional anyway.
(Iroh gets up and starts singing as a man slashes at the ground near his feet, forcing him to dance.)