Penny Dreadful Quotes
Ethan: You know what I am?
Vanessa: Yes, and here I stand. Sir Malcolm is going to Africa. This dreadful house will soon be empty. We can lock the doors and walk away forever.
Ethan: There's no walking away from what I am.
Vanessa: What we both are. I have run from the darkness for so long. Only to find myself in a place darker still. Walk with me.
Caliban: You have the engines of the future all around you.
Lily: The needle. The scalpel. The noose.
Mina: The gun to the temple.
Gladys: Take your razor and slit your throat.
Peter: Join your family.
Mina: The final tombstone on the hill.
Lily: A sip of poison from the amber bottle.
Gladys: A single bullet under the chin.
Caliban: There is no other peace for thee, Frankenstein.
Proteus: Walk into the river. Let it bring you quiet. Enjoy our company.
Vanessa: And all of this; the witches, the attacks, just to bring me here.
Lucifer: I've missed you Vanessa.
Vanessa: No, no you need me to agree. You can't take my soul. I have to give it.
Lucifer: You must give it freely, and of your own accord.
Hecate: You have been given a great power. One day you will use it, and take your foretold place over these mortal animals. You know in your heart I'm speaking the truth, admit it.
Ethan: Yes.
Hecate: You are what you are. And when you're ready, I will serve you best of all.
Vanessa: You did that to his face?
Ethan: Yes.
Vanessa: What are you?
Mr. Lyle: I don't for a moment deny my complicity with that evil woman, but you must believe me when I say that's done. And I am willing to suffer the consequences of my disloyalty to her, which are ruinous.
Victor: And now we're to trust you?
Mr. Lyle: I hope I've demonstrated my allegiance to the people in this room. My shame is my own to live with and I shall.
Vanessa: No one here is above guilt Mr. Lyle. We need every ally for the night ahead.
Now, let me see your power. Go heal yourself my beloved immortal.
Lily
Sembene: I have been much feared and hated in my life. By my people, by yours. These marks, mean I was a slave trader. It is my sin to live with, but in this house I have found kindness among the unkind. So have you.
Ethan: I've not had many friends in my time, but I'm proud to count you among them.
I'm sorry you feel so unloved. You are a beautiful monster, and there are those who could love you and shall. Life awaits you.
Vanessa
Inspector Rusk: The quarry has been run to his hole. He has lost his anonymity and his freedom of movement. He should know when he is captured.
Ethan: Cornered animals are the most dangerous.
Inspector Rusk: But they are cornered, nonetheless.
And now the rest of the tale. So we were cleaved apart; two brothers cast out to two realms. One brother to Earth and the other brother to Hell. And thus will be set in eternal enmity, my brother on Earth to feed on the blood of the living by night and myself in Hell to feed on the souls of the dead. Both in an eternal quest for the mother of evil.
Mr. Lyle
Evelyn: Memory, such a potent force in our lives. All of these Memento Mori for one sobering message; remember that you will die.
Sir Malcolm: What do you want of me?
Evelyn: You see darling, I understand hunting as well. Though I've never been to your beloved Africa, sometimes you tie a lamb to lure a lion don't you? So all I require of you is that you... Baaaa.
Sir Malcolm: Why Ms. Ives?
Evelyn: Because the master desires her.
