Penny Dreadful Season 1 Quotes
Victor, what am I?
Proteus
Galsworthy: They're not for the faint hearted.
Sir Malcolm: My heart has never fainted.
Brona: Jesus, you're not an actor are you?
Ethan: Not precisely.
Brona: Praise the Lord for that.
Ethan: Brona?
Brona: It's Gaelic.
Ethan: What does it mean?
Brona: Sadness
My mother taught me many things. Among the most useful is that one must always have Shakespeare at hand.
Frankenstein
Sir Malcolm: You have the soul of a poet, sir.
Dr. Frankenstein: And the bank account to match.
Ethan: And what do you seek to escape?
Vanessa: Perhaps the same thing you do. We all have our curses, don't we?
Who the fuck are you people?
Ethan
Well, it would appear you have an Egyptian man of no particular age who, at some point in his indeterminate lifespan, decided to sharpen his teeth, cover himself in hieroglyphics and grown an exoskeleton. Or you have something else altogether.
Dr. Frankenstein
Dr. Frankenstein: Have you any experience with the principal and applications of Galvanism?
Ethan: Oh, the usual.
You're a man with a bloody knife like everyone else out there, so stop putting on airs.
Ethan
Ethan: You have a name?
Vanessa: Yes.
